help, DVLA impounded car, can i appeal?

mymatebob

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PsychoPrincess

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Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

redpetunia wrote: »

i rely on that letter from the DVLA to let me know my tax is due (as I;m sure do most people in this country). I didn't even know paying online was an option.

Try looking at your tax disk next time if your unsure. It isnt difficult to remember if you taxed your car for 6 months or a year (i have a shocking memory but i manage this) so if you tax it in the summer for a year, you dont need to look at it until the next summer (I always have my car taxed around xmas so i can have it as an xmas pressie lol) dont rely on the DVLA - you dont rely on anyone sending you a letter to check your oil etc so i cant really see how you can say its the DVLA's fault that they never told you that YOU needed to tax YOUR car. I dont think the DVLA has done anything wrong. Granted it was a genuine mistake but how long would it of taken you to notice you was driving without tax - which also invalidates your insurance so technically you was an uninsured driver too as all insurance policies say your car must be M.O.T'd and Taxed.

Horace

You have said yourself it was parked on a public highway. Untaxed vehicles can be towed away. Just think it is also likely that someone saw it and reported it to the council who then arranged to tow it away and then notified the DVLA.

I am sorry but I do not believe that you were unaware that you could renew your tax disk online, the DVLA have been running adverts on the TV for at least two years advising people as to what can happen to their untaxed car and saying that they can renew online.

I never wait for my renewal notice, I know when my tax is due to expire, I just hop online and key in the details from my V5 (my registration document) and renew that way, its ever so easy and they just post the disk to you.

You could try and appeal but I don't think you have a leg to stand on.

jonnyb

you decide.:p

why do some people insist on not taking responsibility for their actions (or lack of actions, in this case).

lucky it has not already been crushed.

AndysDad

So when did the tax run out ?.... as I like the other posters don't reckon it was on the 30th June.

Older_but_not_wiser_2

Welcome to the real world redpetunia.

NewFoundGlory_2

Horace wrote: »

I am sorry but I do not believe that you were unaware that you could renew your tax disk online, the DVLA have been running adverts on the TV for at least two years advising people as to what can happen to their untaxed car and saying that they can renew online.

Also, if, as you say, you rely on the reminder letters...I'm pretty sure it states on these that you can renew online also.

I know it is unfortunate but the fact that you have to pay more because the impound is not open over the weekend is not something you are going to be able to appeal because, after all, it is your fault that it is in the impound in the first place.

Middlers

As already said there is no way your vehicle would have been impounded the day after you tax ran out. You are usually given 14 days grace but should not rely on this. It would be interesting if you could truthfully post when the tax ran out once you have collected the car tomorrow. I agree that £400 is alot of money but that will cover wages, fuel, use of recovery vehicles etc of the garage involved with towing your car away. These fees are set by government and not the garage. The standard fee for having your car recovered is £105 plus £12 per day storage. I would suggest the remainder of your £400 covers the back tax you owe and then it would more likely have run out in 2007 not 2008. Normally a notice would have been put on your car and then a week later it would be removed. If you didn't notice your out of date disc you probably wouldn't have seen the notice either. I think the DVLA have done their job well and carried out the 'threats' made in their commercials. Well done.

callow

My ex partner didn't renew his car tax on time (through laziness), they sent him a letter a week later and a £80 pound fine. He paid the car tax, and eventually paid the fine.

He doesn't drive his car much and it was parked in private grounds. I can't believe your car was seized after one day.