Had my car for 18mths and DVLA are NOW saying its a Cat C. write-off http://images2.m

fannyanna

Kilty wrote: »

Wasn't aware of that - good if true, got a source?

http://birminghamnewsroom.com/2010/08/%E2%80%9Cwrite-off%E2%80%9D-car-dealer-clocked-by-trading-standards/

Here's an article about a trader being prosecuted for selling cars that had been clocked and were insurance write offs.

poor_student1234

colino wrote: »

I usually don't bother correcting keyboard warriors, but you cannot get a V5C or tax a car that still has a Cat C marker on it.

Back to the original OP, it does look like a holdup in the DVLA being notified by an insurance company (hence they didn't send out the tax reminder this time). I'd call DVLA tomorrow and tell them the whole story, but think they will want a VIC before doing anything else.

Listen mate,
My car was a cat c write off this december, the insurers didnt ask me to send me my logbook back to them. So therefore i still had my logbook but a vic marker was put against my car.

Last monday i got it mot'd, and on thursday i bought road tax with the logbook i recieved in january 2010.

OP should take his logbook, mot and insurance papers and go buy road tax as the post office will happily give him it as im talking from experience from just one week ago.

vaio

bigjl wrote: »

........I still think that there is a chance that it could be a scammer calling the op, hence why the safest course of action is go to a Dvlas local office, they will be able to confirm or deny what is going on.

sort of my point, in the OP I read there was no mention of the OP being phoned by anyone, scammer or otherwise.

Agree with your idea about the OP getting back on to DVLA though as it sounds like an admin error to me

scrooge786

Thanks for the helpful replies.

I'd just like to point out that it was ME that rang the DVLA not the other way round.
I was told by the man who took my call to go ahead and get the road tax and a refund for the Surety fee fromn the people who clamped my car and to then arrange a VIC check for my car as it has the vic marker against it, but that he wasn't allowed to say when the marker was put there and when the car was written off.

Bit strange really, as i was able to find out WHEN the car was written off from the HPI check. Yet according to that it doesn't have a marker against it. It may well be an admin error (I hope).

Yesterday 12:14 PM vaio Quote:
Originally Posted by colino
I usually don't bother correcting keyboard warriors, but you cannot get a V5C or tax a car that still has a Cat C marker on it.

Back to the original OP, it does look like a holdup in the DVLA being notified by an insurance company (hence they didn't send out the tax reminder this time). I'd call DVLA tomorrow and tell them the whole story, but think they will want a VIC before doing anything else.

That was my initial thought but the cat C was back in 2007 and it's presumably been taxed in '07 & '08 and was certainly taxed in '09 & '10 and the OP got new V5 in 2009.

My money is on a DVLA admin error and either the VIC marker is wrong or it has already gone through VIC.



This is also what I was wondering on Saturday when I spoke to DVLA, but was in too much shock and confusion at the time to voice it.
How on earth after buying the car in Oct 2009 did I manage to get a V5 with absolutely no marks against the 'car class category', as in it doesn't show on V5 as being cat c.

I then receive a road tax reminder sometime before mar. 2010 and get it taxed for a year up till mar 2011.
Which means from 2007 (when it was written off) up until I received the reminder in 2010 it gives the insurance company arouns about 3 years to inform the DVLA and for the marker to be put on.
Yet only now almost 4 years later am I informed that its got a VIC marker on it and it needs to be checked.

Confusing, very confusing!!!
I am also wondering whether DVLA are obliged to send a tax reminder out or not? If anyone knows I'd appreciate their reply.

poor_student1234

I dont think they'll send you out a reminder as i didnt recieve one this time around as i still have a vic marker against my car.
But as the DVLA have told you, you can still get road tax and get the vic test done whenever you have time.