[_] at the risk of upsetting any (_)'s who believe the car is the route of all evil
Andy Davies
dajdavies at gmail.com
Sat Jan 6 09:37:50 GMT 2007
On 05/01/07, Tim Beadle <tim.beadle at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 05/01/07, one.green.squirrel at gmail.com <one.green.squirrel at gmail.com> > wrote: > > The recent increasing of tax on these > > vehicles wasn't enough to slow there sales > > Well, actually... > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6229695.stm > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6212990.stm > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6212886.stm > > But don't let the facts get in the way of your argument :) > > Tim I'm not sure the 'facts' support the argument though... Tax on my 1.8 litre Mondeo is something like £190/year, so the so called 4x4 gas guzzlers pay £25 a year more in road tax, hardly an incentive to change to a smaller car. The daily depreciation is probably more than £25 on a 4x4. Andy