I'm taxing my coupe and not sure whether to go for 6 or 12 months.

It has been in the garage for a few months resting and will come out and play for the summer, but i was wondering how many of you have the coup for a summer car or a second car...

i have a diesel clio, the wife's car and a mini at my disposal so the use will be purely fun, not necessity.

so do i go for 6 or 12 months tax huh?

Six makes sense Rudi.

6 months if its a second car

Yes, sounds like 6 months make sense

Mine's a second car but I still tax it for 12 months at a time as I want to be able to use it whenever I want without having to mess about with tax and sorn.

I also do not want to pay the 10% or so extra that the government charges for 2 lots of 6 months tax.

same here Pete, and if you want you can always cash the tax back in

It is actually a lot more than 10%. The extra may be about 10% but that relates to a 6 month period. It actually works out at something like a 30% APR if you tax for 6 months rather than 12. Nice to see the government using interest rates which they criticise credit card companies for!!