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Old 10-14-2010, 04:41 AM
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It`s car tax time again, The UK DVLA sent me a reminder mine was due for renewal this month.

£129 6 months road fund licence (6 months is allways more exepnesive)
£235 12 months road fund licence.

No mods this month LOL .
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Originally Posted by BLooD
It`s car tax time again, The UK DVLA sent me a reminder mine was due for renewal this month.

£129 6 months road fund licence (6 months is allways more exepnesive)
£235 12 months road fund licence.

No mods this month LOL .
Be thankfull you're in the UK .
In other countries car tax can be quite high, ie in Greece for the same car i have in the UK , car tax is 750 euros!
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Originally Posted by BLooD
It`s car tax time again, The UK DVLA sent me a reminder mine was due for renewal this month.

£129 6 months road fund licence (6 months is allways more exepnesive)
£235 12 months road fund licence.

No mods this month LOL .
Wow, that's shot up. It was £130 for a full year last time I taxed a car in Britain (but that would have been 1997).
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Originally Posted by spiros
Be thankfull you're in the UK .
In other countries car tax can be quite high, ie in Greece for the same car i have in the UK , car tax is 750 euros!
750 euros = 1056.3750 US dollars

that is just about double what I pay in VA fairfax county
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~$65/yr in Texas
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Originally Posted by BLooD
It`s car tax time again, The UK DVLA sent me a reminder mine was due for renewal this month.

£129 6 months road fund licence (6 months is allways more exepnesive)
£235 12 months road fund licence.

No mods this month LOL .
Bloody hell!It was only £195 only a year ago,seem's like the good old motorist get's kicked in the ball's yet again!
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Be thankful you don't live in Ireland......935euro a year for my 525i, I used to have a Chrysler Crossfire.......1450euro a year
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Just think though. As it is done the emissions some one with a 1.6 ltr petrol will pay around £200 so I don't mind so much as my baby has a heart twice the size.
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$200/ year in Alabama...Ad velorum and tags..
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just paid it!


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