road tax question

vfr800 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Karma :

Cog Head's bought a car thats 100miles away, the road tax has expired.
A. Can i drive it home without the tax?

B. How can we tax it later without the V5 ducument as that has to be retained by the seller?

Has anyone else had this senario and would i be done for no tax if i was stopped. I don't know if the vehicle has been sorned.

Any views?
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

the V5 has this little tear off bit that you can use to tax with,

the new owner is supposed to hold on to that tear off bit, while the main change of owner bit is sent off to the DVLA.

I did this with my CBR very recently,

MOT + Ins , and this little slip + ££££ = tax it at post office
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vfr800 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Karma :

Nice answer, cheers Thumbs Up

are you allowed any grace to get the vehicle home once purchased without the tax.

The vehicle won't be insured but i will be driving it on my insurance policy as 3rd party only, would i be in the shit if vi was pulled?
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vfr800 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Karma :

Bugger

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Stelmer · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Karma :

Ask the current owner to tax it for you if you give them the money as they might still have a valid covernote.

If not, then it's a big risk as if the police drive past, their anpr (or whatever it is) will catch you.

airconadam · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Karma :

ialso had to get the new keeper supplement from the v5 plus my insurance note to insure my new bike as it was sorned before and the fella who had it before had no insurance on it so therefore he was unable to tax it for me its a ball ache but its gota be done

adam

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yzf750r · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Karma :

If you have insurance and its MOT'd, i'd drive it home!

I have done all the times before!

Robspeed Kawasaki dealers even allowed me to ride my zx10r home with NO MOT, after telling me it was MOT'd and my documents would be with me through the post. Mad

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Kal · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Karma :

Insure it, your 3rd party cover will almost certainly evaporate the moment you have the car signed over to you.

If you want to do this within the letter of the law

Buy some insurance on installments, it should start form the time of your phone call but it is always good to check

As you are insured now is the time to book an MoT, seriously. VERA 1994 Schedule Two lays out how and when vehicles on the road are exempt from MoT's/Road Tax.

When it is on its way to a pre-booked MoT a vehicle is legally exempt from the need for roadtax and a valid MoT

Once you get the vehicle home you can cancel the policy for no fee under the 14 day distance selling regulations.
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Tax it before you use it, if you get pulled without any tax you might end up with it being impounded. Tax laws have changed recently and the new tag line is 'no excuses...'

Government tossers indeed. But meh, whatchagonnado?

Also there might be something in your insurance small print saying that the car needs to be taxed for the insurance to be valid. Confused

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TheBassJunky:
Erm, oops my bad, obviously didn't read as it was in the quote I quoted Smile

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My apologies.

Grim reaper:
You know that every policy you have had has said that.
As said, some of the policies I've had have, some haven't. It seems to be the case that less policies I've got recently have said that, whether it's policies changing or companies I'm insured with changing I don't know.

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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Not got the full documents here, but the "Statement Of Insurance" for my FZR600 says "Third Party Only cover is provided in the UK while the Policyholder drives with the owners permission a cycle not belonging to him/herself".

However as mentioned previously that is the vehicle only covered while being driven. So when not being driven but on land with public access (such as a petrol station forecourt) it would not be insured which would be an offence.

All the best

Keith
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