car tax online help!!!!!!!!!

[nerosis]

car tax help!!!1

if i tax my car online, can i drive my car legaly without yet reciveing the tax disk?

 

[Rob]

Re: car tax help!!!1

No, phoned someone from the DVLA and asked this, aparently there is a totally different offence which is not displaying you tax disc, so you wouldn't be driving without tax or insurance, but would be doing the above. Annoying i know.

 

[nerosis]

sorry bout thread. need quick reply.

if i tax my car online, can i drive it legally without yet recieving the tax disk?

help please

 

[Feirny]

Re: car tax help!!!1

Why 2 threads in 2 sections on it?

Are you not content with one?

 

[dick]

Re: car tax help!!!1

deja-vu?

 

[TheKing]

Re: car tax help!!!1

is this another dimension did you mot your car 3 weeks earlier last year dick

 

[dick]

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haha. i was wellll comfused at first, i was like whata going on, has sum1 had an argument in 2 seconds and all posts deleted.

 

[TheKing]

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lol well i wonder what he's gonna do

 

[SimonV6]

I doubt it?, but they don't take long to come through, I taxed both my Clio's online and got them well before the exisiting ones ran out


Simon

 

[GR7]

Yes, just say you applied for it and it's maybe got held up in the post!

If you were to get stopped you would have your dated online receipt/invoice anyway so you could always print that off and make sure no credit card details are showing and keep it with you if you're that worried!!!!

 

[SimonV6]

There is no exemption for driving a motor vehicle on the road because your excise licence has been stolen or not arrived yet - in this instance you would be liable for committing an offence of failure to display a current tax disc.

thats what the law says about it, I believe?

Simon

 

[dick]

laws can be bent. depends on the copper.

 

[SimonV6]

Yes but just best to send off at least 14 days before they run out, not hard to do, is it?
for piece of mind at least.......

Simon

 

[nerosis]

its just that i brought a new car, and the cover note hadnt came yet, so i cudnt do it at the post office. so i thought if i do it online i can drive it. but i guess i'll have to wait for the cover note.

 

[Kneel]

I've driven mine without receiving the disk enough times, they have computers in the cars that check you're vehicle is taxed so aslong as you have tax on the car you'll be ok. If you dont receive it the most they would probably do is a producer, if you dont receive the disk within 7 days take in a copy of the invoice to show its paid for.

 

[Shindig]

Leave the old one in, if they were to do a scan i would assume the computer would come back with a new one bought online.

Even better, have your invoice for new tax disc in the car for the time being!

 

[paulmezza]

The law is that you have to display a valid tax disc. If they catch you without, then you can try explaining that its in the post

 

[Butler205]

Drive it, you'll be fine.

The police can't do you, all they do is report it to DVLA, and obviously the DVLA will check their compute and it will show your taxed.

 

[TheKing]

Drive it, you'll be fine.

The police can't do you, all they do is report it to DVLA, and obviously the DVLA will check their compute and it will show your taxed.

err yeh they can they give you a FPN for not displaying a valid tax disc.