Just had my DVLA for the road robbery scheme, went up £20.00 last year, gone up £15.00 this. Now £335.00 a year robbing [***********************] insert expletives as you will.

Almost makes buying EV worthwhile ALMOST haha

Just now, Jimpster said:

Just had my DVLA for the road robbery scheme, went up £20.00 last year, gone up £15.00 this. Now £335.00 a year robbing [***********************] insert expletives as you will.

Almost makes buying EV worthwhile ALMOST haha

Funny, I just paid £190 today for mum's 23 year old Toyota Yaris. Wonder how many potholes that will fix, oh yes, none!

The "teardrop" ones look like CCTV, the ones on a gantry look like average speed capture cameras and the "classic CCTV" type could be ANPR?

On 9/5/2024 at 5:20 PM, Jimpster said:

Just had my DVLA for the road robbery scheme, went up £20.00 last year, gone up £15.00 this. Now £335.00 a year robbing [***********************] insert expletives as you will.

Almost makes buying EV worthwhile ALMOST haha

If you bought a Jaguar XJ40 6.0 litre V12, the road tax would only be £10 more - bizzare.

1 hour ago, Oriskany said:

If you bought a Jaguar XJ40 6.0 litre V12, the road tax would only be £10 more - bizzare.

But the fuel bill  may be slightly more🤣

beats me as to why some petrols AND diesels pay less in the focus range some significantly

4 minutes ago, Jimpster said:

beats me as to why some petrols AND diesels pay less in the focus range some significantly

Diesels produce much less CO2.  Which is what VED was based on between 2001 and 2017.

All cars registered from 1st April 2017 pay the same amount of VED regardless of engine size, fuel type or emissions.

On 9/5/2024 at 5:22 PM, StephenFord said:

Funny, I just paid £190 today for mum's 23 year old Toyota Yaris. Wonder how many potholes that will fix, oh yes, none!

Yeah, unfortunately some people think that tax is someway directly contributing to road up keep, when in fact it's just  another tax in the big pot of money that's wasted. 

There does need to be an overhaul of all the taxes ( not just ved) to a simpler more efficient way of financing all gov spending. 

20 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Diesels produce much less CO2.  Which is what VED was based on between 2001 and 2017.

All cars registered from 1st April 2017 pay the same amount of VED regardless of engine size, fuel type or emissions.

And that all changed in 2017 because virtually all vehicles paid next to nothing in that 17year bracket and continue to do so. Costs the gov a fortune in lost revenues. 

Up side was manufacturers were pretty much forced to improve fuel efficiency figures on petrol cars ( I mean fabricate fuel efficiency figures ) 

If it wasn't for these ved rates 2001-2017 we probably wouldn't have the excellent ecoboost family of engines🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

For a bit of fun, I decided to see which other petrol cars pre-2017 produce less CO2 than a 1.6 Mk2 Focus with an automatic gearbox and only 100bhp.  184g/km to beat.

 

2.0 petrol VW Golf R DSG - 298bhp - 159g/km

3.5 petrol Mercedes C350 G-Tronic - 306bhp - 164g/km

3.0 petrol Audi S5 Tiptronic - 349bhp - 174g/km

 

So how on earth did Ford get a non turbo 1.6 to produce so much CO2?  That awful gearbox is part of the reason, so much fuel is being wasted through it.  The equivalent manual 1.6 petrol Mk2 is only 159g/km...which is still the same as a 300bhp Golf R.  

23 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

 

So how on earth did Ford get a non turbo 1.6 to produce so much CO2?  That awful gearbox is part of the reason, so much fuel is being wasted through it.  The equivalent manual 1.6 petrol Mk2 is only 159g/km...which is still the same as a 300bhp Golf R.  

I'm always impressed when my 20 year old Focus MOT emissions are so low, and still ULEZ compliant!

I'd go with the Audi tho not unless i can get a non tiptronic 🤣

On 9/7/2024 at 11:42 AM, StephenFord said:

I'm always impressed when my 20 year old Focus MOT emissions are so low, and still ULEZ compliant!

Funny isn't it? My 2006 1299cc Ka was ULEZ compliant (before I had so scrap it due to terminal rust), but my Suzuki Alto 1999 993cc isn't. The Suzuki has the same fuel injection system, catalytic converter and closed loop system. Perhaps some cars just were not tested.

ULEZ is about NOx, not CO2.  Petrol cars meeting Euro 4 emissions and diesel cars meeting Euro 6 emissions were automatically compliant.  A 1999 model would only have been Euro 2 compliant.

29 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

ULEZ is about NOx, not CO2. ...

There was me thinking ULEZ was just about making money 😂

3 hours ago, Oriskany said:

Funny isn't it? My 2006 1299cc Ka was ULEZ compliant (before I had so scrap it due to terminal rust), but my Suzuki Alto 1999 993cc isn't. The Suzuki has the same fuel injection system, catalytic converter and closed loop system. Perhaps some cars just were not tested.

I had a 2nd car , 2000 Suzuki alto. Had a good engine that got thrashed constantly to work and back. X133xuy I think. Guy from abroad bought it and drove it back to his home country. 

I heard it was the last day of summer yesterday, going  through lots of flooded main roads , glad my partner offered to drive. Think she regrets that decision now. Wasn't raining at home. Got 2 hrs each way of this I recon. 

Last day of summer would go in the Like thread for me.  I keep reading people say 'we haven't had a summer this year', yet I'm still suffering heat related health issues and have done for about half the year.  It's still over 25c in my flat today but is overcast outside, expecting some decent rain here soon.

At least my hayfever should be better today. 

Well we had 4 hrs driving in the heavy rain. Get home and it's still ***** it down! 

Could be some flooding tomorrow on my way  to work. 

 

 

Agreed, i struggle at 26 degrees or higher

On 9/8/2024 at 1:34 PM, TomsFocus said:

ULEZ is about NOx, not CO2.  Petrol cars meeting Euro 4 emissions and diesel cars meeting Euro 6 emissions were automatically compliant.  A 1999 model would only have been Euro 2 compliant.

Thanks.

Don't know where to post this so , for some strange reason @unofix is reacting to  my old posts within minutes, probably 20+ now in 10 minutes. 

 @unofix

New furniture, WTH is everyone getting shorter ? Have had to buy raising blocks, as i get so far, then fall in. I only have 27.5" legs and am still to tall for most furniture.

Then i need a crane to winch me out again. 🤬