For anyone still registered as 2616cc

[scooby_si]

balls http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/18/18_2_103v.gif\' border=0> lady i\'ve been tormenting was on a half day today so i\'d missed her by the time i tried me luckkkkk, booger will try & remember on Monday....
Si

[Shark]

I\'m starting to not like the DVLA people. http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_2_202.gif\' border=0>

After the phone conversation, she sent me another letter which arrived this morning.  

...the correct engine capacity for your vehicle is 2616cc.  This is caluclated from the sum of the swept volumes of each of the rotors of the engine, multiplied by 2.  In this case 2 rotors each of 654cc = 654x2x2 = 2616cc.  This is defined in the Automotive Exhaust Emissions Directive.

Gonna write back and ask for a copy of said document and ask a few questions they\'ll find it difficult to answer.  With a little luck, she\'ll self destruct! http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_2_104.gif\' border=0>

[scooby_si]

lol de ja vous that\'s exactly wot i had with previously discussed results.....
PM me the lasses name who\'s been sending you this i\'ll be intreged if it\'s the same one as i\'ve been tormenting er i mean dealing http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_15_1.gif\' border=0> with .........
Si

[davefrith]

lol I\'m gonna try some reverse psychology on her, just putting the finishing touchs to my letter, I wanna be a 2616 !!

[scooby_si]

lol er Dave you been getting too many of them women like it big emails? http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_8_11.gif\' border=0>
I called again today & still no joy with getting a response from the "vehicle policy group" or wotever dubious title they have but she is aparently going to chase them especially after i pointed out i wasn\'t going to go quiet & give up.....
Si (AKA small is beautiful http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_10_5.gif\' border=0> lmao)

[MikeLMR]

lol my log book is also wrong then ... it quotes 2300cc\'s it should be either 2292cc or 1146cc. I don\'t think I\'ll bother with all the hassle changing it, too much risk of having to pay a  load of back tax at some date when they find out.

[TheJackal]

My car is registered as a 1600cc, what the hell is all that about. It sounds like mazda have agreed to register all rx7\'s ans 8\'s as 2616cc or whatever in order that the people who own the cars can pay more tax. I would assume that mazda get some kickback from the government for doing this.

I wouldnt mind paying £160 per year for road tax if they actually spent this much on the roads, just think how immaculate they would be. The fact is that  around £10 out of the £160 goes towards road maintenance/upgrades and the rest goes into the governments pocket to be pissed away on 200% salary increases for politicians etc.

Not that I\'m bitter.

If you really want to be pissed of at the government for ripping you off for driving a car see the website bellow:

http://money.msn.co.uk/MyMoney/Insight/MoneySpinner/ThisWeek/Carsandtax/default.asp

[Shark]

To be fair it\'s not the extra £50 road tax that bugs me, it;s the stupidity of the whole thing....  and it\'s one of the few opportunities I get to make them work for my money  lol
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[framey]

Yipeeeee!
Just talked to a guy in Cardiff - my car is now offcially a 1308cc.

Result1
Thanks for the letter off Pip tip off.

[scooby_si]

Do you have his name? http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_31_4.gif\' border=0>
Si

[Shark]

Si,

I figure we must both have done something in a previous life.

Wouldn\'t bother me but something that deserves such punishment must have been bloody good fun and I don\'t get to remember it !

[scooby_si]

group buy on sinning perchance? lol
Si

[framey]

Hi Scoob,
yeah, I\'ll pass it on as soon as I get the new doc\'s. Don\'t want him changing his mind before I have the new reg doc in my sticky little fingers!!

[Shark]

Can I get in on this action too??  Pleease?

DVLA must have gotten my letter.  They\'ve sent me a demand for more money cos the local office only charged me £110 for road tax.

Will have to call and see if it\'s the same jobsworth that\'s refused to change my V5

[scooby_si]

balls well last time the DVLA lady called me back (after i\'d asked her again wot was going on) she said they were trying to get in touch with chap who gave me that thing i posted before about doubling rotary stuff, cant remember what page it\'s on now.....
So anyway figured it was only a matter of time but got letters back from DVLA today, one is in relaton to my SORN guess they were worried i was giving them hell kuz my car will be back on road soon :rollin lol as if....
Anyway other letter was as suspected & goes blah blah sorry for not getting back sooner yawnhttp://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_101v.gif\' border=0>
Next paragraph:

The term "cylinder capacity" is ment to encompass the total engine capacity, i.e. the total of the swept volumes of all cylinders of a conventional piston combustion engine. In the case of rotary engines, this is calculated from the sum of the swept volumes of each of the rotors in the engine, multiplied by 2. We are told that this is standard engineering practice based on the consolidated Council directive 91/441/EC. Annex 1, para 2.11 of that directive reads:

Engine capacity means:

2.11.1 for reciprocating piston engines , the normal engine swept volume
2.11.2 for rotary (Wankel) engines, double the nominal swept volume.

We have previously sought advice from Mazda Motor Corporation in Japan about the calculation of cylinder capacity for their rotary engined vehicles. They agree that the Department should quote the engine capacity as twice the isplacement. It is our view that Mazda intend the displacement to mean the same as swept volume.

In the circumstances, I am unable to amend the cylinder capaity on your V5. yaddy yaddy yours sincerly Miss soon to be getting an irate phone call from scooby_si http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_2_109.gif\' border=0> lol

So again can i ask a few things of you folks:
Displacement can you or anyone else interpret this to be anything different to what they want to view it as?
Does anyone else have a contact at Mazda whether it be Japan or other who can agree that this is bull sh!t & they can stick it up there little brown starfish?

Now the numbers of the directive they refer to dont seem to match entirely with the directive the man i spoke to at Mazda gave me but the Annex & para seem to tie up exactly so while i presume it\'s the same, in which case i\'m going back with the well that\'s very nice but you seem to of taken this out of context & if quote them the "This Directive applies to the tailpipe emissions, evaporative emissions, emissions of crankcase gases and the durability of anti-pollution devices for all motor vehicles equipped with positive-ignition engines and the tailpipe emissions" & says nothing about this relating to engine capacity so cannot be used as such legally or otherwise!!!
Dont suppose anyone has the entire copy of this directive just incase thou do they? http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/3/3_3_6.gif\' border=0> lol.

Oh well looks like i have a new victim for my torment but any other bits of info evidense or otherwise i can use to help back up my legal high ground http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/26/26_29_2.gif\' border=0> would be good so bring it on.....
Cheers
Si