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Post by lexi »

This is a bit of car for the money.
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Post by Chlorate »

Looks like a good car, but you do wonder why they want to get rid of it so badly...
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Chlorate wrote:Looks like a good car, but you do wonder why they want to get rid of it so badly...
£400 raod tax coming in might be the reason.
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Post by Chlorate »

Fair point, but I'd assume you could get slightly more than £600 for it nonetheless.
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Post by falling-out-with-my-car »

Nah doesnt matter what the price is you can keep it C5's are awful cars, I'll stick to xantias cheers.
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Post by lexi »

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400 raod tax coming in might be the reason.
:o Hope my R reg v6 aint going that way!
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Post by Sl4yer »

lexi wrote: :o Hope my R reg v6 aint going that way!
Nope, 2001 cars onwards I believe. Basically, anything which is taxed by CO2 rather than engine size.

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c5 road tax

Post by avin44 »

according to the DVLA website, the tax for a C5 is going to be £245 not £400
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Re: c5 road tax

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avin44 wrote:according to the DVLA website, the tax for a C5 is going to be £245 not £400
Provided it was registered prior to 23rd March 2006, I see even for older (pre 2001) cars its going up to £205 :evil:
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