Is200 Tax

[sercombe]

Ive noticed that all the past tax discs on the car are £165 and ive gone to tax it online jsut now and its saying its £170 for the year. is this right? have the tax on IS200's gone up?

[Bazza]

differs on what year it is

due to goverment changing how it is charged

think it was 2001

before 2001 its £170

after 2001 its £165

as its now based on emmisions

[MrADeveci]

I never understand ......... I pay £160 for mine ............

Getting another one this month too .......... will let u know if there is any change !

[Noel]

I pay €539 ( £370) here in Ireland.......sliding scale

If i had an IS 300 it would cost €1,100 euro approx £760 sterling....crazy

[MrADeveci]

I pay €539 ( £370) here in Ireland.......sliding scale

If i had an IS 300 it would cost €1,100 euro approx £760 sterling....crazy

£760 for road tax ?!?!?!?!

[Steve]

whats the fuel costs like in Ireland??

[nicnac]

equivqalent of 73p sterling per litre

[Bazza]

I never understand ......... I pay £160 for mine ............

Getting another one this month too .......... will let u know if there is any change !

it went up last april

so you should be paying £165 this year

[Noel]

Petrol and diesel are almost the same price now ...low of 104 c ( 72p) to 127c (87p) , don't forget this is low octane sh!t as well 95 ron, you can find better ron at some select stations but £££££.......aint that rich!

Worst part of our road tax is the state of the secondary roads, i forget the facts but most of the Road tax taken in dosen't actually get spent of the roads.....and we have VRT too....Take a new 2lt car and add 30% to the price to "register it"....

[PQuist]

Look here

[tyrrp]

Look here

Does your road tax stay fixed for the life of the car then? or is it based on readings every year. The older a car gets then higher the emmisions I would have thought.

[chrisis200]

Mine is £170 for the 99 IS200 Sport :(

[tyrrp]

Look here

I think the French have the best system.

A fixed price road tax (Less then €100 I think) but there is a higher tax on their petrol. So you are paying by use.

Only fair way. Why should the littel old lady who does 5,000 miles a year pay the same as the salesman who does 30,000 miles.

Only probelm though is when you travel from our type of system to the French system you are paying twice.

Europe should probably adopt a union wide system.

[Scarlet Pimpernell]

And of course our government will only increase the Petrol proces up EVEN higher...relatively speaking...

When will the diesel cars start running on Rapeseed oils? Mercedes apparently patented the technology in the 1980's...so no one else can develop it...

That's progress for you!

Though some have found a loop hole and are doing their own version now...

[tyrrp]

And of course our government will only increase the Petrol proces up EVEN higher...relatively speaking...

When will the diesel cars start running on Rapeseed oils? Mercedes apparently patented the technology in the 1980's...so no one else can develop it...

That's progress for you!

Though some have found a loop hole and are doing their own version now...

In Ireland there is a company that will convert your diesel engine to run on rapeseed. Costs arount €1,500 for the work and you can then burn full rapeseed or any mix of rapeseed and diesel.

You then need some sort of storage at your home. The minimum delivery is 1t and it works out around 65c/L.

No need for any protection / bunding around the storage either apparently. If there is a spill they say let your dog at it and watch it's coat shine afterwards.

Only works out as cost efficient if you are doing around 30,000 miles a year because of the initial costs for payback.

Also voids your warantee by the way. So they don't advise anyone to do it during that time.