Tax

Does a gti 83 Golf have to pay tax? or is it old enough to qualify for tax exemption?

A golf will never be old enough as it's only pre 73 cars that are tax free.

If the previous lot of expense fiddlers hadn't stopped the rolling 25 year date, all tintop Golfs would be tax free and most Cabrios by now.

Would be be nice if the current lot would reintroduce the scheme perhaps at 30 years like some euro countries.

Its still amazing that the scheme only ran for a few years before it was locked at 1973 13 years ago and loads of people still think its a rolling 25 years. :dontknow:

Maybe we should send a petition to No.10 asking for 25yrs with a well laid out case as to why :dontknow:

the govt is a con artists dream come true, my mk1 when its finished will only do a couple of thousand miles per year in summer , but will pay the same road tax as a travelling salesman

Err… travelling saleman will prob have a modern diesel and pay £20-£110, less than the £185(?) for a MK1 GTI

Early-1800 said

Err… travelling saleman will prob have a modern diesel and pay £20-£110, less than the £185(?) for a MK1 GTI

isnt it bout £210 per year now?

Whoops yea its £205 according to gov website. I'm used to taxing my daily for £20…..

Petrol Jags and Range Rover @£435+. Some good used bargains coming up in next few years….

£205 a year for 1500cc or more :cry:

I just fork it out, albeit begrudgingly, safe in the knowledge I'm keeping a little bit of VW history on the road that I prefer much more than modern stuff.
In my case at least, I can cancel out the cost by :
- Saving on service parts compared to modern car costs (I can buy a filter here and a brake pad there with loose change from down the back of the sofa)
- Not paying labour to fit and fix stuff as I can do it myself without 'special' tools
- Having cheap classic insurance, even with it being a daily commute car
- And last but not least, by getting 60mpg so the bar stewards get far less of my hard-earned money at the pumps :mrgreen:

30 years old tax free would be fair, or even if they halved what you pay after the car's 30 would be something…but they won't. Now that new cars are paying as little as £0 a year on tax they need the top wack tax from people like us.  :dontknow:

i have never found it so hard to bring myself to pax car tax  like the time she turned 25   sorta got over it since then but still feel conned