If I may be excused blowing my own trumpet - I received my
Zertifikat Deutsch today, with a score of 87%. I'm not sure I could have done that at the age of 15.
Secondly, of more general interest, I received the bill for my car tax - 10% LESS than last year. The pamphlet with it says that the tax is lower on 2/3 of the vehicles taxed. Now, I'm sure that they aren't counting on recovering less in total; so the BIG guys must be being clobbered.
It seems that the intention is to ultimately base the tax on CO2 emission per kilometre, but until that data is universally available, the tax is based on weight and power, with a steep increase in the rate at 2 tonnes and 100 KW.
I'd never considered myself very eco-friendly in this respect. All my cars since the 1960's seem to have done 30 miles to the gallon and I've used advances in technology to award myself luxury and performance. I'm a little surprised to find myself among the good guys – at least according to the
Service des Automobiles.
