DarrenW
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:40 PM |
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Untaxed cars that you just bought
Quick question if i may.
Ive got the chance of a car. Its 200 miles away. Just been MOT'd, ill be able to insure it online etc. I wont however be able to tax it before
having to drive home. Is this allowed?
Im not sure if last owner Sorn'd it or it just ran out, all i know for sure is it hasnt any tax.
Cheers,
Darren.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:41 PM |
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Stop at the Post office and tax it on the way home!. or Trailer it home.....
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:42 PM |
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Of course not. If its not taxed it must not be on the road
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clairetoo
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:42 PM |
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Simple answer is no - if it aint taxed , then it aint taxed and it cant be driven on the road .
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
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UncleFista
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:43 PM |
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Tax it online ?
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DarrenW
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:48 PM |
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Ha ha - online tax may be the answer. Thanks. i just hope the insurance company would update the ins register instantly if i insure it online.
If i manage to print off the online insurance docs, i assume i can tax it at a post office even if log book isnt in my name by applying for new log
book at the same time.
The bit i didnt say earlier is that a mate of mine (part time car trader) is selling it. The person he got car off had to apply for new log book after
losing it. There is a slim chance that the new one may not arrive in time for me collecting the car hence why i wasnt sure if id be able to tax it.
Can i still apply for the logbook at the post office and tax it if i have just bought the car and dont have the old one off current registered keeper?
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rayward
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:52 PM |
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not without the new keeper supplement ,
ray
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l0rd
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:57 PM |
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Call seller
Ask him if he is still has insurance on it.
If he does, go together to the post office and let him buy it for you.
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McLannahan
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:59 PM |
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You can't tax online unless you're the current owner with the V5 in your name. If you're not yet the owner or it's still in
the process of being transferred it'll not work sadly.
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RichardK
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:04 PM |
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Trailer job I reckon.
Cheers
Rich
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designer
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:04 PM |
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I taxed mine before I had it collected.
If you have the log book number you can tax on line, the disc will just be sent to seller, who can forward it.
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BenB
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:08 PM |
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I got my car, drove it home from Liverpool to London and only got into trouble when I parked it on the street and a passing DVLA van saw it
wasn't taxed and had it towed away (it had been parked there for three days to be fair).
In my defense I didn't realise it hadn't been taxed (doh!) and the poxy garage saved £35 but not taxing it for the year and lost me £190
to get my car back off the DVLA....
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:08 PM |
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dont chance it Darren two of my mates have just served 6 month bans for motoring offenses
Can you get a set of trade plates......
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:08 PM |
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i'd vote trailer too. Sounds a real headache.
That said, id just drive it, but your attitude to risk may be different from mine! No tax is a very minor offence.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:09 PM |
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Current owner is in Maidenhead. Car is in Worcester. Im near Durham. Car was stood for 6 months prior to my mate getting it so no tax or insurance.
This is why its a bit of a pain trying to co-ordinate everything.
Best chance is to get the registered keeper to sign and post the V5 by special delivery tomorrow (assuming he has recieved it from Swansea) so i can
take it to PO when i get down there on Friday.
What a chew! I hope a Lexus GS300 is worth it?
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DarrenW
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:17 PM |
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Im just chuckling at the votes for trailer. I would struggle to push the car on its own for 200 miles let alone when its on a trailer
Im tempted to just drive it. Its just the active management bit on M42 past Birmingham that im most worried about. That said if owner sends the
logbook out asap i might have a chance to tax it at the post office.
I think my mate drove it from London to Worcester with no tax or test! Id at least make sure its tested and insured and i have receipt showing
purchase date.
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MK9R
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:26 PM |
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Book it in for an mot near home the day you pick it up, you are allowed to.drive an untaxed car to an mot station.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:48 PM |
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If your mate has trade insurance he can tax it with the V5.
Otherwise trailer it.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 11:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
If your mate has trade insurance he can tax it with the V5.
Otherwise trailer it.
I once had a trader tax a car before i would buy it, unfortunately they must have been forced to fill in a V62 and they were added as an owner.
Worth looking into though. If he doesnt have trade insurance i bet the garage who did the MOT will.
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morcus
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 11:02 PM |
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Your options are, trailer, putting it through an MOT (Which if failed means you'd lose the current one) or get the current owner to keep it till
all the paper work comes through and you can get the tax.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 11:05 PM |
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If you do decide to chance it, isn't driving with no tax a none endorsable offence anyway, ie they can only fine you not give you points ?
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 11:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by UncleFista
If you do decide to chance it, isn't driving with no tax a none endorsable offence anyway, ie they can only fine you not give you points ?
and take the car away from you and fine you a largish fine.
Neither are worth the hassle
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stevebubs
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 02:44 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Im just chuckling at the votes for trailer. I would struggle to push the car on its own for 200 miles let alone when its on a trailer
Im tempted to just drive it. Its just the active management bit on M42 past Birmingham that im most worried about.
Perhaps avoid the M42...go M5 up to north of Brum then cut across...
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02GF74
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 10:34 AM |
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before the days of big brother britain, you could chance it and it would have gotten away from it.
Now with all the APNR cameras. I doubt you have route from sauce land to durhamshire without passing one.
is there a hurry - can you not wait a week to get paper work sorted, or until 1st Dec when you will get a full month?
worth enquiring breakdown companies as for trailering costs - should be less then £ 330 is my guess..
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owelly
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 02:07 PM |
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I'd drive it back. Take along all your documents. Drivers license (both bits if you have such a thing), a printout of the insurance (make sure
it includes the policy number and start date), MOT etc.
If you get stopped, it's obvious that you've just bought the car (oh yeah. Get a dated reciept!) and you'll obviously be taxing it
from the start of this month. Job jobbed. I suggest hiring a car to drive down there, leave the hire car and drive the Lexus back. It'll cost
abouit £30 to hire the car for a one way journey and if there's a probby with the Lexus, just bring the hire car back!
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