Should I fill up with diesel today?

[Slim]

1 hour ago, Machpoint005 said:

 

Sounds a lot like the usual justification for paying extra tax to DVLC for a "cherished" registration mark.

 

I wonder if there is a correlation between AmEx holders and poser plates?

 

Normally I would agree with you but several weeos ago I saw one, onn a RangeRover that I would have liked

I SPY M15.

[Alan de Enfield]

5 hours ago, Machpoint005 said:

The speculation is just that .. speculation.

 

It would be pissing on the chips of those Brexiteers who were always on about freedom from EU regulations, though.

 

But now we are out of the EU the Chancellor has removed VAT from books, and reduced 'female thingies' to 5%

[WotEver]

3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

But now we are out of the EU the Chancellor has removed VAT from books, and reduced 'female thingies' to 5%

I thought I heard him say that the 5% was gone too?

[Guest]

2 hours ago, WotEver said:

I thought I heard him say that the 5% was gone too?

You heard correct.

 

The VAT rate will be reduced to zero.

[WotEver]

Just now, The Happy Nomad said:

You heard correct.

 

The VAT rate will be reduced to zero.

Quite right too

[Mike Todd]

14 hours ago, WotEver said:

I thought I heard him say that the 5% was gone too?

And it is not books as such but the same material in different, usually electronic, formats, as I heard it.

[WotEver]

23 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

And it is not books as such but the same material in different, usually electronic, formats, as I heard it.

Yup. “There should be no tax on education” was I believe the phrase he used. 

[MtB]

18 hours ago, Slim said:

Normally I would agree with you but several weeos ago I saw one, onn a RangeRover that I would have liked

I SPY M15.

Curious. 

 

I cant resolve that into any recognised format of number plate issued by dvlc

 

 

 

 

 

[Slim]

4 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

Curious. 

 

I cant resolve that into any recognised format of number plate issued by dvlc

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's because I'm an idiot. It was MI 51 SPY. Displayed as MI5 1 SPY. Ilegal but funny

[WotEver]

Just now, Slim said:

That's because I'm an idiot. It was MI 51 SPY. Displayed as MI5 1 SPY. Ilegal but funny

Most expensive I saw in a DVLA auction was MR51 NGH. MR SINGH. I think it went for £40k.