How do I get an untaxed car home?

EddScott said:
Get in car, turn key, drive home.

You might get caught but the chances are very low. Some people drive for years without anything and never get caught. If you get caught in one journey then your very unlucky. However if you do get caught I doubt the consequences are much fun.

/Waits for OCUK massif to throw hands in the air in disgust :)
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Do you know how many ANPR systems there are out and about on a daily basis?
Absolutely loads of them.

I really connot believe anyone would recommend or actually advise someone drives without tax and/or insurance and/or MOT.
 
Depends on the journey to be fair, if its short and backroadable then driving with simply no tax is hardly a big risk to take. That said, if the journey is this short then he might as well buy it and collect it a few days later after he has bought tax.
 
R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
If he's insured with an on line insurer such as Swiftcover then he merely has to print out a copy of his insurance certificate & all is good there.
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my local PO still refuses to accept a printout from swiftcover and asks me to contact them and get them to send out an official printout, kinda defeats the whole saving paper etc :mad:
 
Peerzy said:
Get yourself insured on the car, buy tax online and I'm pretty sure you're able to drive the car without the disc - but you'll have to explain if you get pulled.

Wait for the disc to come through the post and then put it on.
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Only problem is, the disc will go to the old keepers address. Not really a problem if they're willing to forward it on to you I guess.
 
Peerzy said:
Get yourself insured on the car, buy tax online and I'm pretty sure you're able to drive the car without the disc - but you'll have to explain if you get pulled.
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Don't do this, the offence is failing to display.

As said if you are with swiftcover, just print it out and take the new owner slip + MOT to a post office.
 
When i bought my saloon volvo, it was untaxed. We sorted the cash and documents. The chap i was buying it off then drove me to the post office, I handed over the new owner slip, my insurance documents, and some cash, got the tax disc, then drove home.

Pretty simple :)
 
Mucky_Pup said:
They won't accept photocopies or printouts.
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How do you think I tax my car then? - I'm insured with Swiftcover & I have to print out my Certificate, with an extremely crap printer! :confused:

Torch [P4];14125984 said:
my local PO still refuses to accept a printout from swiftcover and asks me to contact them and get them to send out an official printout, kinda defeats the whole saving paper etc :mad:
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I can only assume your local PO are staffed by Muppets
 
R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
How do you think I tax my car then? - I'm insured with Swiftcover & I have to print out my Certificate, with an extremely crap printer! :confused:



I can only assume your local PO are staffed by Muppets then....
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Some POs are fine with them, some arent. Without stereotyping too much, it seems to be the staff who are getting on a bit that have a problem...
 
Mucky_Pup said:
They won't accept photocopies or printouts.
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I've never had any issue, these days with online only insurers there's not much choice. A Post office could always refuse a certificate if they felt it was not correct - But it's a loss of business.


In my experience, and that's having been pulled over once for driving a car back from a test drive which was not on the insurance database (I had purchased cover over the telephone after agreeing the sale) the Policeman said they're main priority was to ensure the vehicle had insurance, Tax and MOT were less of an issue and more of a paperwork hassle.

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R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
How do you think I tax my car then? - I'm insured with Swiftcover & I have to print out my Certificate, with an extremely crap printer! :confused:
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Maybe you tax it online, also? I've just received my tax reminder and it specifically states no printouts (which, like you say is useless as a lot of online companies don't send you a policy, it's printed yourself)...

But, I suppose if your insurance is online you'd by your tax online, too.
 
I'd just drive it home personally. I've unwittingly driven around without a tax disc for months before with no issues.
 
Peerzy said:
Get yourself insured on the car, buy tax online and I'm pretty sure you're able to drive the car without the disc - but you'll have to explain if you get pulled.

Wait for the disc to come through the post and then put it on.
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The OP won't be able to tax it online on the day, because it will take some time (sometimes more than 24h IME) to be added to the MID.
 
Many POs are a pain and won't touch a printout or photocopied insurance certificate - even though you repeatedly explain that many sites no longer send one in the post!
 
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