Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) UK car tax on CX Plus Four - bit of a rant

I just don't think that mileage is a simple metric to work with, because it's wide open for abuse. Where a car can be clocked, it will be. Even with a tracker, there will be those capable of fixing the numbers. And trailered cars would show distance covered without being driven.

If you can afford a Morgan, you are rich and therefore the tax collector must suck greedily on your nipples to feed the poor and the feckless.

...but Dave, soon trackers will be mandatory on all new vehicles and installed on older ones at time of MOT...





(ps - as I'm sure you're aware, modern trackers are intelligent enough to know when a vehicle is moving without the engine on (your trailer example) and therefore Rachel will let you off paying for those miles (or will she because that trailer is still taking up 'road space' )

Simple solution, ]just put camera's on every street corner............whilst they may be subject to vandalism, should be able to capture vehicle movements, but then fake/cloned plates will be used..................

If you can afford a Morgan you have entered often into a bottomless pit of never ending expenditure (compared to many other cars) and actually should be given a discount for supporting British Industry and it's supply chains........Morgan ownership shoud be recognised and appreciaited for it's ongoing contribution, intentional or otherwise, to the UK economy.

People will always try and often get round certain taxes and costs. There are bright criminals out there who will hack cost per mile. Or we all rush out and drive when the system goes down ! People started to park their cars in their front gardens when parking permits came in . Result rain run off issues, Increased parking permit costs for my second car, so it now sits on a snug drive with no wall. I didn’t rebuild it when a vehicle knocked it down.. Taxing, it goes on and on but I appreciate new thinking might be needed. Our council allows flat developments but restrict the number of vehicle spaces on planning or will not allow permits for the flat owners . They don’t want cars or wood burners in London !! Great freedoms but it’s in our best interests.
MM

Buy old stuff. No tax or Mot to worry about

Like cigarettes - estimated up to 20% are smuggled into the UK.