Classic Car VED Registrations

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Fri 14 Sep 2012 17:22
Classic Car VED Registrations - meldrew

Just in case anyone is interested I got the following info from the DVLA:

Cars built before 1973 registered exempt - 193558

Cars built before 1973 SORNed - 57773

1973 to 1987 (> 25 yrs old) VED paid - 230470

1973 to 1987 SORNed - 257977

A quarter of a million owners (including me) refuse to pay 200 quid for a few miles a year.

Now if those were exempt too most of us would probably pay several hundred a year back into the economy in repairs and fuel taxes. I wonder where the cut off point is for the government.

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Fri 14 Sep 2012 19:03
Classic Car VED Registrations - NARU

I agree with a rolling exemption.

However, a significant proportion of the SORNed 73-87 cars will not be roadworthy.

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Sat 15 Sep 2012 17:52
Classic Car VED Registrations - coopshere
"However, a significant proportion of the SORNed 73-87 cars will not be roadworthy."

Nor will they make much money for the chancellor at only a couple of hundred miles per year. Add to that the fact that when they are on the road they will be more polluting than a modern car and there is no strong argument for them to be exempt of anything.
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Sat 15 Sep 2012 19:47
Classic Car VED Registrations - NARU

Most of the pollution happens when a car is made. The incremental amount for keeping an older car on the road is relatively small

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Tue 18 Sep 2012 21:26
Classic Car VED Registrations - Sofa Spud

I have changed my mind on tax exmption for classic cars. I now see no reason why they should be exempt.

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