Why would anyone now want to buy a VW/Audi/Skoda/Seat/Porsche/Bugatti/Lamborgini now that some of their petrol engines are implicated in the emission lying scandal?
I've asked my MP through FOI to find out approximately how much company car tax, VED and BIK taxes the Treasury might have missed out on since 2010 and if it is the intention to retrospectively claim the unpaid taxes back from VW. Probably enough unpaid taxes to employ a whole lot more teachers, tax inspectors, doctors and nurses. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Tim, you misspelled "line their own pockets, and cocaine parties"

i had to chuckle (disapprovingly) when chatting to ex-audi service chap the other day

he had the view that the recall was going to be free and those effected had not lost out as they had been driving the cars they wanted, but had saved cash due to the Co2 emissions been fixed either by road tax or BIK etc

Never mind the fact that those emission data results are a part when choosing a company car or if you are a bobble hat wearing greenie

I wonder how many bobble hat wearing greenies bought a VW/SEAT/Skoda/Audi based on their declared low emissions........... will they be rushing out to change their now worthless cars for something less polluting, maybe even one of those oh so unclean "electric" cars, nothing comes out of the not fitted exhaust, but a huge amount comes out of the powerstation stacks you need to fuel up the car! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

to be honest most drive gas guzzeling clapped out 20 year old cars that makes your ship look "green"

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Still hoping for a S2 one day!

What they going to hang there surf boards on ?? 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

I'm not particulally bothered how much the government have missed out on in revenue. because as we all know, the VED is all a big scam. It's not as if they invest all the money they receive from VED, back into the road network. I'm sure there will be record fines dished out to cover the governments christmas party.

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Well in today's BBC News app Scotland section those prats in the Edinburgh Parliament have decided that they need to discuss road toiling as Westminster isn't giving them enough money from the VED collected to maintain the roads. So that will be the tourist industry and road haulage disappearing............... The SNP certtainly know how to go about getting votes! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

npinks wrote:

to be honest most drive gas guzzeling clapped out 20 year old cars that makes your ship look "green"

That was evident here during the election campaign when I followed an old Pug205 belching out loads of smelly blueish smoke whilst being driven at barely 40mph in a 60 limit with a banner on the rear window urging everyone to vote Green Party

No doubt when I finally managed to pass, as the road opened up into a dual carriageway, I was being berated for driving one of those devilish gas guzzling all polluting 4WD thingies.

Tim in Scotland wrote:

Well in today's BBC News app Scotland section those prats in the Edinburgh Parliament have decided that they need to discuss road toiling as Westminster isn't giving them enough money from the VED collected to maintain the roads. So that will be the tourist industry and road haulage disappearing............... The SNP certtainly know how to go about getting votes!

Quote:

A Scottish government spokesman said: "We have no plans to introduce road toll charging now or at any time in the future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-34717718



Though Scotland doesn't get enough of its money back from Westminster, but that's a different argument