New VW Amarok

[6feetdown]

I am not sure you are correct. I read it as they will be taxed as a car. Full stop. With an end date of 2028.
This is a nonsense for many users. Whilst I am sure some pick ups are dual purpose. This is an unjust change which will now destroy values of these vehicles.

Another way of getting them off the road

 

[William127]

Oh, a new defender hardtop it is then

D4 commercial for me
As much as I'm not keen on my ranger and can't wait till it goes back, what a kick in the teeth for people that actually like and use their double cabs as genuine work vehicles, like my Dad does. Literally the perfect work vehicle for him.

 

[Simon edwards]

Bound to happen eventually,I’ve run them since mid 90’s.Current Ranger could be my last.I guess combi vans etc.will follow

 

[hiluxman]

D4 commercial for me
As much as I'm not keen on my ranger and can't wait till it goes back, what a kick in the teeth for people that actually like and use their double cabs as genuine work vehicles, like my Dad does. Literally the perfect work vehicle for him.

D4 commercial is all good til you factor in caz shite. (If your unfortunate enough to have to drive through one)

Hence me going for a none commercial d4.

 

[bobthebuilder]

D4 commercial is all good til you factor in caz shite. (If your unfortunate enough to have to drive through one)

Hence me going for a none commercial d4.

300 quid difference in road tax ?

 

[Lancs Lad]

Bound to happen eventually,I’ve run them since mid 90’s.Current Ranger could be my last.I guess combi vans etc.will follow

VW kombi has long gone...
HTF they decided VW was a car but Renault a van is anyone's guess .pisstake.

 

[hiluxman]

300 quid difference in road tax ?

Almost but fuk the caz shite. I'm not paying them anything. Why should you pay for the same vehicle doing the same thing but because its in a different class. Has sod all to do with clean air.

The £275 is soon offset at £10 per day

 

[William127]

D4 commercial is all good til you factor in caz shite. (If your unfortunate enough to have to drive through one)

Hence me going for a none commercial d4.

I'm only just outside the ULEZ but if I'm going into that pit the charge either goes on someone's bill as an itemised extra or its incredibly rare for leisure in which case it is what it is, better than going by public transport

To be honest I change my mind between commercial or car so often it'll be decided on what's decent and available when i buy.

 

[William127]

Almost but fuk the caz shite. I'm not paying them anything. Why should you pay for the same vehicle doing the same thing but because its in a different class. Has sod all to do with clean air.

The £275 is soon offset at £10 per day

Which caz are you near?
Like you say, £275 doesn't take long at £10 a day if you can't pass it on

 

[bobthebuilder]

Almost but fuk the caz shite. I'm not paying them anything. Why should you pay for the same vehicle doing the same thing but because its in a different class. Has sod all to do with clean air.

The £275 is soon offset at £10 per day

will a diesel d4 go thru a clean air zone ,?

 

[hiluxman]

I'm only just outside the ULEZ but if I'm going into that pit the charge either goes on someone's bill as an itemised extra or its incredibly rare for leisure in which case it is what it is, better than going by public transport

To be honest I change my mind between commercial or car so often it'll be decided on what's decent and available when i buy.

I just don't pay it. They reckon they want 7k off me so far, for running my lorry through it. I'm not paying them a penny. (Most of that been in fines for not paying, not the actual caz fee)

For lorry it's £50 a day and they think you can put £50 on top of price of 1 load that's in the zone. A complient lorry would cost me circa 60k last time I looked, new been around 120k to 130k. No brainer of telling them to shove it.

The 2 highest reading of pollution in the city are where the train station is and the other where the bus station is. Totally manipulated figures.

 

[hiluxman]

will a diesel d4 go thru a clean air zone ,?

Only if its a normal d4 and not a commercial d4. That's the madness of it all.

 

[bobthebuilder]

Only if its a normal d4 and not a commercial d4. That's the madness of it all.

i gonna find me a number plate to go on mine
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just checked a friends d4 hse wont go thru birmingham or bristol ,

 

[V8Druid]

i gonna find me a number plate to go on mine
h
just checked a friends d4 hse wont go thru birmingham or bristol ,

got a selection of several .... all known scrapped chariots

 

[JerryRtilt]

Nissan, Mitsubishi and others must have seen this coming when they pulled out of the market?

 

[Lancs Lad]

Nissan, Mitsubishi and others must have seen this coming when they pulled out of the market?

One wonders how much info was out there behind closed doors...
Grenadier must have caught a whiff...
VW maybe not so...can't imagine was a great move to launch a truck and 9 months in your target market has just popped...even if it was a JV.

 

[DaveDCB]

Same here, but there appears to be massive anti Landrover crusade on currently in social media etc.
Never any mention of who buys this nicked stuff or perhaps the police actually doing something about it? Surely if it really is as bad as it's portrayed there must be huge compounds full of stolen stuff?

Was £800………. This year it’s £1400! It seems to be that kind of price rise regardless of what car you run! Insurance comps are going to be posting some serious profits next year!

 

[DaveDCB]

2nd company come in at 1k, so original insurer obvs doesn’t want our custom!

 

[V8Druid]

Was £800………. This year it’s £1400! It seems to be that kind of price rise regardless of what car you run! Insurance comps are going to be posting some serious profits next year!

2nd company come in at 1k, so original insurer obvs doesn’t want our custom!

what vehicle Dave ..... sounds ridiculous

 

[DaveDCB]

what vehicle Dave ..... sounds ridiculous

That’s on the wife’s disco, it is a 80k car so I guess not too bad.. the jump was more shocking!