taxing new vehicle

ThriceNightly · 31 Dec 2008 at 16:26

picking up new s/h car on saturday 3rd jan

have arranged insurance but unlikely to receive docs until monday

i will have the v5 and mot when i collect

do you reckon i'll be ok to drive the car from the dealers to home without tax

be about a 50mile journey but will involve dartford crossing

car will be kept off road at home untill i tax it monday

Jez · 31 Dec 2008 at 16:28

Why cant you get the dealer to tax it for you? :confused:

[TW]Fox · 31 Dec 2008 at 16:29

When did the tax expire? If only on 1st Jan, tax it online. You have 7 days grace.

Otherwise driving it on the road without displaying a valid excise disc will get you nabbed. Although ANPR etc doesn't read your physical tax disc so if you've taxed it online you'd need to get pulled or photographed by a DVLA road tax van to get done.

If its from a dealer, they CAN tax it for you whatever excuses they offer as to why they cannot.

pull2808 · 31 Dec 2008 at 16:46

no they need valid insurance document before it can be taxed, and as he said he wont have that by then.

Hxc · 31 Dec 2008 at 17:08

I would hope that the dealer has insurance on all of his/her cars.

therealnerd2 · 31 Dec 2008 at 17:10

pull2808 said:
no they need valid insurance document before it can be taxed, and as he said he wont have that by then.

Dealers can tax it on their insurance

Peerzy · 31 Dec 2008 at 17:14

I got some free 7 day insurance where they emailed me dealer once I'd hung up the phone and they used that to tax it for me.

Clarkey · 31 Dec 2008 at 17:29

I don't understand why dealers get arsey about taxing cars these days, it's a simple matter of going to the post office with their traders policy and using that.

Jez · 31 Dec 2008 at 17:31

pull2808 said:
no they need valid insurance document before it can be taxed, and as he said he wont have that by then.

He doesnt need any of your details at all, his trade policy will cover the taxation of any of his stock.

ThriceNightly · 31 Dec 2008 at 18:33

^^^ thanks for all the replies

Jez said:
He doesn't need any of your details at all, his trade policy will cover the taxation of any of his stock.

i will speak to the dealer on friday and see if he can tax it on my behalf -this will save me a lot of hassle

the only issue is wether he is happy to stump up the £210 in advance of me settling up on saturday (though he already has my credit card details regarding the £100 deposit)

can i expect him to charge an admin fee to do this ? - he is not a main dealer

Jez · 31 Dec 2008 at 18:38

I would expect this of a dealer for no charge. £210 is hardly a big deal, and as you say he has your payment details anyway.