Yowch. You really get f*cked when it comes to vehicles over there. I've only been there once (felixstowe and london), but from what I saw the roads really suck too. Where the hell is all the tax money going?
I filled up my truck tonight - cost about $70. Now I don't feel so bad about that. :) What kinda beemer? That will be my wife's next car (I can't give up my truck). I just love 'em. I have my eye on a certified pre-owned M3 at the moment. On 9/12/06, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Holy shite. > > > > WTF do you heat your house with? Might it be cheaper to just > > burn cash? > > We use natural gas piped directly into the house and the costs of that are > now rising too... > > Our press is constantly telling us we are on the verge of an energy crisis > and the markets are lapping it up which is driving the costs of energy > through the roof.. Our house electricity/natural gas bill is circa $320 > per > month up until 6 months ago it was about $140 per month... > > I'm not sure exactly what the UK Fuel Tax rate is but AFAIK its somewhere > upwards of 75% of the retail cost... We are paying the price for having a > "Green" government... Needless to say, public transport is shitty and > trains > cost more to travel on than planes for long distances... Given all this, > is > it any wonder people are still electing to drive their cars? The Treasury > *knows* it is onto a winner with fuel tax and even with the protests we > had > a few years ago where people blockaded the fuel depots, prices have > steadily > risen... > > The kicker in the UK though is this... We pay a yearly "Road Tax" that is > based on engine size and vehicle class (private, light goods, heavy goods > etc...) the theory being the smaller class vehicles and smaller engine > sizes > are more economical. I own two cars (a BMW as my daily drive and an old > 1983 > Land Rover 4x4 for fun), my partner has a small town car and her son has a > sports hatchback... Apart from the 4x4, my BMW is the largest engined car > we > own. It's also the most economical but I get taxed purely on the engine > size > and end up paying the most in road tax. > > Our combined Road Tax bill is around $1400 per year. Then we have the fuel > tax. > > Disclaimer: All conversions are rounded out after quick Google exchange > rate > conversion so they are "kind of" accurate. > > Paul > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
