Got my tax reminder through and it’s just short of £400 for my 07 🥲.
I completed 1800 miles last year! Bring on tax per mile charges or the old girl will have to go.

Mine is the same, think they are trying to a, force us to go EV or b, make up for the lost money because of the EV's. FL2 07 TD4 GS Auto
Ex 02 TD4 Auto

Yes the £400 came as a shock to us too, it will be sorned over winter for sure. Trouble is to get cheap tax the car is a lot more money and full of a lot more electronics and sensors to go wrong. They make us pay one way or the other.

Or you could by a Classic, No Tax, No ULEZ

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1589948 DAVE.
I.A.M. F1rst Driver.
Gone 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto,
Gone 1986 Defender 90 Station Wagon
Gone 1984 Range Rover 3.5 Vogue Manual.
Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Van
Gone 1966 Series 11A SWB Van
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Station Wagon,

The auto must be different. Just received my reminder as well £320. Mine is a manual. Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

Yes automatic must be more expensive as we’re automatic.

Dave47 wrote:

Or you could by a Classic, No Tax, No ULEZ

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1589948

TD4 manual is £240 a year 2013 FL2 XS.
Defender 90 300 TDi.
Defender 90 300 TDi CSW.
1964 MGB Roadster.
1944 Willys MB "Jeep" with bullet holes. (gone)
17 hand Irish Drought Thoroughbred (mostly lame)
Nagging Old Boiler.

I think its to do with the C02 emissions. Early models are 214g/km and the tax rate is £390. Later models are lower at 185/km and the tax is £320

So Billsy, you’d spend a few thousand on a different car to save a couple hundred on tax??

Be grateful you don't have a i6  Common sense isn't very common.
_______________________________
2007 Land Rover Freelander2 I6 hse Auto

Just paid £395. 2010 HSE auto. Only car, live in a rural area. Car is a must.
On top of that, insurance renewal is £552. Now 81 ,so they get us oldies every way. Jim A
Fl2 HSE 2010 auto
Disco 2Td5 auto 2002 gone
Disci 1 300Tdi auto 1996 gone

Paul4751 wrote:

So Billsy, you’d spend a few thousand on a different car to save a couple hundred on tax??

I'm surprised at the variation in figures here! I paid £290 in April for mine - TD4e first registered in Nov '09 and CO2 rated at 179g/km.

Count me out from the clamour for a mileage based system - we do bigger miles up here, even just for essentials. Also, got to say that there is no way I would SORN it for winter!  2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

gasman wrote:

The auto must be different. Just received my reminder as well £320. Mine is a manual.

Just a driver wrote:

Yes automatic must be more expensive as we’re automatic.

Mine is automatic and the same £320 per year. There seems to little coherence with VED at first glance



Note the discrepancy in First Registered Date and MoT test date too… I have owned this car from long before its first ever MoT test became due and the test date has always been a month later than the registration anniversary date.