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Road Taxing Rant!

With MOT, insurance certificate and Road Tax reminder in hand I headed off to the Post Office - purveyors of all things postal and the holy grail of road tax. Permission to drive on Her Majesty's roads without threat of arrest or crushed 944.

It should be such a simple affair: hand over the documents and a cheque, and get handed that colourful round little disc to put in your car window.

But no, am I the only person who thinks that I shouldn't have to lose a month of road tax because it's more than 2 days before the end of the month? I couldn't buy road tax from the beginning of December, I had to buy it as if from the beginning of November. That means I pay for 6 months tax and only get five; or pay for a year and only get 11 months - especially when the road fund is raided for other government spending. I think we're taxed enough not to want to pay for a months road tax and not get it!

So as a matter of principal I'm parking the 944 in the garage and waiting a week so I can get what I pay for - even though I'm desperate to hit the back roads before the thick of winter.
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