Taxing a newly bought car

McKneff

Wig wrote: »

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.

I know about insurance, what has that got to do with my post.
I never mentioned anything about insurance.

goldspanners

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

what? your talking total nonsense now.
why does haveing no road tax mean the driver will go out and find some kids to mow down?
do you think the type of people who dont bother to tax thier cars are equal to murderers?

Wig

mcjordi wrote: »

if DVLA are working alongside the police then they will clamp or remove the car till taxed

If the DVLA clamp it there is an £80 release fee. They don't clamp cars which have tax only recently expired. (we don't know when OPs car was last taxed) but as Harvey says it would probably have been taxed as trade. Still don't know how DVLA would look at that.

If it is clamped by DVLA they don't tow for 24hours. If you contact them within 24 hours you only pay the £80. If the DVLA have towed within 24 hours, as long as you collect the car within 24 hours you do not pay for the towing fee, only the £80.

However, you have to produce a valid tax disc when you pick up the vehicle or release the clamp, otherwise you also have to pay a £120 deposit against subsequently taxing the vehicle within 14 days. If you don't do this, then the deposit is lost.

Wig

anniehanlon wrote: »

I know about insurance, what has that got to do with my post.
I never mentioned anything about insurance.

Well why don't you explain what does having no tax disc have to do with knocking down children or the consequences of doing so to their mother?

McKneff

Wig wrote: »

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

okay, you want a consequence,

Of course it can affect the consequences, bigger fine, possibe prison
repercussions from their family/friends, the repercussions from the other family,

Wig

Not that I agree with you that the consequences to the driver would be significantly more serious if the car was untaxed as opposed to taxed - I don't agree actually.

But to get back on topic you said
"not half as angry as some mother/father would be if you ran over their kids in an untaxed car"

#We are wondering, why the anger of the parents of the knocked down children would be in any way related to the fact that the car was untaxed?

You then 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."

And we wonder why having no tax disc could affect the way the OP drives their car, if anything it would make the OP more cautious.
Or if you are again referring to the parents not the driver, then my comment above marked with # is asked again.

adonis

Quote:
Originally Posted by adonis
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.

Your right it has changed since i did mine online.

harveybobbles

You can tax any car online - as long as you're the reg'd keeper.

Othwise the tax disc would go to the previous reg'd owner

DCFC79

threebeans wrote: »

Had I been offered this, I would have taken them up on the offer. I didn't think to ask because I wasn't aware I wouldn't be able to do it online as soon as I got home (and no, I didn't realise that it would be illegal to even drive it home - nobody told me this either!)

i spend my time making sure i renew my tax and have renewed my insurance so i am legally able to drive, man didnt think of not paying for the car tax, you wasn't aware you wouldnt be able to get the tax with no insurance docs and it was illegal to drive it home with no tax, what were you thinking,

OP have you tried doing it online,

credit_crunch_victim

Wig wrote: »

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.

so if the op had an accident there insurance company will pay out will they