Very envious UK Z owners. Minister of finance here in ireland has just increased the road tax by 12%. Which now raises the road tax from €960 to €1075.20 peryear while a 3.1 car is nearly €1300/year. This is before our insurance costs. Reality has ceased to exist in Ireland.

WTF? I've been to Ireland twice this year on business & the roads are S H I T, what do they spend the money on FFS?

Unfortunately the Road Tax here does not go to the roads but to social services, Dole, social welfare ets. This is why the roads are shit.

 

Dont see why does who drive large cars should subsidise those who stay in bed.

Can you not register/tax the car here somehow?

Any relatives in UK who could "own" it or something.

Might complicate insurance I suppose.

What are the rules cos when I went to Dublin for the weekend in the Z I didn't have to re-tax it?!?! :D LOL

 

That's a massive amount to have to pay on top of rip-off insurance :(

 

At least the fuel is cheap or was last time I was there.

I wouldnt say fuel is cheap about the same as spain/ portugal 83 cent/litre. Its just the UK petrol prices are a pure rip off whats the average now 77p (1.22 euro)?

 

Over the year the UK petrol prices probably equates with irish road tax , but you have to be doing at least 18 k miles / year.

 

No such thing as a weekend car over here and forget about eh deals yee lads n lassies get on insurance when car is over 10 years old, full premium until the car is 30 years old. Funny thing is the Insurance companies are the same firms on both sides of the Irish sea.

 

Makes you think