Fuel tax up again 1st April

you all have a point but what are you going to do about it, are you prepared to take to the streets in protest, or grind the country to a halt, because if not whats the point in moaning or filling in petitions, we need action!
 
[TW]Fox;16139325 said:
That cool, mine is going up £30.

As I am going to have to pay more to use the roads I guess this gives me more right to use them - is there an easy way to get people who pay less tax to vacate parking spaces and stuff?
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You may be onto something here fox! :p

Really think for the engine in my car im paying far too much tax! A wimpy 1.8 engine with a current road tax bracket of your BMW, so I also will be going upto £245/yr.
 
lukechad said:
You may be onto something here fox! :p

Really think for the engine in my car im paying far too much tax! A wimpy 1.8 engine with a current road tax bracket of your BMW, so I also will be going upto £245/yr.
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That's Vauxhall's fault for making their engines inefficient!
 
MrMoonX said:
you all have a point but what are you going to do about it, are you prepared to take to the streets in protest, or grind the country to a halt, because if not whats the point in moaning or filling in petitions, we need action!
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No, but there is an election coming up....
 
clv101 said:
The cost of motoring has apparently gone down by 14% since 1997. The proportion of the petrol price taken as tax has fallen from 75% in 1997 to 67%.
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Thats for that misleading and meaningless quip - the reason it was 75% in 1997 was because the cost of the product was so low as to be virtually nothing.

We don't pay for items in percentages, we pay in hard cash, and 75% of 70p is not quite the same as 71% of 120p (71% is the percentage of the pump price which, come April 1st, will be made up of tax rather than product).
 
It's from the UK parliament. Just like everything else they'll fiddle the statistics to make them satisfy their requirements

This is making a real difference now on top of everything else. I'm currently averaging 30mpg and driving 18,000 miles a year

When petrol was £1/litre not long ago, a year's worth of fuel cost £2724. At £1.15/litre, a year's worth of fuel costs £3132.6. When it hits £1.25/litre, a year's worth of fuel will cost £3405 - a not inconsiderable increase of £681/year or £56.75 per month. This is really noticeable
 
People do seem far too keen to settle for jobs with stupid commutes and then bleat constantly about how they couldnt find anything else. Unless you hold some sort of senior position I see no reason why so many people need to travel so many miles for what are, on balance, such average jobs.

If my job required a commute of more than 10 miles I'd find something else.
 
[TW]Fox;16170501 said:
People do seem far too keen to settle for jobs with stupid commutes and then bleat constantly about how they couldnt find anything else. Unless you hold some sort of senior position I see no reason why so many people need to travel so many miles for what are, on balance, such average jobs.

If my job required a commute of more than 10 miles I'd find something else.
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It's not always that simple - when I started I was only doing about 12,000 miles a year. The commute is only about 25 miles each way and I like the job but hate the area it's in

Since being promoted to Quality Manager I'm now expected to travel auditing our suppliers. I also frequently travel to Gatwick airport as over 2/3rds of our business is in Italy - this has meant that my average mileage has shot up
 
Sorry Fox thats one of the most niave things you have ever said. Some folk have no choice, average job or not!

I was made redundant last march and since then, and i mean since then only job i could get was in Newcastle. Unless i wanted to sacrifice 20k a year.
 
ajgoodfellow said:
It's not always that simple - when I started I was only doing about 12,000 miles a year. The commute is only about 25 miles each way and I like the job but hate the area it's in

Since being promoted to Quality Manager I'm now expected to travel auditing our suppliers. I also frequently travel to Gatwick airport as over 2/3rds of our business is in Italy - this has meant that my average mileage has shot up
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yes but if your travelling during business time surely you should have use of a fuel card and a pool car or can claim it back at 39p a mile or whatever the limit is ?
 
ajgoodfellow said:
Since being promoted to Quality Manager I'm now expected to travel auditing our suppliers. I also frequently travel to Gatwick airport as over 2/3rds of our business is in Italy - this has meant that my average mileage has shot up
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But you'll get expenses for that extra mileage - so it doesnt matter?

Wolfchild said:
Sorry Fox thats one of the most niave things you have ever said. Some folk have no choice, average job or not!

I was made redundant last march and since then, and i mean since then only job i could get was in Newcastle. Unless i wanted to sacrifice 20k a year.
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If you'd have been able to find a job on £20k less than you are on now then I rather suggest you are not working an average job in the first place!

I'm talking about people who seem content to do 100+ miles a day to earn 15-20k a year.
 
[TW]Fox;16170592 said:
But you'll get expenses for that extra mileage - so it doesnt matter?



If you'd have been able to find a job on £20k less than you are on now then I rather suggest you are not working an average job in the first place!

I'm talking about people who seem content to do 100+ miles a day to earn 15-20k a year.
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True but in saying that i would have taken any job i could have gotten as long as paid the bills and kept me from being on the dole. When you have kids and houses the bills need paid no matter what or distance to commute. 150 miles a day even before the redundancy from near Ayr to Livingston. Worth it for the money though
 
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