V5, and sworn ADVERt???

Smoto Bob · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Karma :

Right that annoying advert on tv says about making sure you do the V5 and stuff or you could pay for the new owners fine of not getting it taxed??????

So couldn't you just report it stolen then?? as it would still be YOUR car???

or have i missed the point (again LOL)
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Doing the V5 should be done by the person selling the vehicle, as they will be the one getting fines and police after them if the new owner doesn't tax it or SORN it, or goes through speed traps etc.

Reporting it stolen would be more effort than delcaring it SORN (fill in a form at the Post Office for this I believe). And it means you'll have to at some point declare it unstolen Laughing

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If you have the V5 in your name and don't tax it or declare it SORN, then you'll get an automatic fine through the door from the DVLA. It being stolen probably also won't stop this, you'll just have to write letters to them and stuff with the crime numbers.

Ste

Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Could be interesting Laughing

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I reckon they'll also catch out people out in Iraq/ places on long term placements with thier cars just left back here. Idiots. Thumbs Down

Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

Imagine there being a military revolt against the DVLA. Twisted Evil

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monkeyman · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Karma :

I hate the F*cking government, the council and the DVLA, I intend to launch a campaign against the speed traps in my town soon. They have stuck them in stupid places and they will pay.
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needa400 · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Karma :

Hiya
Just because the person has the v5 it does not mean that the vehicle is theirs, so reporting it stolen would not work. Example is if you take your bike to a garage, and cant pay for the work that they need doing, the bike is classified under law as their property in some strange way. If they tell you that they are keeping the bike untill you pay, and you go and get it in the middle of the night without them knowing, you can be charged with stealing your own bike!!
As for the SORN thing, it definitely worth doing it! Loads of the lads on the forces estates at home have gone away and left their cars out on the roads, and everyday there are a few being taken to the scrappers! Poor gits. Evil or Very Mad

DVLA are money grabbers anyway. In the news the other day they were saying how the council are spending so much money on compensation, when in reality, if they bothered to take care of the roads then they wouldn't be in the mess they are in! They leave the roads until they are this bad, just patching them up when they get a complaint so our roads are bumpy and uneven.
Perhaps if they spent less of our money on speed cameras, (supposedly for road safety) and more money on improving the quality (and therefore SAFETY!) of our roads they woudlnt be having these problems. The amount of money they spend on pollution monitoring centres would probably help a great deal towards fixing the roads too.

They need to face up to things, more people in the country = more cars. More asylum seekers = less money for public services including road repairs. More cars, more people = inevitably more pollution. The government is worried about it's image - not it's people, and dont think about how they could really spend money on fixing their problems. At the minute, they are spending money on things that will cause problems!

Sorry, but I had to have my say!

needa

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

I have been looking into what happens if you just don't pay a shop for work done, and as you say, the bike becomes thier property until the bill has been settled. The action you can take is to pay the bill under protest, then immediately start legal action against them to reimburse the amount in dispute. Many shops if they know they are in the wrong will sort themselves out at this point.

Most the of the gatso cameras are earning money, hence why they place them in the places they do. My issue would be in thier choice of positions, and what it done with the money raised. It should not be spent on the giving lavish offices etc to those involved; it should be put into improving the roads, and dealing with why that place is an accident blackspot, perhaps changing the road layout, increasing visibility, changing road signs, or just remove the bright yellow gatso which everyone slams thier brakes on for without a regard for what else is going on around them. Rolling Eyes

Luke_Retrofly · Silly Lesbian Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Karma :

Hi
That reminds me, Alex still hasnt sent of the registration form for the R6 after about 3 months Shocked

. The tax is due this month, i might just not pay it to teach him a lesson Mr. Green

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Luke
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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

You buy tax with the little green slip.

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True Blue · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Karma :

Yeah I did. He still wouldn't believe me. He had to go out to his car get his glasses then read it for about 10 mins. It's only obout 50 words Brick Wall

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Seller fills it in. If they don't; they get speeding tickets, parking tickets, DVLA tax fines etc. It's in thier interest to send it off Laughing

. You get a letter from the DVLA to tell you when the V5 has been changed into thier name.

You can indeed as Robby says, buy tax with just the green slip, and the fact your recently purchased the vehicle is not an excuse for not having tax.

Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

Tax ran out on my C90 as of June 2003. Expecting a fine any day soon.
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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

Tax it then you pikey.

It's what, £15!
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Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

Yeah but you can't tax it without insurance.
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Print a fake insurance cert.?

Stew · Posted: 21:32 - 01 Apr 2004 Post subject:

Insurance must be about £50. Worth getting just to build up your no claims, and I kind of thought that was the point in owning a C90 Confused

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Scooby · Scrappy Doo Joined: 26 Mar 2002 Karma :

I use it to get to work on 5 days a week about 8 miles a day. I would get insurance but the insurance is about £150, which I really can't afford at the moment because I need to save up £1000 before June 20th for my holiday. I already have board, etc which come out of my wages so another £150 one month would cripple me and probably fuck up my holiday what with not having enough cash. After my holiday I will be sorted for doing my test and getting a bike on finance which is good Very Happy

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