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Taxing a SORNed motor
Sider:
--- Quote from: Range Rover Blues on January 22, 2009, 03:02:47 ---There's no such thing as an MOT on demand anymore anyway, probably to stop people saying they were on their way. The MOT has to be booked in before it can be started and the DVLA know straight away, the police can also see what your car failed for.
Big brother is watching you ;)
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Actually, the garage up the road from us still does "on demand" MOT tests. Reason I know, I took a friends car yesterday, without booking.
hrh_dave:
--- Quote from: KTM Gordo on January 19, 2009, 21:01:17 ---
--- Quote from: jjsaul on January 11, 2009, 14:01:17 ---Do you not get 14 days grace to tax a car now???
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Officially, no. It's an offence to use a vehicle on the road without displaying a valid tax disc.
In practice, they send the fines for not re-taxing or declaring SORN six weeks after the tax expires.
However, if you're stopped by the Police and the vehicle is untaxed or, worse still, SORN'd then you could be in trouble. ANPR cameras are becoming more common.
You can drive an un-taxed and/or un-MOTed vehicle to/from a pre-booked MOT test or for pre-booked repairs only.
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Can you drive it to a "local" DVLA office for taxing purpose??? Not that ours is very local, being 46miles away and I cant tax at a post office as I've lost my V5 and changed my address......
sv130:
--- Quote from: hairyasswelder on January 12, 2009, 21:04:42 ---
--- Quote from: JumboBeef on January 12, 2009, 20:08:57 ---How do you know? :D
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Well as you ask...... ;)
Went to Dudley after christmas to see Jess mum & dad, took money, mot and reminder to tax the van........ forgot insurance :doh: so enquired if I could still tax it with them using computer........ :doh: no, we dont have access.
Another person in the queue had got the emissions readout instead of the mot and were told the same... NO..... :doh:
Rang DVLA and they say OK, when I queery the displaying disc laws they tell me that there has been an ammendment to allow 5 days for postage with exemption from having to display. Good job as i was 70 miles from home on New Years Eve [-o<
Steve
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Dudley post office are a waste of space.. I took my reminder there to tax my truck, after queuing for thirty minutes they wanted the mot cert.
Fuming like a train I went home and phoned DVLA, guess what.. go on guess.. they don,t need the mot its online for them...
Chap said I should complain to head post master.
I just went to Stourbridge and taxed it there no problem.
I think Dudley post office employ brain donors
JumboBeef:
--- Quote from: sv130 on January 22, 2009, 08:08:09 ---Fuming like a train I went home and phoned DVLA, guess what.. go on guess.. they don,t need the mot its online for them...
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That what I said up there! ^^^
--- Quote from: JumboBeef on January 12, 2009, 20:08:57 ---I taxed my Disco a couple of weeks ago, and I asked them (main PO in my local town) and they told me I didn't need to produce the actual MOT as it was all on computer...................... :huh:
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Gordo:
--- Quote from: hrh_dave on January 22, 2009, 08:01:26 ---
Can you drive it to a "local" DVLA office for taxing purpose??? Not that ours is very local, being 46miles away and I cant tax at a post office as I've lost my V5 and changed my address......
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No, because DVLA local offices do not do tax disc renewals.
However, if you need a DVLA inspection (e.g. for an imported vehicle) then yes you can - providing the inspection is pre-booked (which it will be). A friend of mine quite legally drove to the Oxford VRO with no tax, MOT or registration plates - but he had insurance.
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