I'm running out of time here - does anyone know an insurance company that will email your cover note/policy docs?

[newlifenewname]

Please, please, please say you do. I am completely without a car but have a new one to pick up nr Glasgow this weekend but need to ta it TODAY at a Post Office. Won't have a car to get children to school next week if I don't collect this weekend.

Seriously naffed off with insurance company and their wrong info.

elephant usually email stuff

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some of them let you print from their site once you've paid, it's4me do I think

some will fax one

Wow, thanks all - will investigate all you've mentioned.

Thanks, really.

Just be careful, some post offices wont accept a fax so you will probably need original documents.

Yes, I understood that the P.O demanded a top copy.But you can tax your car online, now, can't you? How does that work? I suppose you need to be able to put in the MOT and ins policy details?

A fax or photo copy will NOT do for taxing your car.

Online tax works because your insurance details are on a database - it goes by the reg no of your car.

You could ask the dealer about cover the last car we bought came with 7 days insurance cover to allow us to drive it away and alter insurance later.

Thanks again, all sorted now. I'm off to Glasgow in the morning to collect!

Just to clarify for the possible future benefit of anyone else in a similar position;

You can tax online with a new style MOT and the V5 reg. document as well as valid insurance. However, the database that is used to check the insurance is only updated periodically so, in my case, it wasn't possible to buy the tax in time as the insurance was only purchased late Fri night.

Other options are to go to DVLA office or Post Office but you WILL need an original insurance policy document. Again, in my case, this would not have been possible til Mon or Tues when it arrived via Royal Mail.

What I have done is insure my car with a company locally to me that also has offices in Cumbernauld where the car is. The seller has kindly picked up my insurance and gone and taxed the vehicle for me all in the nick of time!

So, I'm deciding whether to fly or National Express up to Glasgow now. Not much in it price wise but air taxes bumpt things up a bit so am deliberating. Am tres excited.

It's an oldy car I'm getting but I'll be able to fit car seats in without grazing my knuckles as is much bigger than my little Peugeot which I waved a slightly sad goodbye to yesterday.
Ahh, are you all asleep yet?

God it's BRILLIANT being able to tax the car online, it made me very happy.