chrisphillips Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Hi all, Don't know about you lot but I am a bit confused about the 2009 road tax bands etc .. According to the DVLA I will be paying I think around the £440 mark which you can't do much about but my query is as follows: On my V5 and on vehicle info on the DVLA site my CO2 emmisions are 173g/km, unusual to say the least as the 350z ranges from 273g/km anyway are we all going to be lumped into one generic band or will it be taken from what they have in their database on a particular single vehicle. I am paying £170.00 /year at the moment. Just wondered if anyone could enlighten me. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sorry don't understand, are you saying the V5 for your Z shows 173g/km if so it must be a typo, as far as I know all Z's are 273g/km Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphillips Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sorry don't understand, are you saying the V5 for your Z shows 173g/km if so it must be a typo, as far as I know all Z's are 273g/km Thats my point. It probably is a typo but will that mean that under the 2009 rules it will be classed in a lower band because of what it says on their database and the v5 or will it just get lumped into a generic band and the figures they have on the database will just be ignored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 If your Zed was registered after 23/2/06 it's £400, otherwise £210 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphillips Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 If your Zed was registered after 23/2/06 it's £400, otherwise £210 I must be getting confused LOL. I was going by this page http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroo ... /DG_073093 I will give myself a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbs Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 If your Zed was registered after 23/2/06 it's £400, otherwise £210 I must be getting confused LOL. I was going by this page http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroo ... /DG_073093 I will give myself a No I'm probably confusing you. To clarify Up to 31/3/09 - if your Zed was registered before 23/2/06 = £210, after 23/3/06 £400. After 1/4/09 it will be £440 irrespective when registered. What you will pay because your V5 is wrong, I havn't a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sorry don't understand, are you saying the V5 for your Z shows 173g/km if so it must be a typo, as far as I know all Z's are 273g/km Thats my point. It probably is a typo but will that mean that under the 2009 rules it will be classed in a lower band because of what it says on their database and the v5 or will it just get lumped into a generic band and the figures they have on the database will just be ignored? Keep your mouth shut and wait and see. If you don't pay full whack its a windfall, isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphillips Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 If your Zed was registered after 23/2/06 it's £400, otherwise £210 I must be getting confused LOL. I was going by this page http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroo ... /DG_073093 I will give myself a No I'm probably confusing you. To clarify Up to 31/3/09 - if your Zed was registered before 23/2/06 = £210, after 23/3/06 £400. After 1/4/09 it will be £440 irrespective when registered. What you will pay because your V5 is wrong, I havn't a clue. Thats good clarification - I understand I will just have to wait to see if they take it by the v5 or not, either way, I'm not that bothered as I will still be driving a Zed. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Go here: http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPor ... =directgov Bang in your details and see what that says. It takes your details from the database as they will appear on you tax reknewal. If its lower than 273g/km then you will be quids in, but keep ya mouth shut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisphillips Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Go here: http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPor ... =directgov Bang in your details and see what that says. It takes your details from the database as they will appear on you tax reknewal. If its lower than 273g/km then you will be quids in, but keep ya mouth shut You ain't seen me right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAFC99 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 def a typo, the useless DVLA, hopfully you will gain due to their incompetance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight89 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Is it an import? I'm guessing it is and its taxation class is PLG. Some importers do this, some don't when the car is imported. Its particularly true of JDM only cars like the DC5. Basically this means they don't have c02 figures for your car. If it is then the tax bracket is correct and you'll pay £185 next year I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 There's an interesting article about tax brackets in this months Evo magazine. It is confusing - I read it twice and still didn't understand There are a few ways to pay less tax, ie buying an import, or something produced in small numbers like a Caterham (tempting!). Or you can mod your car and it still retains it's original status on the V5. Another suggestion was to buy a pre-1972(?) car to qualify for tax exemption - there were a few interesting suggestions like Ferrari's etc. I think that owning an Early '70's Ferrari to save a couple of hundred quid tax would be a bit of a false economy though Either way the outlook's bleak. Lets root for Porsche, at least if they shaft Red Ken it'll be a start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 the import thing is interesting but not strictly correct - some of us *cough* have ended up paying quite low tax and others have been hammered depending on the way an import has been handled and classified at the local DVLA office who dealt with it. I'm paying the same as I did on my civic type R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardesco Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Just bought a JDM here and I'm being stiffed for £400/year Ah well, the smile on my face is worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugglet Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Up to 31/3/09 - if your Zed was registered before 23/2/06 = £210, after 23/3/06 £400. After 1/4/09 it will be £440 irrespective when registered. I'd completely missed out on clocking this fact. There was me thinking things weren't too bad for me and my '53 - at least I wasn't having to pay the £400 tax. Then this morning a smug little Elise driving friend of mine sends me this... http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=17987 Needless to say a few unprintable words have have been muttered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Joy of joys - basically boils down to whatever the budget said, was wrong! They keep changing their minds now that everyone else has pointed out the problems with what they proposed. Bunch of idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I've still never seen a break down on what the road tax gets spent on. If Hovis put up the price of bread that much there would be an investigation. How can the government do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Im seriously contemplating writing to my MP and asking whether I can challenge the emissions level set out on my Z. At the MOT I just had, the chap said it was running very clean. I looked at the print out and no @*!# its running clean: On the fast Idle test(2500 - 3000rpm), the limit for CO is 0.3%. Mine is running at 0.01 The limit for HC is 200 parts per million, mine is runing at Zero. Lambda has to be between 0.97 and 1.03 - its running at 1. On the idle test 450 - 1500rpm, the CO limit is 0.5%, again its running at 0.01. So I want a rebate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 you should! be something the general public could do in protest. It would need all the general public though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacka01 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just bought a JDM here and I'm being stiffed for £400/year Try owning a Z in Ireland - €1,491 road tax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardesco Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just bought a JDM here and I'm being stiffed for £400/year Try owning a Z in Ireland - €1,491 road tax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacka01 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just bought a JDM here and I'm being stiffed for £400/year Try owning a Z in Ireland - €1,491 road tax! Yeah, that's what happens when you have the Green Party in government Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardesco Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 And I bet all that tax goes towards saving the environment..... no really it does .... honest..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Just bought a JDM here and I'm being stiffed for £400/year Try owning a Z in Ireland - €1,491 road tax! But how does the on-the-road price of a new ZED in Ireland compare to England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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