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25-09-2008, 09:53 AM
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| | Administrator Torque King Car: A3 1.8T Sport
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|  Car tax and insurance
How much do we each pay in car tax and insurance before we even put an ignition key in our cars and drive it down the road?
I'm running at a flat cost of around £600 (US $1117!) (About 27% of this is car tax! The rest is Full car insurance & Breakdown cover.)
I'm particularly curious in other countries and what charges are levied before you even start driving.
Add the cost of servicing and repairs and cars can become pretty pricey indeed.
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25-09-2008, 11:16 AM
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| | Loyal Member Power tuner Car: Mazda 323 2.0 Sport
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: North West
Posts: 178
|  Re: Car tax and insurance
£565 Inc car tax which is about to rocket next year | |
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25-09-2008, 04:27 PM
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| | Moderator Torque Junkie Car: Peugeot 406
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SOUTH EAST
Posts: 2,425
| Re: Car tax and insurance
Road tax currently £168. Insurance is just under £400. Not bad for a nigh on 200bhp car. Wait 'til next year and the tax'll be about £400. THen it's bye bye time | |
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25-09-2008, 06:15 PM
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| | Member Tuner Car: Skoda Fabia vRS
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Swansea
Posts: 54
| Re: Car tax and insurance
The vRS is currently costing me £850 a year to insure and tax which is £120 at the moment isn't due until December. I checked about tax increase and it goes up by £5 in 2010 so I'm fine.
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25-09-2008, 07:20 PM
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| | Loyal Member Road burner Car: trans am 79 & 88
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: chatham kent
Posts: 253
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i am paying 380 insurance and 180 tax for the trans am
1k insurance and 180 for the volvo
i must be mad | |
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26-09-2008, 07:44 AM
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| | Loyal Member Power tuner Car: 95 FORD PROBE GT
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: KENTUCKY
Posts: 157
| Re: Car tax and insurance
My car taxes are $36 a year and $400 on insurance
Wife's '96 Pontiac Grand Prix taxes $34 and insurance is $300 a year!
Oh and thanks Waynne for the US conversion!
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26-09-2008, 09:23 AM
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| | Very Senior Member The Torque Meister Car: 1999 Civic Coupe
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northampton, England
Posts: 1,815
| Re: Car tax and insurance
Looks like mine is the highest so far then! Last December I paid £1400 for insurance (1 years NCB and insurance group 14) and then a few months back I had to pay £180 tax. Bloody rip off!!
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26-09-2008, 10:49 AM
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| | Super Moderator Torque Junkie Car: VW Bora (184.6bhp)
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lockerbie, SW Scotland
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| Re: Car tax and insurance
£210 tax and £460 insurance total £670
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26-09-2008, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 663
| Re: Car tax and insurance
im probably looking at around the same as prince.
i want a vtec civic 6th gen coupe, and its around 900 a year with 120(?) tax
so about a grand.
plus 400 insurance for my bike and about 20 quid for tax
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27-09-2008, 12:43 PM
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| | Administrator Torque King Car: A3 1.8T Sport
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Deal, Kent UK
Posts: 9,552
| Re: Car tax and insurance
$36 car tax for a year  I think we are getting ripped off at £180! I wonder if I can register my car in America and just be on a long holiday in the UK.
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27-09-2008, 10:15 PM
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| | Loyal Member Road burner Car: Vauxhall Astra SXI
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Somerset
Posts: 255
| Re: Car tax and insurance
Mines £650 for insurance and 180 for tax, crazy thinking I'm never going to see that money again.
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