To All The Smuggies With Lecky Jam Jars.........

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/money-latest-news-car-tax-spring-statement-tariffs-cuts-interest-rate-wages-mortgage-growth-gdp-13040934

It's gonna get a lot more expensive:

"Vehicles with a list price in excess of £40,000 have to pay £425 as an annual supplement on top of the standard car tax rate in years two to six after a vehicle is first registered." - that includes electric cars most of wich are over £40k new.

Glad I have the Jaaag! 🚗

[rockyracoon]

So any new owners of these cars, that would be second hand, under 6 years old will have to pay it

[rockyracoon]

Meant to put a question mark at the end of that sentence 

[barry1010]

It doesn't apply to electric cars first registered before 31st March 2025, so it's not going to get a lot more expensive for those who currently own an electric car

"Electric cars first registered between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2025: You'll pay £195 per year from April 2025. The £40,000 expensive car supplement is not backdated, so an electric car first registered in 2024 will not attract the supplementary rate of £410 on top of the standard rate."

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/new-and-used-cars/article/car-tax-explained-aqnPf4D3c26Y

[10ClarionSt]

Electric cars are totally unnecessary. They're just for precious posers and showboaters. Taint exhaust fumes that's making people ill, it's their useless lifestyles. 

[1ozzy]

To All The Smuggies With Jaaags, good on you, you pompous ***

[barry1010]

Exhaust fumes can really aggravate asthma and emphysema.  

[1ozzy]

And some peoples "exhaust fumes" are designed to aggravate all 🤣

[barry1010]

Those electric car smuggies are going to be feeling even more smug as the expensive hikes don't apply to them.

There are many electric cars under the £40k limit, anyone buying an electric car over that from today will be well aware of the ongoing costs.  It's going to hit the high end new electric car sales, without a doubt

 

[10ClarionSt]

No Barry. It's lifestyle, not cars. Not sure where I read this, but cases of asthma have fallen in recent years. This could just be coincidental with people moving away from soft furnishings and carpets to laminate floors and self-assembly stuff. 

Emphysema isn't caused by exhaust fumes. I know, you said it can be aggravated, not caused by, exhaust fumes but emphysema can be aggravated by other things too.

[barry1010]

Yes, it can be aggravated by other things but it can be aggravated by exhaust fumes, especially on a dank day where exhaust fumes stay low.

[barry1010]

Asthma rates are falling in children - I'd guess it's because far fewer adults are smoking around them.

[ToraToraTora]

I thought the idea was to push people on to the milk floats, now it seems they have just realised the fall in revenue that results and thus have started whacking them with tax.

I suggest road pricing is a fairer option for all.

[ToraToraTora]

barry: "Exhaust fumes can really aggravate asthma and emphysema.  " - well it didn't help that Noo Laybore pushed the filthy disgusting diesel cars. Lying to the public that they are squeaky clean, rubbish they just pumped out a different more deadly pullutant. Nice!

[bednobs]

Do you actually ever read any of your answers, or like gulliver, do you just carry on spouting what you're going to say no matter what evidence anyone provides the contrary?

Brand-new Jaguars can be over 40 K, family electric cars can be under 40 K. And as Barry has pointed outThis change is not retrospective and therefore anyone who buys one now will know and plan. Not that I expect you to read this of course. Unless it's to write "have a day off"

[ToraToraTora]

bednobs: "Do you actually ever read any of your answers, or like gulliver, do you just carry on spouting what you're going to say no matter what evidence anyone provides the contrary?" - yes I read them all, do you? it seems you don't because you just seem to want to knock everything without understanding the content.

//Brand-new Jaguars can be over 40 K, family electric cars can be under 40 K. And as Barry has pointed outThis change is not retrospective and therefore anyone who buys one now will know and plan. Not that I expect you to read this of course. Unless it's to write "have a day off""// - it was TIC as it is well known I drive a 20 year old Jaaaag. Un-bypass the sense of humour love and untwist the alans.

[naomi24]

When I saw this heading I thought it was going to be about Meghan Markle selling jam.  

[davebro3]

I think you can still buy not very old used (fossil fuelled) cars that have as little as £20 or £35 road tax.

[bednobs]

so not "have a day off" then?

#sad times

[davebro3]

Reports of increasing problems with vandalism of car charging stations / theft of cabling. Unexpected? I don't think so.