Over two hundred and fifty quid to drive on potholed roads with so many roadworks that you spend a fortune in extra petrol on detouring, so much traffic at such a standstill that you lose days of your life simply sitting behind the wheel going nowhere, and the bloody police with nothing better to do that pick you up for going thirty-five in a thirty mph speed limit when there are no houses in sight, no other cars within two miles and it's four o'clock in the frigging morning anyway.
Two hundred and sixty-five quid and they don't even send me a sodding tax disc to display on my windscreen.
Well, bugger them, I've made my own!
Lindsey Messenger on FB
ReplyDeleteGood on ya....
Andrew Height
DeleteIn my car as I speak. Wonder if it is breaking the law? It isn't a forgery as I have paid my money. It is more of a declaration that I have coughed up the dosh.
Louisa Morgan on FB
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me, think I just left mine in the car...
Andrew Height
Deletebetter move it Louisa. It might be an offence to show an out of date tax disc still. Bloody bureaucracy!
Louisa Morgan
DeleteWouldn't surprise me if it was!
Andrew Height
DeleteMe neither. I wonder what the traffic wardens will do when they see my 2016 tax disc? It isn't out of date, but it shouldn't exist!
Andrew Height
DeleteI'll change the colour for 2017 - and the price again probably!
Louisa Morgan
DeleteYou should put a mini piece of art in there instead... 😀
Andrew Height
DeleteAh but this is. It's an installation piece and a comment on social integrity along with a consumerist view of the world a la Andy Warhol... Or so some of my upyerarse arty friends would say.
Louisa Morgan
DeleteOk, I was thinking more illustration, but yeah I guess it is...
Andrew Height
ReplyDeleteI think I will snap up as many tax disc holders as I can and start producing some. It is an interesting idea.
Kathryn Salthouse
ReplyDeleteLove it
Andrew Height
DeleteShame that they have got rid of them Kathryn. I will miss the excitement of putting them in the holder. Apparently tax disc holders were a multi million pound business and lots of people have been made redundant as a result. Progress - who needs it really?
Kathryn Salthouse
DeleteThere's a great business opportunity Andy!
Andrew Height
DeleteI think that you may be right Kathryn
Emma Cholmondeley on FB
ReplyDeleteI thank you for this post for two reasons:
1. Your art work is genius and the reasons behind it even more so
2. You saved me a potential BIG fine as I'd completely forgotten that my car tax was also due today!!...
Cheers!
Andrew Height
ReplyDeleteI hate paying car tax Emma, particularly as I drive so little these days.
Kevin Parrott on FB
ReplyDeletePlease can you make me two Andy.
Andrew Height
DeleteI can give it a go if you'd like Kevin
Kevin Parrott
DeleteActually, I could use this, the year I was born.
I'll have to re-apply for my driving licence next year anyway.
Kevin Parrott's photo.