VED so I cancelled my DD to pay monthly and paid a years VED starting 01 March 2025 so avoiding the tax hike from April, though having now checked what it will be next year is £265 so only gone up ten quid not too bad for a diesel TD4. 2013 FL2 XS.
Defender 90 300 TDi.
Defender 90 300 TDi CSW.
1964 MGB Roadster.
1944 Willys MB "Jeep" with bullet holes. (gone)
17 hand Irish Drought Thoroughbred (mostly lame)
Nagging Old Boiler.

Mahatma Gandhi said if there is an Idiot in power those who elected him are well represented. The Enemy is our own corrupt Government.

hmm my SD4 will be £345 (185g CO2 / km) Jules

I think ours has gone up to £430. I think it’s their way of getting older motors off of the road. All part of the carrot and stick, and I reckon the stick will be used a lot harder soon.

There aren’t any carrots…… !!! FL2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto MY 2012— current
D2 TD5 HSE Man MY 1999 470kmls….gone 2014 ….lovely engine..chassis rotten
D1 300TDI Man MY 1996 56kmls….gone 1999…D2 much better
Wife’s FL1 1.8P MY 2001 32kmls …gone 2007…has Mini since.

Afraid you’re right, it’s just big stick now

If you are worried about the FL2 VED, wait until you look at the VED payable on a second-hand replacement vehicle who's purchase price was originally over £40K. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 82k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

It’s like being caught between a rock and a hard place. The car is worth very little but tows the caravan, the investment needed to get something else is not happening , so just have to ride it out.

at less than half of the tax on my other vehicle I can't really complain about the tax on the Landy! 2014 Freelander 2 TD4 Manual Dynamic
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover
1956/7 88" Series One Land Rover - undergoing restoration