I've read in several places that the JK will now be subject to a $1000 green levy by the Canadian Government. Has anyone in Canada had to pay this yet? It hasn't come up in me recent factory order, however, if the stealer is going to hit me with it when I go in to take delivery, I want to be prepared.

 

I get it. We're playing Jeopardy. The answer is "why should all politicians be shot on sight?"

That's typical of what's coming stateside soon thanks to the lefty "sky is falling / earth is melting" crowd.

 

I'm sorry Repressed the correct answer is, ""why should all liberal politicians be shot on sight?"

 

 

On real gas guzzlers it is as much as $4000...

 

The FJ gets it depending on if you get a Manual or Auto lol. But it uses Premium(94)

 

I paid it in June for my Sahara.


Funny thing is the tax is for any vehicle that is over 13L / 100 km.

JK is rated at 14.5 l /100 km


I havent been over 12L/100 km yet? Maybe I can write the Government and get my 1000 back?

 

It seems that I am an oddball Jeep owner but I am a lefty/liberal and I am all for making the planet a better place to live. Jeeps get bad gas mileage and I have NO problem with there being a green tax on them. Besides, who really does not thinik it would be a good thing to reduce our dependence on foreign oil?

It is in our own best interest of self preservation and in taking care of this good country to stop using so much of this liquid crack that we call gasoline.

I am for the new cafe standards as well.

I think most of us are environmentalist in some way. If you live in Southern California you surely would like to have there be less smog. If you like off-roading, you do like to enjoy the natural scenery, right? You do prefer that your water not be full of toxic chemicals, right?

Devin (Mr Lefty Liberal)

 

I'm not totally a liberal, but I do lean more left than I do right. Look what conservatives have done to to cost of living (gas prices).

 

1. Jeeps get "bad" gas mileage because you have been conditioned to think that 18-20 miles per gallon is bad. Compared to the 8 mpg that my '78 Cherokee Chief (or any other 1970's car got for that matter) it is pretty darn good.

2. Take every gas guzzling Jeep and SUV out there and they don't make a tiny bit of difference in the carbon emissions or petroleum consumption compared to the commercial trucks and buses that in most states are exempt from all but the least stringent regulations. You'd be better off taxing cow farts.

3. If you are really driving a gas guzzler, you'll be paying double taxes - the "green tax" and then every time you go to the pump, consuming a higher percentage of fuel, therefore a greater amount of gas tax than your pal in the hybrid!

4. The government already gets more than it's fair share of the fruits of my labor - tax when I earn, tax when I spend, tax when I give, tax when I die. No new "green" taxes please.