Cost of running a car jumps 20% in just one year fuelled by £300 rise in petrol

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394678...300-rise-petrol.html

Now wasn't the government going to do something with tax to keep petrol prices down? Oh yes they invaded Libya as well
No doubt this will add to the already high unemployment as many who needed a car for work will no longer be able to afford it.

"This 22.9 per cent increase comes as oil prices are forced up by unrest in the Middle East, fuel duty increases at home and the recent VAT hike to 20 per cent."

yes and in Oz the price of crude has gone down but do you think the price at the pump has ?

not likely.

Such a dilemna..I was planning to replace my now ageing Jag with a far newer model as it works out half price to buy one in the UK and ship it out but with the price of fuel !!

Perhaps I'll go with an older Roller or Bentley and hire myself out for weddings at the weekend

We need to keep cost of motoring "up" to protect the environment - and get the fat people to walk occasionally - to protect their health (and the NHS budget).

veritas wrote:
yes and in Oz the price of crude has gone down but do you think the price at the pump has ?

not likely.

Such a dilemna..I was planning to replace my now ageing Jag with a far newer model as it works out half price to buy one in the UK and ship it out but with the price of fuel !!

Perhaps I'll go with an older Roller or Bentley and hire myself out for weddings at the weekend

Buy the Jag Veritas,because as u know they're made in Coventry and Solihull...and u never know when I may need a job the way they're messing up the economy

Veritas, I'll sell you an A8 3.7 Sport, fully loaded and perfect for Aussie roads. Too expensive to keep ver here!

In The Know wrote:
We need to keep cost of motoring "up" to protect the environment - and get the fat people to walk occasionally - to protect their health (and the NHS budget).

And you wonder why you have no friends here

In The Know wrote:
We need to keep cost of motoring "up" to protect the environment - and get the fat people to walk occasionally - to protect their health (and the NHS budget).

I can't believe that anyone would seriously consider that any of our Governments consider the environment when making their tax hikes against the motorist.

Like smokers, drinkers et al, the motorist is a cash cow for a desperate Government trying to prop up a bankrupt country.

Solihull Exile wrote:
In The Know wrote:
We need to keep cost of motoring "up" to protect the environment - and get the fat people to walk occasionally - to protect their health (and the NHS budget).

And you wonder why you have no friends here

Speak for yourself!

I tend to think all politicians are liars by nature.
The Labour party ruined my life,now the Tories are continuing with the same bad ideas.

Yes they did lie about reducing fuel tax,and let's hope ITK never has to suffer what I suffered.It's ok being arrogant when things are ok,but when government policies out of your control ruin your life and health then you tend to see the other side of the argument.

itsamugsgame wrote:
I can't believe that anyone would seriously consider that any of our Governments consider the environment when making their tax hikes against the motorist.

Like smokers, drinkers et al, the motorist is a cash cow for a desperate Government trying to prop up a bankrupt country.

Maybe ... but it is the damaging traits - like smoking, drinking (to excess), and destroying the environment - that is largely being attacked, isn't it?

In that case its surely a good thing?

Unless, of course, you happen to be one of those absurdly arrogant people who think they can do as they please, and when they need medical help, that I and others (who haven't caused the problem) will pay for it?

Innocent Accused wrote:
and let's hope ITK never has to suffer what I suffered.It's ok being arrogant when things are ok,but when government policies out of your control ruin your life and health then you tend to see the other side of the argument.

IA, you are starting to sound paranoid - get a grip (and stop believing this delusional nonsense) !

In The Know wrote:
Innocent Accused wrote:
and let's hope ITK never has to suffer what I suffered.It's ok being arrogant when things are ok,but when government policies out of your control ruin your life and health then you tend to see the other side of the argument.

IA, you are starting to sound paranoid - get a grip (and stop believing this delusional nonsense) !

What an absurd idiot you have become.

I like JK had my life ruined by a false sexual allegation.The kind of thing both the coalition parties promised to look into and make changes.This was not done,and as such many of us feel let down.

There is nothing delusional about spending 18 months waiting for a court case where a guilty outcome could lead up to a life sentence!
As it was unlike JK I was found not guilty,but my health suffered considerably as a result.

This board is for people who support what JK does and stands for,I fail to see you have any connection to either JK's views,or experiences,in fact all you seem to do is insult,while strutting around arrogantly insulting others.
no wonder you get such bad feedback from other posters,you deserve it all and more.

In The Know wrote:
itsamugsgame wrote:
I can't believe that anyone would seriously consider that any of our Governments consider the environment when making their tax hikes against the motorist.

Like smokers, drinkers et al, the motorist is a cash cow for a desperate Government trying to prop up a bankrupt country.

Maybe ... but it is the damaging traits - like smoking, drinking (to excess), and destroying the environment - that is largely being attacked, isn't it?

In that case its surely a good thing?

Unless, of course, you happen to be one of those absurdly arrogant people who think they can do as they please, and when they need medical help, that I and others (who haven't caused the problem) will pay for it?

IF a side effect of imposing ' green' taxes is saving the planet, great! Of course this is not the case. Those smokers that you look down on contribute around £10billion a year for their sins. Latest figures of the cost to the NHS for smoking related diseases? Around £4billion. Those people are indeed paying for their dirty little habit unlike the gluttons who are living on junk purchased from Iceland.

The biggest con was of course the London Congestion Charge. It was initiated to encourage people to use public transport & car share. Allegedly. If that was the case, why charge commercial vehicles who have no choice but to deliver their goods to the businesses in the city and to charge them more? Easy money of course.

The Government need people to drink, smoke & drive because without those terrible people, the country truly would be bankrupt. Me? I don't smoke, drink occasionally drive infrequently & enjoy a vegetarian diet. I do however tip my cap to all of those 'absurdly arrogant' peasants who have decided to stay in this Godforsaken country & continue to pay through the nose for their meagre pleasures.

itsamugsgame wrote:
The Government need people to drink, smoke & drive because without those terrible people, the country truly would be bankrupt. Me? I don't smoke, drink occasionally drive infrequently & enjoy a vegetarian diet. I do however tip my cap to all of those 'absurdly arrogant' peasants who have decided to stay in this Godforsaken country & continue to pay through the nose for their meagre pleasures.

I'll take your figures at face value (but wonder how much they actually include?) - if, as you say, the government actually make a profit from smoking why are they not encouraging it???

In The Know wrote:
itsamugsgame wrote:
The Government need people to drink, smoke & drive because without those terrible people, the country truly would be bankrupt. Me? I don't smoke, drink occasionally drive infrequently & enjoy a vegetarian diet. I do however tip my cap to all of those 'absurdly arrogant' peasants who have decided to stay in this Godforsaken country & continue to pay through the nose for their meagre pleasures.

I'll take your figures at face value (but wonder how much they actually include?) - if, as you say, the government actually make a profit from smoking why are they not encouraging it???

All mainstream Governments know that they could not get away with endorsing smoking, drinking or driving. Too many liberal action groups would make too much noise, hence the lip service. Of course, if the Government really wanted people to stop, they would ban it. That of course would make too much of a hole in the coffers.

As far as fuel duty, they love it when oil prices rise. Occupying Libya is of course helping this cause. To clarify, the Government take a total of 60% in taxes on a litre of unleaded. If unleaded is £1.00 a litre, they get 60p. While it is at £1.33 a litre, they get around 78p. That equates to £billions a year in windfall tax. If they were honest, they would limit their revenue to 60p in the pound.

Wait for the increase in alcohol duty that is about to be imposed, another little earner at the expense of the proletariat. Expect to see 'fat tax' in the near future. A levy on fast food will bring in £millions.

angel wrote:
Veritas, I'll sell you an A8 3.7 Sport, fully loaded and perfect for Aussie roads. Too expensive to keep ver here!

an Audi ??..going on UK ebay prices, they are about 4 times the price in Oz.

itsamugsgame wrote:
Expect to see 'fat tax' in the near future. A levy on fast food will bring in £millions.

All in favour of that !

(Personally I'd put some kind of contraceptive in burgers - to stop these people breeding)

In The Know wrote:
itsamugsgame wrote:
Expect to see 'fat tax' in the near future. A levy on fast food will bring in £millions.

All in favour of that !

(Personally I'd put some kind of contraceptive in burgers - to stop these people breeding)

how about a 'fat cat' tax ?

better still..make the f**kers pay the tax they already owe or tell them to p*ss orf.

The greatest joke ever played on the peasants :"ohhh they'll up stakes and go somewhere else " !!

great...means a blood vacancy for someone else. Like Murdoch is actually going to go and publish the NoTW in a tax exile.

veritas wrote:
how about a 'fat cat' tax ?

better still..make the f**kers pay the tax they already owe or tell them to p*ss orf.

The greatest joke ever played on the peasants :"ohhh they'll up stakes and go somewhere else " !!

great...means a blood vacancy for someone else. Like Murdoch is actually going to go and publish the NoTW in a tax exile.

Typical (loony) Labour / Commie comment !
Bring everything down to the lowest common denominator !

Why punish those that create the wealth (which then pays for the scroungers?) - left to the scroungers we'd all be living in squats and starving !

In The Know wrote:
veritas wrote:
how about a 'fat cat' tax ?

better still..make the f**kers pay the tax they already owe or tell them to p*ss orf.

The greatest joke ever played on the peasants :"ohhh they'll up stakes and go somewhere else " !!

great...means a blood vacancy for someone else. Like Murdoch is actually going to go and publish the NoTW in a tax exile.

Typical (loony) Labour / Commie comment !
Bring everything down to the lowest common denominator !

Why punish those that create the wealth (which then pays for the scroungers?) - left to the scroungers we'd all be living in squats and starving !

ITK..you are just very young aren't you ?

there is no loony left and hasn't been-certainly in the Labour Party for at least 10 years ( Tony Benn excepted but he's regarded as an eccentric)

You have..as there is everywhere else including here in Oz..two right of centre parties.
you don't even have a Green Party in the UK (where loonies like me retreated to) who at least in Oz hold the balance of power in the upper house so no Cameron /Blair type policies can be introduced.