Selling a car with disability tax

SLITHER99

Hi

My parents wish to sell their car (as they have bought another car). Their existing car is on a disability tax class. I want to get this car on eBay next week but as my parents have plenty time, I was wondering what can I do to make the ebay advert a little easier on potential buyers?

Obviously I don't want to pay out for a tax disk on the car, but I've also read stories of new owners having to stand in very long queues at DVLA offices to get the tax class converted over. Is there anything I can do to get the car reclassified in the next week to make things easier on the buyer?

If it makes a difference, their new car will be going on the disabled tax class, it's currently on standard tax. Can they do this in one hit?

The new car is currently being stored in my garage until the old car is gone and the tax sorted out.

Short version: old car is on disabled tax class, any way to convert it over prior to sale without causing a potential buyer a day at a DVLA office and without having to pony up for a tax disk? They will be putting the disabled tax on another car.

colino

You don't have an easy shortcut around this unless you put the car into your name to tax it as PLG, but that will add an undesired extra keeper to the V5C. Just advertise as is and tell the buyer your knocking off £50 for the hassle, it happens all the time.

Iceweasel

I think your concept of a day at a DVLA office being an inconvenience is a tad out of date.

Many have closed and those that do exist are pretty slow.

DVLA Swansea is swamped with new car registrations at the moment as car dealers can no longer do it themselves and print them in-house.

I and many others who have been waiting weeks for DVLA docs to arrive would be over the moon if we could do anything in a day - never mind queueing for it.

As for anyone swapping 'cherished' number plates - don't hold your breath for that one either.

I do hope that someone else can give you an alternative and happier news.

Horseunderwater

They can SORN the car, so long as it is stored or parked off road. The disability disc can be removed and be transferred to new car. The buyer just needs to know that they would have to collect using a trailer.

colino

The disabled class disc isn't getting "transferred" anywhere. It has to be surrendered when the person of entitlement is no longer the keeper and the new keeper is not similarly entitled. If a new keeper is not entitled to a disabled class disc, the V5C has to be changed to PLG and a PLG tax disc applied for.

SLITHER99

Horseunderwater wrote: »

They can SORN the car, so long as it is stored or parked off road. The disability disc can be removed and be transferred to new car. The buyer just needs to know that they would have to collect using a trailer.

Just thinking of the long way round here. If I kept the tax on their old car (bear in mind, we're in no major rush), when it sold on ebay, if I said we would deliver within reason, but we'd be retaining the tax disk for purpose of transferring to another car, that would basically help out a buyer in terms of transporting it?

Or should I just list it as is and let it happen how it's going to?

We're talking about a 1997 Vx Astra here, so not exactly a Porsche.

SLITHER99

colino wrote: »

The disabled class disc isn't getting "transferred" anywhere. It has to be surrendered when the person of entitlement is no longer the keeper and the new keeper is not similarly entitled. If a new keeper is not entitled to a disabled class disc, the V5C has to be changed to PLG and a PLG tax disc applied for.

So the tax disk would go back to the DVLA anyway? (sorry I'm not clued up on the workings, deal's only been done on the new car a few hours).

The new car has tax until October, which I presume is plenty time to get that sorted.

Iceweasel

If you have 2 vehicles taxed that means tht you should have 2 vehicles insured.

I have just bought a new car, transferred the insurance, SORNed the old car, cashed in the tax-disc and am now selling the old car with no tax and obviously no insurance to let anyone go for a test-drive.

The new continuous insurance requirement is catching out loads of folks now.

SLITHER99

The new car is being kept in my garage and not in use until the old car is gone; no laws being broken as it won't be driven until it's been insured. That is only until the ebay auction is done.

Rover_Driver

SLITHER99 wrote: »

The new car is being kept in my garage and not in use until the old car is gone; no laws being broken as it won't be driven until it's been insured. That is only until the ebay auction is done.

Even in a garage, it has to be licensed and insured - or SORN.

Rolandtheroadie

SLITHER99 wrote: »

The new car is being kept in my garage and not in use until the old car is gone; no laws being broken as it won't be driven until it's been insured. That is only until the ebay auction is done.

SORN it for now but keep the tax disc. Once you insure the new car, call up and cancel the SORN.

Although, since the tax will be free anyway, cash in the current tax disc (on the new car) and just apply for a new one when you're ready.

Is it the 31st Oct the tax on the new car runs out? SORN it online tonight and apply for a refund ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-a-refund-of-vehicle-tax-or-return-of-a-nil-value-tax-disc )

Date the form for 31st, and it'll tie in with the SORN declaration, hopefully you'll get a month (or 2 if it's the end of October) refund.