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Aussie member here... and I'm always curious how the UK registration system works, when I read various threads on here.
Also a massive (original) Top Gear fan, and confused with their terminology also.
It seems your car registration and insurance systems are vastly advanced from our here in the colony..... if I'm making the correct assumptions.
Can someone please explain your car registration system in a manner n00bs will understand.
Specifically curious about "I have a 66 plate vehicle." What does this mean? It's obviously not the manufacturing year?
Also curious about "tax discs" - I understand diesel cars are all the rage over there, because of lower/less harmful (allegedly) emissions.... causing your rego or insurance to be cheaper?
Or does it go by engine capacity?
I fully understand that in congested cities like London, the smaller/less emitting vehicles are cheaper to register/insure, to encourage use by the population to reduce emissions etc, etc... but how does it actually work over there?
Here in Australia, our registrations are generally based on number of cylinders. 4cyl/rotary, 6cyl, 8cyl. Not sure if the 8cyl is used for larger engines like V10 & V12. There's no distinction between petrol versus diesel, turbo versus NA, CO2 emissions versus fuel consumption, etc, etc.
So a V8 diesel Landcruiser costs the same to register as a petrol Holden Commodore V8 SS (what you call the Vauxhall VXR
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Car Insurance here seems to ONLY be concerned with claims-history & availability of parts, & your location. There's no reductions in insurance costs here, for advanced safety or accident-avoidance technology in your car, no reductions for having dash-cameras installed, no reductions for having completed advanced driver safety training (maybe a few very exclusive insurances offer a reduction on this, but none I've ever found)
Also a massive (original) Top Gear fan, and confused with their terminology also.
It seems your car registration and insurance systems are vastly advanced from our here in the colony..... if I'm making the correct assumptions.
Can someone please explain your car registration system in a manner n00bs will understand.
Specifically curious about "I have a 66 plate vehicle." What does this mean? It's obviously not the manufacturing year?
Also curious about "tax discs" - I understand diesel cars are all the rage over there, because of lower/less harmful (allegedly) emissions.... causing your rego or insurance to be cheaper?
Or does it go by engine capacity?
I fully understand that in congested cities like London, the smaller/less emitting vehicles are cheaper to register/insure, to encourage use by the population to reduce emissions etc, etc... but how does it actually work over there?
Here in Australia, our registrations are generally based on number of cylinders. 4cyl/rotary, 6cyl, 8cyl. Not sure if the 8cyl is used for larger engines like V10 & V12. There's no distinction between petrol versus diesel, turbo versus NA, CO2 emissions versus fuel consumption, etc, etc.
So a V8 diesel Landcruiser costs the same to register as a petrol Holden Commodore V8 SS (what you call the Vauxhall VXR
!Car Insurance here seems to ONLY be concerned with claims-history & availability of parts, & your location. There's no reductions in insurance costs here, for advanced safety or accident-avoidance technology in your car, no reductions for having dash-cameras installed, no reductions for having completed advanced driver safety training (maybe a few very exclusive insurances offer a reduction on this, but none I've ever found)
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