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We all know that as of next year the VED (road tax) rates will expand to more bands & increase in cost to penalise the higher polluting cars (yeah, right! :p ). The highest band will be Band M, for the biggest polluters {allegedly} that emit more than 255g of Co2 per km.. Now, this got me...

What are the details of the so-called "showroom tax"? From April next year, the drivers of the most polluting cars will pay vehicle excise duty of £440. Then from April 2010, people buying new models that are the most polluting will pay vehicle excise duty of £950 in their first year of...

According to the BBC; "Mr Brown is expected to unveil plans for tax breaks for homes which use solar panels and wind turbines and a hike in road tax for the worst "gas guzzlers". Some reports suggest that the duty on the least fuel-efficient cars will double to about £400 a year" What is a...

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"Cars with the lowest rate of emissions would pay no vehicle excise duty but the 1% of most polluting cars would pay £210" - www.bbc.co.uk Can't find any actual details. Anyone?

I read some slightly worrying reports in the papers that Gordon is going to up the road tax quite substantially on anything >225g CO2 / km. Since I own a C230K (243g) and a '94 E300D I have a feeling I'm about to get shafted. Does anyone out there have any concrete info on just how MUCH this...

OK, so it not for my car. Looking for a generic handsfree, plug in to the cig. lighter style hands free for my girlfriends car. I don't want to go too cheap and nasty as I know it wont work and therefore not used, but I am sure there must be some half decent ones out now. Anyone got one...

I fancy GPS in my car. I don't need it, but it looks shiny. Having scanned over ebay I'm torn between a pocket pc with GPS reciever - has the advantage of being colour and offering 3D maps, but possibly with a low contrast screen going by my previous experience with pocket pcs. Or something...

Has anyone got experiance of the two title topics. I have had a look around and can find in-car dvd units with stand alone TFT monitors for around £130 which is a hell of a lot cheaper than my local in-car place are looking to charge, any feedback on what to look out for on these units? Satnav...