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WIBU to drive my car 40 miles without tax?

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nokidshere · 15/08/2013 16:37

Bought a new car. Was supposed to be at the location by 5:30 in order to buy tax (cant buy online for new keeper) DH stuck in meeting (its registered to him so he has to be there) and not home and we now cant get there in time for the Post Office hours.

Would you risk picking it up tonight and driving home with no tax? The journey would be just under an hour on A roads.

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Damnautocorrect · 15/08/2013 17:13

No don't, YOU GET NO GRACE DAYS
Sorry just thought if shout it as the myth still lurks.
The dealer should have organised the tax for you, by getting the log book signed whilst you were there and insurance off you.

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nokidshere · 15/08/2013 17:13

fakebook that's a good point! Will ring and check!

Tiggy lol

fruitnut you cant do it online if you are a new registered keeper you have to do it at the post office :)

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nokidshere · 15/08/2013 17:19

it is covered by sorn but still no grace period!

Am now resigned to picking it up at the weekend. Might make DH get the bus instead of taking my car though as punishment for not getting home on time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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phantomnamechanger · 15/08/2013 17:19

you cant do it online because the vehicle is not yet registered to new owners address for them to send the disc to!

you have 14 days grace to do sorn/get disc BUT MUST NOT DRIVE IN THAT TIME

do not do it OP, you will be as bad as the boy racers who drive while banned/uninsured/no MOT/tax etc

specialsubject · 15/08/2013 17:32

against the law so no. Also no insurance, so equally no. End of.

Glad you have decided to leave it to the weekend.

AKAK81 · 15/08/2013 18:38

Probably wouldn't risk it tbh. If it was a mile then maybe yes. The only grace period is when you've taxed it online at the expiry of the previous tax to give it chance to arrive in the post.

Fruitnut · 15/08/2013 18:54

Oops, didn't read it properly.

soverylucky · 15/08/2013 18:57

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dexter73 · 15/08/2013 18:58

I drove 9 miles in my new car to the DVLA office as it was ex-motability so had to get it changed. I was a bit nervous doing it but the insurance was valid so I thought I would risk it.

EmmaGellerGreen · 15/08/2013 19:09

I just asked DH who is a Crown Prosecution Service lawyer. His view is that its no big deal and that even if you are caught (unless committing another crime at the time), you will just be asked to produce evidence of tax within 7 days but having insurance is the most important thing. But doubtless Mumsnet will think he's wrong!

quoteunquote · 15/08/2013 19:09

You could organise a tow truck, my garage would do it for about £30.

WMittens · 15/08/2013 19:53

Fact: a car must have a tax disc to be on the road (assuming no exemptions - I believe you still need a disc, even if VED is zero)

Fact: if I car is detected (by e.g. ANPR) with no tax, a letter will be sent to the registered keeper's address

Fact: the DVLA do not yet know that you are the registered keeper.

'Probably get away with it' - but not necessarily advisable. The other argument is, when you pay the VED tomorrow, you'll still have paid the exact same amount as if you'd paid today, so you're not really avoiding any liability.

Wonderstuff · 15/08/2013 19:53

It always amazes me on these threads how black and white so many people are. Nothing wrong with being black and white, just that I don't know many people irl who have never broken the law or bent the rules.. Not judging, just saying.

WMittens · 15/08/2013 19:55

We didn't even drive my husbands car which is on a Sorn across to the next streets when his parents moved house. We towed it. No tax shouldn't be on the road.

So in your own sentence, you realise you broke the law?

You can't tow a vehicle without tax, it would have to be trailered (or on a flatbed truck) to be legal.

WMittens · 15/08/2013 19:55

EmmaGellerGreen

Sounds very sensible to me.

WMittens · 15/08/2013 19:56

Does it not void your insurance?

No, because you have to have insurance in place before you can buy a tax disc.

WMittens · 15/08/2013 19:58

"No don't, YOU GET NO GRACE DAYS "

The period of grace does apply to displaying the tax disc, it doesn't apply to buying it.

AKAK81 · 15/08/2013 20:03

Absolutely

BrianTheMole · 15/08/2013 20:08

I bought from a dealer once with no tax. They wouldn't tax it and there was no where near to do it myself. I rang the police and asked them, and they advised me to just drive it home and get it taxed asap. I'm not advising you do that, but just saying how it was for me.

SugarSpunSisters · 15/08/2013 20:09

I drove my car around for a full month a couple of years ago without tax. I had insurance and MOT, just didn't realise.

When I did realise it was mid month, say 15th August and the disc I bought started on the 1st August so I backpaid. I didn't get fined.

On another occasion I did it deliberately because I couldn't afford it for a week or so and I drove past a ANPR car and got a fine in the post about two weeks later.

I haven't done it since

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