Bad news for UK classic car owners

[Richard230]

The UK plans on screwing classic car owners by charging them £650 to drive their cars in London and older internal combustion vehicles, including motorcycles, might be banned in certain areas of the UK in the future according to this article: https://www.motorious.com/articles/n...ic-car-owners/

[MGD109]

I'd take it with a pith of salt, in my personal experience the UK is very kind to classic car owners. We pay zero road tax and have no annual road worthiness test to pass. My own particular classic if taxed at current UK rates would cost £2,245 to tax for 12 months so even if the article was true (it's not) £650 would still be cheaper.

However a classic in the UK is defined as being over 40 years old, owners of 20 year old rust buckets that their owners may believe to be an "aspiring classic" are subject to tax, congestion charge and road worthiness checks.

[Bogbody]

The article reads very oddly - certainly does not reflect the attitudes and opionions coming out in the UK press and from the various biking representatives.
The uk phrase that applies to the article is "utter bollocks".

[Richard230]

The article reads very oddly - certainly does not reflect the attitudes and opionions coming out in the UK press and from the various biking representatives.
The uk phrase that applies to the article is "utter bollocks".

Well that sucks. You just can't trust articles that you see on the internet anymore.

[notacop]

But I saw it in print, must be true.

[Richard230]

But I saw it in print, must be true.

Did you do what I do and print out the article before reading it? That makes it seem more factual.