1.9td dmax or discovery 4 commercial?

pettsy

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Location
Derbyshire
I had a Dmax from new for 3yrs, then changed to a D4. Completely different vehicles but don’t think I’d go back to a double cab pickup now unless I needed a completely separate load area.

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It all boils down to how much money you have to spend on a vehicle. Disco is double money to a pick up. Double the motor imo but often double the upkeep cost too. D Max’s can be costly if worked hard but the discos can be heart breaking cost wise if it goes tits up.
 

firther

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Location
holmfirth
How much is a D4’s road tax?

i think thats the sticking point, Someone can buy a pickup who lives on an estate and only use it for school runs but pay commercial road tax. Should really be based on what the vehicles used for.

On another note, if you buy a discovery commercial and have the back seats added, is it still classed as commercial?
 

Timbo

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Location
Gods County
Still classed as a commercial with rear seats same road tax as a pick up £250-260 can’t remember exactly

The peculairty here is that with rear seats fitted you can keep the commercial status & road tax figure - but the rear windows must not be openable - D4 commercials have the motors and regulators in place but the factory has removed the motor controller and filled the slot with gloop- as well as using a squirt of silicone sealer in the window channels.
 

Two Tone

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Mixed Farmer
The road fund tax thing is ridiculous.

I run a 2010 RR sport that costs me £555 road tax a year. I’ve actually taken it off the road while coronavirus means I don’t need to use it. I only do about 8K annually normally.

My neighbour has a 2015 D4 which is taxed for for about half of mine, because it has that stupid starter motor eating system that shuts the engine down, every time he stops. The starter motor costs more and takes far more CO2 to manufacture than it will ever save!
So he has turned it off.

I run a D3 on the farm, which is pre March 2006 and is also taxed at about the same as my neighbour’s 2015 D4

It just seems ludicrous that a commercial, probably does far more miles than a private vehicle built between March 2006 and 2015, yet costs less to tax than a private vehicle built between March 2006 and 2015.


Was it designed to get rid of a decade’s worth of vehicles and encourage us to buy new/newer?
In just the same way that Diesel has become bad, when once it was better than petrol?
 
Location
Cleveland
The peculairty here is that with rear seats fitted you can keep the commercial status & road tax figure - but the rear windows must not be openable - D4 commercials have the motors and regulators in place but the factory has removed the motor controller and filled the slot with gloop- as well as using a squirt of silicone sealer in the window channels.
Are you sure about that? I thought it was something to do with payloads and that’s why the seats weren’t allowed
 

Robt

Member
Location
Suffolk
To my knowledge it isn’t
If they are “occasional use” such as those done by Scots seats etc then , yes it is still a commercial. I think they need to be able to completely fold forward . Had then in 3 disco 4’s and three shogun commercials . All taxed and insured as a commercial . No problems. Wouldn’t want to spend more than an hour on the seats though!
 

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