CaptCluster
New Member
I would just like to relate my experiences with regard to purchasing a new 110 est in 56 (2006)
Having worked in Ireland, where they have been charging much more for road tax on larger private (non goods) vehicles for many years, I suspected that Blah Blah Blair and Fat Boy Brown were greedily heading in this direction. I therefore ordered a 3.5 tonner through a web site after the local Oxford landi dealers came up with a big zero on my specs and could only recommend waiting for the new 4x4 transit to come out (OK the new Ford Landi). They came up with 'Farnell Land Rover Bradford' and a Gareth Watkins,
Corporate Sales Manager dealt with my order. To cut a long story short, this tosser palmed me off with a standard model which is classed as a 'car' and attracts top road tax. (I did not read the specs on collection carefully enough) I knew it was coming and it did. I now pay £425 and rising for road tax. So, I think to myself, a pain in the arse but just slam in the heavy suspension springs and hay presto. However the greedy B.......s who remain our rulers have decreed that all vehicles after 2000 are not eligible to have there tax status altered regardless of any modification. Therefore, if I understand there Machiavellian legislation correctly, you are best advised to buy a new hard top and convert to an estate with continued commercial taxation status rather than buy an of the shelf estate and get screwed on your road tax. How mad is that, or have I misunderstood…. again?
Having worked in Ireland, where they have been charging much more for road tax on larger private (non goods) vehicles for many years, I suspected that Blah Blah Blair and Fat Boy Brown were greedily heading in this direction. I therefore ordered a 3.5 tonner through a web site after the local Oxford landi dealers came up with a big zero on my specs and could only recommend waiting for the new 4x4 transit to come out (OK the new Ford Landi). They came up with 'Farnell Land Rover Bradford' and a Gareth Watkins,
Corporate Sales Manager dealt with my order. To cut a long story short, this tosser palmed me off with a standard model which is classed as a 'car' and attracts top road tax. (I did not read the specs on collection carefully enough) I knew it was coming and it did. I now pay £425 and rising for road tax. So, I think to myself, a pain in the arse but just slam in the heavy suspension springs and hay presto. However the greedy B.......s who remain our rulers have decreed that all vehicles after 2000 are not eligible to have there tax status altered regardless of any modification. Therefore, if I understand there Machiavellian legislation correctly, you are best advised to buy a new hard top and convert to an estate with continued commercial taxation status rather than buy an of the shelf estate and get screwed on your road tax. How mad is that, or have I misunderstood…. again?
