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Are people who own hybrid cars tax avoiders?

 

At the petrol station I saw a bloke fill up his car for £35 and no doubt will get to drive 500 miles, maybe 600 for £35

 

But the bloke behind him filled his car up for £125

 

Bearing in mind the impact cars have on the planet i did feel the guy paying £125 was paying a fair price for the damage his car will do

 

But the hybrid car owner is surely deliberately avoiding his tax obligations and wrecking the environment at the same time.

 

So would it not make sense to make anyone who drives a hybrid pay a penalty of £1000 every year to make up for their deliberate method of paying their fair share.

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How can he be accused of deliberately avoiding a non-existent tax?

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Surely anyone who drives a hybrid does so to avoid paying there fair share of tax?

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How will the Hybrid car driver manage 500 miles on just 35 quid??

 

Is this assuming they are able to re-charge their batteries for free every 30 miles or so?

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If the car does 80mpg then 6 gallons X 80 miles is 480 miles

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Surely anyone who drives a hybrid does so to avoid paying there fair share of tax?

 

They will drive them for many reasons so how do you know its just a tax fiddle

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Should people who run small fuel efficient cars have to pay an additional tax so that they don’t get cheaper motoring than people who drive large gas guzzlers?

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If the car does 80mpg then 6 gallons X 80 miles is 480 miles

 

Very rarely do these cars do 80MPG, some of the larger ones struggle with 30.

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Very rarely do these cars do 80MPG, some of the larger ones struggle with 30.

 

 

They must do at least 70mpg?

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How will the Hybrid car driver manage 500 miles on just 35 quid??

 

Is this assuming they are able to re-charge their batteries for free every 30 miles or so?

 

unless they have a generator for free and something to run it on for free it cant be free, plus the batteries will need replacing eventually and they would have been bought also not for free.

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They must do at least 70mpg?

 

Totally varies depending on the trip, driver and all sorts.

 

Take the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV as an example, Mitsubishi claim 156 MPG.

 

Owners report:

 

All-electric range: 20-25 Miles

Petrol only MPG: 30-35 MPG (A-roads and Motorway)

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