If the road tax doubles on your 4x4 will you get rid of it?

Answer 1

No. Once you've driven a Landrover you won't feel the same driving anything else ever again.

Answer 2

Unfortunately given the very dumb way this increase in road tax will work many innocent people will be forced to give up there 4x4's and the idiots that use them for school runs etc will still continue to use them.
There are many farmers and people that live in remote parts of the county that absolutely need a 4x4 to do there daily work and do not cause any problems with respect to congestion.
If the government was really trying to remove the 4x4's from cities were they do cause problems why not ban them from any body who has a city post code?
They would have the right to appeal if from example they had to use the 4x4 for essential trip to family members who live in the county.
Special permits could be issued to people who have to travel into city centres on business requiring the use of a 4x4.
I think there are many interesting and innovative methods to reduce the impact of large 4x4's but as usual the government has jumped on the band waggon and gone for another cash cow method of raising more tax revenue.

Answer 3

I doubt whether the hike in the car tax has anything to do with removing 4x4s off the road. It's there to generate extra income and "to look green" (good for votes at the moment)... but couple of questions.

What is the likelyhood of the tax being reduced by any future government.. HIGHLY UNLIKELY. Thus, you're stuck with it, and no doubt it will continue to increase.

Secondly.. 4x4s are not being targeted due to their physical size (regardless of whether you live in Chelsea or the Highlands), but due to their CO2 emission; thus ANY car that pumps out high emission will get hit with the tax.

I have a 4x4 that falls into Band F, thus no impact on me.

Is it not up to the vehicle manufacturers to produce more efficient engines. Do so, reduces the Co2 emission, and hopefull one day we will all end up paying just £40 per year for car tax.

Should we as 4x4 drivers lobby the manufacturers and get them to spend less time on gadgets for the Chelsea market and do some serious R&D into fuel efficiency.. either that, or just change to a diesel and run on chipfat.

Just my 2p(s) worth.. unlike Mr Brown, it won't cost the earth.

Answer 4

I don't own a 4x4 and so don't suffer from the tax. However...

The communist wannabe's in charge of the UK today seem to hate all forms of transport. So it's pretty much guaranteed that my Mondeo will be classed as a 4x4. It's also likely that Mr. Everyman's Focus will be a "4x4".

I reckon they will use this tax as a way to punish any car owners, town or country.

I mean, are we forgetting that a LR Freelander is a 4x4, and yet it is smaller than a non-4x4 BMW 5-Series.

I don't like people who use a Range Rover as a fashion accessory, but I utterly despise inter-class jealousy. There are people in this country that hate cars like this, simply because they are bought by aspirational, middle class families.

If the Range Rover ceased to exist, I'm sure there would be an "Alliance Against Urban Vectra's" charity set up in place of the current thing.... and yes, anyone who can afford a Range Rover in London can afford the new tax and Congestion Charge...

Answer 5

How are the government going to classify 4x4''s.
Will this tax only affect 'big' 4x4's or will Subaru Justy's also be affected.
What a stupid idea!
With high fuel prices (most of it being duty), people will decide by other criteria if they can afford to run a 4x4.
But with such negative feelings fueled by 'eco do gooder;s', resale values are so low that it is more economical to pay for fuel etc than to buy a more economical vehicle.
Plus I have better visibility up here!
And have you tried pulling a horse box in a Toyota Pius (oops Prius)

Answer 6

I would have to, i would not be able to afford it!

My car is a practical working car, I use to to travel to work and back etc, but have 2 dogs, and also horses, so it goes to the stables, actually gets muddy and tows!

I have already downsized, getting rid of my Ford Explorer as that was too juicy and used petrol. At one point I had three dogs, so needed the boot space. I now only have two dogs, so have downsized to a Kia, diesel.

Think the tax is unfair, it is the school run mums, that have sparkly, shiny cars, and drive around town that are the problem! lol!

Trouble is everyone will be trying to get rid of the 4x4, so resale value will go down the pan, so think it will be very difficult to sell on, or to get a good price if you want to trade it in!

Ho hum!

Answer 7

I do not own a 4x4 but i just wish to say that most people that do own these vehicles can well afford the extra money so it would not really matter if the revenue was trebled ( which maybe could be a good thing as the extra money could help with other more worthy causes ) but maybe that the people whose use of these cars who can prove they are essential and not just a fashion accessory could claim some rebate and the posers pay up.

Answer 8

If I was forced out of my car through tax hikes (I don't drive a 4x4 but some liberals want to lump Mondeo and Vectra sized cars in with 4x4's...) then I would burn rubbish in front of transport2000's (they are a car haters group) offices to create unnessessary CO2 just to annoy them.

I don't like the encroaching onto our freedoms the car-hate lobby is up to. If they were serious about pollution etc and not just jealous they would put their money where their mouth is and invest in building a hydrogen fuel or a nuclear plant rather than blaming everything on cars.

Answer 9

My motor can and does carry 7 people, my family. One family, one car. If I did not have a dirty great gas guzzling monster, (That`s just to appease the jealous half brains) it is in fact a 12 year old shogun that does 27 mpg on a run. Without it, going anywhere with the family would require 2 vehicles and even at 50 mpg they would cost more to run than one 7 seater. .Now put brain in gear, Why anyone should think that I should be penalised because some wealthy bird uses her fwd. motor to pick the kids up from school, beats the shlt out of me.

Answer 10

not a prayer! we love our 2.5 landrover discovery,we have kids a dog and a huge extended family!having 7 seats is better for us than having to use 2 cars surely?more eco friendly! our car is regularly serviced,well maintained and very well looked after.we dont use it for city shopping(no point, cant find a bleedin parkin space anyhow!)im assuming if mr brown is serious about this increase he himself is going to use the crappy public transport systems we seem to be lumbered with in this country?and leave his huge guzzeling car at home!does this increase also include ambulances,police 4x4s,doctors vehicles and other rescue vehicles? wot a clever idea mr brown! an u think you can run this country(i write this while rolling around on the floor laffin me *** off!) if you ask me its just another money makin scam of the governments,because the greedy sods arent gettin enough from booze,cigs and petrol etc! I WILL KEEP MY 4X4 AT WHATEVER COST AND HOPE THAT EVERY OWNER OF A 4X4 IN THIS COUNTRY BOYCOTTS THE TAX INCREASE AND REFUSES TO PAY! ACTUALLY WE SHOULD DO THE SAME WITH CIGS AND BOOZE, REFUSE TO DRINK AND SMOKE AND WATCH THE GOVERNMENT CRAP ITS PANTS WHEN THEY REALISE THEIR MONEY IS GOING DOWN THE SWANNY COZ THERES NO TAX OR VAT COMIN IN!!!!!

Answer 11

Hell will freeze over first.
I live in the Highlands of Scotland and NEED mine. We've just had blizzards and 6" plus snow fall. I would be housebound with just a 2 WD car.
Annoyingly, mine is in 2 WD most of the time unless it thinks it needs to be in 4WD which doesn't happen very often.
However, as the Chancellor lives in the South of England, nae doot he will tax us all the same. However, I wonder if he is prepared to give up his gas guzzler limo which uses more fuel than my X-Trail?