Taxing a newly bought car

McKneff

threebeans wrote: »

A taxi would be about £80 a day. I don't have money for that and money for everything else on top. Especially the week before Christmas. Especially on the day the in laws are coming and I haven't even done the shopping for that yet!

How much do you reckon a fine would be if you were caught, you would have to afford that.

You say you are angry, not half as angry as some mother/father would be if you ran over their kids in an untaxed car.

What did you do last week before you got the car

goldspanners

anniehanlon wrote: »

You say you are angry, not half as angry as some mother/father would be if you ran over their kids in an untaxed car.

what does that have to do with anything?

tax or no tax, if the kids are going to get run over then a small paper disc in the windscreen wont save them.

Wig

adonis wrote: »

Even taxing a car online you cannot keep or drive the car if it has expired until you have the certificate as i keep telling the missus (runs out december) she keeps saying i'll go to the post office, yes but when do it now.:mad: one less thing to worry about.

Yes you can, see my post #20.

Merry_Gentry

Wig wrote: »

Another solution is to insure it with an online insurer who allows you to print your certificate from the computer, Swiftcover does this, as does atleast one other but I can't remember the name.

OP says they have no printer.

McKneff

goldspanners wrote: »

what does that have to do with anything?

tax or no tax, if the kids are going to get run over then a small paper disc in the windscreen wont save them.

Of course it wouldnt save them, but it would save a lot of heartache if the op had some forethought about what she is doing and what could happen. This was just another viewpoint that she needs to think about. As well as a hundred other consequences of her actions

harveybobbles

It's insured, so drive it...!

you wont get stopped by a copper with a ANPR cos it will be classed as "passed to trade" and wont trigger the machine off.

Even if you DO happen to be stopped, just keep your invoice with you to say you just bought it, offer your ins details so they can phone em, up.

Really don't see what the problem is.

Wig

anniehanlon wrote: »

How much do you reckon a fine would be if you were caught, you would have to afford that.

You say you are angry, not half as angry as some mother/father would be if you ran over their kids in an untaxed car.

What did you do last week before you got the car

We've told you before on other threads, that not having valid tax or MOT does not affect the insurance cover at all. OP has insured his car.

Wig

anniehanlon wrote: »

Of course it wouldnt save them, but it would save a lot of heartache if the op had some forethought about what she is doing and what could happen. This was just another viewpoint that she needs to think about. As well as a hundred other consequences of her actions

Why does not being taxed, affect the likelyhood of running over children? or affect the consequences of having done so?

Wig

flutterbyuk25 wrote: »

Officially downloaded insurance certificates are not accepted to tax a vehicle at the Post Office/DVLA Office.

If the clerk spots its a downloaded one then they will refuse to sell the tax disc.

I've heard of them not accepting internet printed certs, never seen any official line on it before, so that is interesting.

I'm sure I saw an online insurer offering a cheaper service for "paperless" policies. If I find them again I will have to read if they charge extra for sending a certificate. It would be dishonest IMHO to publish a cheaper quote for "paperless" if that meant the policy holder was expected to make do with a self printed cert.which was not valid as a certificate.

harveybobbles

We now offer customers free 7 days insurance with Norwich Union. We get the ins cover note emailed to us and we print it off for the customer so they can tax the car the day they buy it. But you havebnt bought it from me so I'm not giving out my dealer code lol.