In message , Roland
Perry writes

In message , at 15:26:22 on Tue, 30 Aug
2005, Paul Terry remarked:

My thoughts exactly. The OP was clutching at straws.

Eh? I have no idea whether the cost of car ownership is higher here
than the USA or not - I have no axe to grind either way!

I was merely pointing out, in the context of setting motoring expenses
against tax, that we have the MOT here, just as the American poster
said he has an annual auto inspection (the latter is generally only a
fraction of the cost of an MOT, incidentally).

Is the MOT a "tax", though?

I wouldn't have said so. It is, however an expense that can be set
against tax under certain circumstances (returning to the context of the
original point, once again).

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Paul Terry