...and we don't even get a paper disk now!
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Just received my vehicle tax reminder today.
£225 for 1 year in the 1.6 Berlingo van.
...and we don't even get a flamin' paper disk now!
If it is all to do with emissions, then how come, when I had my van MOT'd the garage had to check my emissions on 2 different machines, because they were almost too low to measure?
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I agree with you Argus just to raise your blood pressure further have you compared your ved for your van compared to the car version. Its a bl@@dy joke ved rates.
Are we there yet?????
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Commercial vehicles are rated differently. I could have a tiny 1.1 litre diesel or a 3 litre V6. The tax band is still £225. There is an offset you claim back though based on the emissions. Don't know how it works, that's why I'm not an accountant.
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(06-10-2015, 05:54 PM)doofer Wrote: Is it not a good moment to say that mine was free for the first year, and £30 a year for every year after..?
1.6 Diesel Multispace XTR with 6-speed auto gearbox (90bhp)
Are vans calculated differently to cars?
No, (sob, sob) it's never a good moment for news like that!
Ok, next time, I'm buying an XTR, selling off the posh interior and rear body glass, fitting steel panels where the glass is gone and using it as a van - with reduced running costs! Unless they start making a 3 litre V6, now that would be interesting in a Berlingo!
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2017 Berlingo Multispace Flair 120
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I have the multispace for delivery work and Tax was a major factor in the decision, That and the insurance is 1K cheaper for exactly the same cover.
Seats are either folded or as xmas is coming, removed to give a surprising amount of extra space. I've not even bothered doing anything to the windows as the tint is dark enough that you need to be right up close to seen in.
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08-10-2015, 08:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-10-2015, 08:54 AM by ffrenchie.)
Ok, next time, I'm buying an XTR, selling off the posh interior and rear body glass, fitting steel panels where the glass is gone and using it as a van - with reduced running costs! Unless they start making a 3 litre V6, now that would be interesting in a Berlingo!
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Then you'll have to notify your insurance and pay more for a modified vehicle, declare a change of use to DVSA and pay VAT on the car price and get put into your original tax bracket anyway You can't win. Just take the seats out and tint the rear windows and insure it for business would be the way to go.
So where does this bit go then ?
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(08-10-2015, 07:25 PM)doofer Wrote: That's exactly what I do - my Multispace XTR is a delivery van as well as our car. The seats are out as often as in, depending on what supplies I'm collecting - I run a small online retail business, so everything arrives and leaves in it.
Not another one selling blow up dolls and lube on the net!
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Not much VED savings for me on my new van! My old L2 (90hp 1.6) was £225 per year, and my new L2 with basically the same engine is £145. However, I have to buy DPF fluid at £100 a refill at roughly every 80,000 miles for my current van, and that is just a little over a years worth of driving for me lol! I'll just have to comfort myself with the knowledge that I'm (hopefully) polluting less.
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(09-10-2015, 07:15 PM)CourierJim Wrote: Not much VED savings for me on my new van! My old L2 (90hp 1.6) was £225 per year, and my new L2 with basically the same engine is £145. However, I have to buy DPF fluid at £100 a refill at roughly every 80,000 miles for my current van, and that is just a little over a years worth of driving for me lol! I'll just have to comfort myself with the knowledge that I'm (hopefully) polluting less.
You can buy Adblue on line & youtube have how to do it pics. My newBerlingo will be a Blue so I looked it up.
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09-10-2015, 10:13 PM
Hi guys. Why taxes for cars are so high in your country?
PS. For my 1,4 petrol M59 I pay £7,96 every year
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