hi my car is now getting to its first birthday do i have to mot it or do i have three years just like a new car its on a q plate anyone been in this situation ,i was just going to go to the post office and try and tax it if i could do that then i think it would be on the data base and that would confirn the three years

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I wish we had stickies.
This is one of the commonest questions posted.
I'm begining to get bored answering these, which is not what this forum is about.
It would also help if people used the SEARCH function a little more!

3 years and don't let them tell you different
Why not tax online that will show what "the system" thinks

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Originally posted by nitram38
I wish we had stickies.
This is one of the commonest questions posted.
I'm begining to get bored answering these, which is not what this forum is about.
It would also help if people used the SEARCH function a little !

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My car had its first MOT in December. It was 3 years old. It is on a Q plate and they did a visible smoke test.

Its 3 years.
My first tax was 6 months. When car was 6 months old i tried to tax on-line however was kicked out as computer was asking for MOT. As i still had local DVLA number, i called them up. They asked me to send V% back in with cheque for tax. I got tax 2 days later, V5 was sent off to Swansea as they had coded it wrong. Twice later i taxed online no probs.

Next one i went to PO to tax car. Lassy behind counter asked for MOT, had to do some explaining, blank looks etc. Mr Mango was with me, he opened door, showed her the car outside which confused her even more and she gave me the disc to get rid of us


So - defo 3 years but there is chance Swansea could have naffed up the paperwork.