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[Entwood]

This article supposedly discusses the increase in VED ...  

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080709/tuk-road-tax-reforms-to-hit-9m-drivers-6323e80.html

now the minister says:

1/3 will be "better off" ( 33% ?? )
55% will be "no worse off"

and "just over" 44% will pay more ...

Now .. I'm no expert at mathematics but ... 33%+55%+44% =  

am I missing something somewhere

[Auto Addict]

Whichever way you do your sums, this Goverment will rip you off

[Taxi_Driver]

This article supposedly discusses the increase in VED ...  

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080709/tuk-road-tax-reforms-to-hit-9m-drivers-6323e80.html

now the minister says:

1/3 will be "better off" ( 33% ?? )
55% will be "no worse off"

and "just over" 44% will pay more ...

Now .. I'm no expert at mathematics but ... 33%+55%+44% =  

am I missing something somewhere

Obviously Gordon Brown has been doing the calculations...

[Nickbat]

This article headlined in The Telegraph this morning:

"Gordon Brown accused of misleading parliament over road tax rises"

See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/07/10/mroadtax110.xml

[Martin_1962]

Everyone except the goverment can see it for the 'dangle berries' it is.

Does it matter if it produces a lot of CO2 if it is not being used?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Simple maths.
100% of V6 vauxhall Omega owners will be worse off.

[Jimbob]

Simple maths.
100% of V6 vauxhall Omega owners will be worse off.

Not quite  

[Markie]

Simple maths.
100% of V6 vauxhall Omega owners will be worse off.

Not quite  

....after 2001  :-/

I really believe the goverment will start pushing that 2001 cut off back to encompass older cars, gradually  

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Everyone except the goverment can see it for the 'dangle berries' it is.

Does it matter if it produces a lot of CO2 if it is not being used?

Presumably an Omega with a Co2 of 250 driven 3000 miles a year will produce no more Co2 than a super mini with a Co2 of 125 driven 6000 miles a year.
In summary it is not what car you drive , it is how far you drive it.

[Entwood]

Everyone except the goverment can see it for the 'dangle berries' it is.

Does it matter if it produces a lot of CO2 if it is not being used?

Presumably an Omega with a Co2 of 250 driven 3000 miles a year will produce no more Co2 than a super mini with a Co2 of 125 driven 6000 miles a year.
In summary it is not what car you drive , it is how far you drive it.

I've told you before .... stop using common sense and logic .. this is the labour government we are talking about .......

 

[HerefordElite]

99% of statistics are made up and the other 10% are lies

[ians]

saddo that I am I was reading the debate on the 'theywork for you' web site.

The conseravtives and liberals were basically arguing for common sense and that a retrospective change was unfair.

Some of the labour comments were plain crass.   They don't think the change is any more retrospective than road tax changes have been in the past.   If they keep up that head in the sand arrogance they are heading to be kicked out big time..

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

99% of statistics are made up and the other 10% are lies

Is this a variation on the old saying "there are lies , damn lies and then there are statistics"...... 8-)