Nottm_S2

I've never driven a later one so can't comment, it was just for fun. The early cars unfettled are widow makers as I can attest having spun mine one Oct morning in 2003 iirc

Never happened again in the next 60k miles or whatever. The boosted one is lower, stiffer and easier on that front.

Boosted I do enjoy, it's a different car though, with SC it's even more Dr Jekyl (he was the bad un right?)

It's quicker than my E92 which would be £700+ tax now. Worse MPG though

If every price should double every ten years my 2001 should be much more expensive to tax than it is so I won't complain. There is a strong argument to keeping owd cars on the road, a build carbon footprint spread over 20 years is a lot lower than one over 10

s2k4tony

Brother had a z3m, talking about widow makers..
​​​​​​That thing often tried to overtake itself. Terrific engine but terrifying to be in, you just never knew IF and when it would let go. 3 times it was crashed in his ownership over 3 years, including once by his indy mechanic. Oversteer monster, and it wore great tyres - it didn't matter.
but... He still pines after another ​​​
Govt is doing all they can to kill the sports car with tax hikes. Well, all it will do is increase the co2 in summer when they come out their garages....

Nottm_S2

Mine is taxed March-August already. All to do with road salt and weather though. I didn't use it in winter when I did tax it
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lovegroova

Current one is £675
£325 for pre March 2001
£395 for the inbetweener

£23 extra a month for the newer one which makes it seem less horrendous.

We can thank the idiot Labour mob for this - basing car tax on CO2 emissions was totally moronic. It gave us all those lovely "clean" diesels. ****wits.

Rilot

I couldn't stomach £700/year for the post 2006 models so I bought a 2005. It does grind my gears that Mr Sunny-weather-only-500-miles-per-year pays £700 road tax for his 2007 S2000 but Mr Sales-rep-25k-per-year pays £130 for his BMW 116d.

s2k4tony

Labour most definitely cocked this up.
Bizarre thing is, they won't change the system. I know, get a 40 year old V8 classic and pay no tax at all or mot. Daft and dangerous I'd say.
needs an overhaul through parliament, instead, tax you to the hilt to shoehorn you into an EV that the charge network can't cope with. Yeah great idea that !

Nottm_S2

£217 for 6 months for my 2001 car
£395 for a year

It's clearly bust but we have had a Tory gov for quite some time and they havent fixed it

Or the roads.

We might get Gads proper right gov next

s2k4tony

Gad.. I always knew he was Farage in a cape.
Seriously it's not funny dodging potholes. It's crater crazy right by Salford hospital on my twice weekly slog. Actually they are that bad, they pepper the once marked bus lane. Probably 400yds of surface that is totally bladdered with holes.
What indeed is my car tax paying for - NHS pay rises? Or RNLI hooking corpses out the Channel?

martin j

Unfortunately the RNLI are pulling the live ones out the water and bringing them ashore, no road tax anymore it’s now Vehicle Excise Duty and simply goes into the government tax pot, maybe the £31million to protect mp’s?

Nottm_S2

Shoulda checked before I taxed it