Pete S. wrote:

The tax we are being made to pay just for being motorists is appalling. Fuel tax is killing businesses and adding pounds to all household bills because 80-90% of everything we buy is moved by road. ........................
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it was just a good car with an automatic box for her (seeing as that is all she can drive). Why should she - at 81 with only a state pension but in good health and independent - be taxed off the road? Think of the implications - it is nothing short of scandalous. I'm fuming

Does anyone know what month the prices change, mine is due in August, I'm trying to work out if it would be beneficial to get six months and then get a years in February.  The future's bright, the future's........Tambora Flame!!!

A lot of the chaps over on Disco3, bought 12 months tax, and returned the current disc for a refund to offset the rise for another year.  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Thanks Nick.
So what month would we have to retax in order to miss the increase? The future's bright, the future's........Tambora Flame!!!

The key dates for the road tax hikes appear to be Mar 2009 & 2010. I'll let you do the sums to see if it's worth trading in your part used road tax disc (assuming this isn't outlawed by then)! Life is not a dress rehearsal!

The FL2 incorporating Stop / Start technology will be almost impossible to retrofit to existing vehicles as it will utilise a second AGM type battery to run the lights (night time) heaters etc, some of the drawbacks are that it will not work when the aircon is on (Global warming seems to be hiding behind the clouds again this year) so not too relevant for us Brits; and it will not operate when the rear demister is on during winter months....possibly a different setup with the auto box versions using regen braking and switching off alternator when battery is fully charged......maybe 12 months away

pointless me buy it then, i have my aircon on all year round  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Well said Pete S.
I think you spoke for every motorist with that statement.
However, you forgot to mention that the MP's need to raise more tax cash to pay for their second house. Then there is the delay to the rise in fuel tax "to help the motorist". What a load of . With the current $ cost per barrel and the price we are now paying to fill up, the money-grabbers are raking in more money than ever.
I will sum up by saying "well done, Glasgow East"  Out with the old (2007 SE)
In with the new (2012 Dynamic with everything). Now also gone.