I bought my 1.8T S-line 190bhp quattro in January knowing the fact that the road tax (emissions tax) could go up to over £425 per year because it has emissions of 226 g/km.

I think this was the reason why i got it really cheap (7K for 2004 s-line) It was then that i noticed on the gov. website that cars with over 225 g/km and built (registered) before march 2006 which should have been put in group L had been moved up to group K, i.e £205 per year until at least 2010 /2011. (a good will gesture by the government during the recession)

I have now looked on the website and the words "until at least 2010 / 2011 have been deleted, so our 1.8T quattro's and Audi TT's etc looks like they will stay in band K.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done Alistair Darling.

P.s never trust anyone who's eyebrows don't match the colour of their hair.