Bought a car from a dealer, turned out there was no tax on it
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Heh, yeah just a little oversight, made more amusing because I spent 30 minutes making sure the dates and mileage on all the MOT certificates matched, checking underside etc. Not the end of the world, just a little annoyed, but if theres no points thats a weight off my mind!
Dealers arent obliged to offer tax with the car, but you have to wonder about their integrity if they knowingly sold you the car without tax and failed to inform you that it had none. However you are also at fault for not checking if it was taxed or not.
Well just checked my route and there is at least one ANPR camera installed at Five Ways in Birmingham. It looks like I might be ok though, as apparently all inner city cameras have been disabled after Muslim groups complained 
Yeah definitely, proper dodgy and no mistake. Will be going over the car with a fine tooth comb at the weekend, although I doubt their warantee is worth anything.
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iirc they need proof of insurance to tax a vehicle for you.
You need to either A) bring your insurance certificate in for them to tax it (had to do this when i bought a citroen) or B) you take them up on their offer of free 7 day insurance and they can use that to tax it ( did this with my VXR)
Either that or they sell it still with Tax on, as happened with the Volvo which still had 8 months tax.
But as fox says, they won't pay to tax it, if it runs out during their possession of the vehicle. If you expect tax when buying it, it should be discussed so you can bring in your insurance, never assume they will automatically tax it for you.
You need to either A) bring your insurance certificate in for them to tax it (had to do this when i bought a citroen) or B) you take them up on their offer of free 7 day insurance and they can use that to tax it ( did this with my VXR)
Either that or they sell it still with Tax on, as happened with the Volvo which still had 8 months tax.
But as fox says, they won't pay to tax it, if it runs out during their possession of the vehicle. If you expect tax when buying it, it should be discussed so you can bring in your insurance, never assume they will automatically tax it for you.
Why are you paying for July's tax? You haven't driven the car in July. Tax it from the start of August.
It's not SORN as its declared in the trade.
Think they do a similar thing with the insurance database and DVLA for the keeper as well.
As it will technically have no Tax, No Keeper and No insurance. When you take it out for a test drive they put the trade plates on, and use their traders insurance which covers any car. And the cops won't pull over a car showing as being "in the trade" when its being driven with trade plates (unless they are suspicious the trade plates are fake or whatever)
Think they do a similar thing with the insurance database and DVLA for the keeper as well.
As it will technically have no Tax, No Keeper and No insurance. When you take it out for a test drive they put the trade plates on, and use their traders insurance which covers any car. And the cops won't pull over a car showing as being "in the trade" when its being driven with trade plates (unless they are suspicious the trade plates are fake or whatever)
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You took ownership of the car yesterday. What happened to it prior to that is really none of your concern. Tax it from the start of August.
Cheers guys, will sort it all out today 
From my brief trip home the car itself absolutely flies and seems to handle supprisingly well considering it has one half worn Eagle F1 and one new Wanli on the back (don't worry will fix it asap).
From my brief trip home the car itself absolutely flies and seems to handle supprisingly well considering it has one half worn Eagle F1 and one new Wanli on the back (don't worry will fix it asap).