Pick up new car Wednesday insurance Quandary?

interstellaflyer

27col wrote: »

When I bought a s/h Kia earlier this year, the dealer definitely taxed it for me before I picked it up. In fact, them paying the VED was part of the deal.

The new system is for new cars only, dealers up until July issued the Tax disk themselves, dealers tax secondhand cars at Post Office, this has not changed.

interstellaflyer

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Dont know, he ordered it on the 12th July, it was landed in the UK around the 23rd July and he collected it on the 27th and then complained on the 29th that it was only taxed until the end of Jun 2014.

He has no cause for complaint, if he wanted the bike before the end of July then it would need to be taxed from the beginning of July, tax disks run from the 1st of the month, he should have asked for delivery on or after 1st of August if he wanted to take advantage of the full 12 months.

InsideInsurance

interstellaflyer wrote: »

He has no cause for complaint, if he wanted the bike before the end of July then it would need to be taxed from the beginning of July, tax disks run from the 1st of the month, he should have asked for delivery on or after 1st of August if he wanted to take advantage of the full 12 months.

He was just moaning rather than making an official complaint. I bought mine at the beginning of the month so little lost (in as much of a money saving expert style as you can get when buying a new car)

DUTR

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Well, if you arrange to collect a vehicle so close to the end of the month, that's what happens, he should have asked to collect the bike on the 1st of August, he would then get a full 12 months because they would arrange the tax for August.

Disagree, when I had my car from new 29th March, the car had just over 12 months VED was 53 weeks, don't know if that is because it was a 1st reg.