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m-dtech
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Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:36 pm

I think this is a worth while petition for all us to sign as E30s can be insured as classic cars.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/historiccart ... 096.efaf85

worth 5 mins of your time.
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Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:55 pm

I've done it. Hope you don't mind, but I'm going to post the link on Planet E30.
The early '70's cut-off is ridiculous. It would be far better to have a (20 year??) rolling cut-off.
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:00 pm

Job done... I agree there, a rolling cut off would make alot more sense !
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essbee wrote:I've done it. Hope you don't mind, but I'm going to post the link on Planet E30.
The early '70's cut-off is ridiculous. It would be far better to have a (20 year??) rolling cut-off.
Spread the word by all means !

IIRC it used to be a 25 year cut off
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m-dtech wrote: IIRC it used to be a 25 year cut off
1972? 1997? 25 year gap. Anything to do with Labour coming to power? Probably. :(
This is why I no longer drive an E30......

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:09 pm

Mine's insured as a classic... HIC say anything over 15 years is a classic, mine made the cut by 8 months ... although I do think it would be good to be tax exempt..

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Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:28 pm

20 years would be fairer, 25+ is too much.
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Signed it.
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:30 am

signed it ... could the cut off have been used to cover the fat cats classic rollers and bentleys ect ?
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Signed it too! winkeye
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Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:12 am

It always used to be 25 years, the GT6 just about scraped into the tax free bracket.

Anyway, signed up :D
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Mines already on a classic agreed value policy? :?
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The petition is for rolling classic car tax exemption, not insurance! :wink:
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:00 pm

20 or 25 years won't happen, if we're lucky it'll be 30 or 35.

The arguement for the original 25 year rolling exemption was based on there being less vehicles, most of which require regular expendature on maintenance and restoration. At the time a majority of the vehicles that qualified were built in the uk and there was and still is a thriving industry in the uk supporting all of this. Move this forward 20 years and the whole arguement is a lot different.
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Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:03 pm

Yes, but a 1974 cutoff is rather arbitrary (and was recently changed from the 1973 cutoff for some odd reason :? ), and harsh on the owners of classic 1980s vehicles, say.

Also, a good deal of cars were built in the UK right up until the present day, including dare I say it, some Jap cars.

You E30 owners should be uprising in protest! :soap:
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signed..not like they are going to do f*#k all about it! lol
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:17 pm

m-dtech wrote:I think this is a worth while petition for all us to sign as E30s can be TAXED as classic cars.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/historiccart ... 096.efaf85

worth 5 mins of your time.
EFA then.
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Signed.
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Wed Jan 01, 2014 3:04 pm

Signed - Whether or not something happens from it (i know what i most likely!), it is important to show support for issues in certain forms of masse.
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AndyZippy wrote:Signed - Whether or not something happens from it (i know what i most likely!), it is important to show support for issues in certain forms of masse.
+1
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