40 yr rule on VED - will they or wont they?

[DSdriver]

I thought it was a done deal that from next April cars first registered in 1973 would be zero rated for vehicle excise duty but apparently Divla aren't so sure, saying that it was only a proposal in the budget and nobody has got off their arse and done anything about actually making it happen.

Well they had better get a move on if they don't want Parliament Square gridlocked with slow moving 40 year old chod on April 1st

[Felly Magic]

The Doovla is in termoil at the moment, and the remaining staff don't give a shit about anything to be honest

[Partridge]

Seem as every time I deal with the DVLA they screw it up one way or another, I'm not holding my breath.

[DSdriver]

Before this thread just turns into another DVLA are tossers thread, I'm not sure if this is a Divla problem or Parliament not doing the law making bit.

[Partridge]

I'm not even sure if they got it through Parliament did they?

[Mr Livered]

I too have a feeling this is Parliament's fault, not the DVLA's.

[fordperv]

why am i not surprised..... oh wait its because all politicians are bare faced liars who tell us plebs what we want to hear to get into power then repeatedly screw us any way they can without the courtesy of offering a reach around to cushion the blow 

[Des]

Parliaments fault, but DVLA are still tossers.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Abolish RFL

 

I will start a poorly worded and mis-spelt petition to this effect on change.org in a minute.

[HillmanImp]

Parliament never do anything until the last minute. I don't even thing the 2014 act has had its first reading before the House of Commons yet (which I think this is going to be on, cant find it on the 2013 one). It should happen it just has a lot of readings before it gets Royal Ascent. AFAIK some items can be retrospective too as we know that prices go up the day after the budget don't they (?) when they are not written into legislation until several months later.  

[Junkman]

They will - if none of my cars are 40 years old.

They won't - if some or all of my cars are 40 years old.

 

I'm living long enough to have understood these kinds of correlations by now.

[Des]

Free car tax only if your car is older than yourself. There!

[Grundig]

why am i not surprised..... oh wait its because all politicians are bare faced liars who tell us plebs what we want to hear to get into power then repeatedly screw us any way they can without the courtesy of offering a reach around to cushion the blow 

.. As sang by Paul Weller;

 

What you see is what you get

You've made your bed, you'd better lie in it

You choose your leaders and place your trust

As their lies wash you down and their promises rust

You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns

And the public wants what the public gets

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

"Democracy sucks balls, but slightly less than everything else"

 - Winston Churchill

[mercrocker]

They just pulled the plug on shipbuilding down here.....They are all fuckin liars.    Countrys shite and its all  their fault.   They stopped  telling the truth about RFL in 1936

[FredTransit]

I just though 40 YEAR WTF?? Then realised a few of mine will be that age next year. When are they gonna make it rolling? Even if its 30 years rolling l can wait for the rest. I feel old.....

[CortinaDave]

I'm pretty sure it's NOT a 40 year rolling exemption - that was presumed by the classic car press when the announcement was made, but in fact the government have only agreed to move exemption up one year to 1/1/74 then fix it again.

 

Cunch of bunts.

[Mr Livered]

Yes; of course if they do it every year we'll have a de facto rolling exemption like in the good old days - but this time the powers that be will be able to pull the plug on it easily whenever they feel like it, simply by doing... nothing at all.

 

Thinking about the 25 year rolling exemption now, it seems amazing that cars could all be classified as historic and eligible for free tax right up until the late 80s. When they came up with the idea originally, 25 years old seemed really venerable, but much less so now.

[nigel bickle]

To you & me perhaps -but to the vast majority, 4 yrs old is knocking on, 7 is de-facto ,scrap. 40?  Positively ancient

 

Shouldn't  be on the road at that age. Meh!