The cost of tax winds me up.

OK,
I've just found out that 12months tax on a Smart car is only £35! For my SV650 it has just cost me 36quid for only 6 months.
I take up less of the road, probably use less fuel, only have 2 tyres compared to 4 and take up much less car parking space.
Does anyone know what the emissions on an SV650 are? The government works out car tax based on CO2 emissions (g/km). If I can prove that the emissions on a bike are less than a Smart car then I feel a letter my MP coming on!
Cheers,
Chris

[G]

I think you will find they probably arnt to be honest.

I found it amusing that my tax on the 600rr is less than the sv650 even though it uses twice as much fuel, gets through twice as many tyres etc....

Tax is a funny thing.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by G

I think you will find they probably arnt to be honest.

I found it amusing that my tax on the 600rr is less than the sv650 even though it uses twice as much fuel, gets through twice as many tyres etc....

Tax is a funny thing.

+1
My SV gets 45 mpg I'm sure a Smart gets more. My SV came with a catalyst, but i doubt it is as clean as a car's.

Yeah that 600 limit does irk me with the SV. But all in all, we don't do to badly with road tax. At least it's not £400

And another thing, this argument that bikes take up less road & don't cause congestion is bogus. When they crash - and the do crash relatively more - they usually cause even more congestion than a car crash.

[Mr Speirs]

Originally Posted by Stu

+1
At least it's not £400

Like my car will be in 2009!!!
In 2010....£945

Anyone wanna buy a car?

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

Like my car will be in 2009!!!
In 2010....£945

Anyone wanna buy a car?

ouch! what are you driving?

Yeah don't get them to look too closely at how much crap our bikes put out the back or we'll all be paying £500 each!

Anyway I can tax my 650 for a year for less than one tank of petrol in me car. So I don't think its that bad.

[Dave20046]

How much do SV's cost to tax these days?!!!!!
I thought it was £49 a year.
Balls

£101 for 6months on a Rover 216...jokes!

The biggest joke is the tax-exempt band A vehicles, like a SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive, as if making a small amount of pollution whilst on the road somehow makes them ghost like, not adding to traffic numbers or taking up road space, or using the road infrastructure in any way at all. Surely there should be a minimum cost for a car sized car, and then emissions dictates how much on top of that you pay.

[Ch00]

My festia car tax is £35 for the year too !!

Ch00