Driving home an untaxed car?
- Thread starter NickXX
- Start date
![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
But, i'll assume you know best Fox 
Not sure what the confusion is here.
Driving on a public road with no Road Tax = breaking the law = you getting a ticket if a policeman sees you. Simple as.
You cant have "excuses" for not having road tax. And I very much doubt a copper would just "let you off" - they're clamping down on road-tax dodgers in big way...IIRC you can even have your car crushed.
But you did it an got away with it - 80% of the time you would. Personally I wouldn't risk it, just to wait a few days for your new car...
Driving on a public road with no Road Tax = breaking the law = you getting a ticket if a policeman sees you. Simple as.
You cant have "excuses" for not having road tax. And I very much doubt a copper would just "let you off" - they're clamping down on road-tax dodgers in big way...IIRC you can even have your car crushed.
But you did it an got away with it - 80% of the time you would. Personally I wouldn't risk it, just to wait a few days for your new car...
Soldato
- Joined
- 3 Jun 2005
- Posts
- 5,365
- Location
- West Sussex
woodsy said:
It's slightly more complicated as the car at that moment isn't in your name. Infact it's in the name of the previous owner before the dealer took charge of it. Then they have to contact the DVLA to inform them it isn't the owner on the document. Then you get into the timing of when the car was picked up.
Agreed catching someone for tax is very easy but apparently this mix up of the owner not being the person on the log book complicates matters. Of course the guy who told me this might be talking complete rubbish.
Vertigo1 said:
When I collected my car from Ford they had a rather decent scheme in place.
You phone Ford Insure, give them the name of the Ford dealer, the car reg and your details. They give you a no obligation quote and 7 days free insurance, even if you do not take on their policy (I didnt as their annual price wasnt competitive).
The cert for the 7 days insurance is faxed to the dealer and the dealer taxes the car using this. You can then pick your car up and don't have to worry about tax and have 7 days to sort insurance.
Quite a clever idea and it applies to used cars as well as new (mine is 4 years old).
When I brought my car from Honda around 14 months ago, and this was a main dealer Honda they were adamant I was to have a valid Tax disc "BEFORE" the car left their forecourt.
To try and speed the process up a little, as I needed an insurance cover note, I had my insurance company fax my cover note. Honda wouldn't accept a faxed copy as I was advised that any taxing station will not take a Faxed cover note or insurance policy, despite my insurance company stamping the cover note with their approved notice and calling the dealer to say I was fully insured, and legal to drive the car away the next day. I even tired myself to tax the car, and my local post office wouldn’t take the faxed cover note.
Honda had none of it, followed the book, and wouldn't allow me to take the goods I'd paid for (edit - Honda paid for actually HP- Ha) until it was fully legal. Try as I might, I was informed every time, without my valid posted copy of cover note, and valid tax I couldn't take the car as Honda were not liable to sell goods that go against the UK traffic laws.
Got to hand it to them, when I drove my car away, I was fully taxed, fuelled and insured. So, if I did have a mishap, I was fully covered, as Honda even gave me a full service and pre check certificate saying the car's lights, tires and all required items were road legal. Stamped by Honda, so as to ensure me, and to satisfy any claimant that my car was legal on the day of purchase. Even though the car was only 1 year old. Now that is service, that is how to sell a car, and they were right, you shouldn't drive a car without valid tax, and the car giant sales personnel are "Wrong" to advise you can.
As to if you can or not, or you will is another matter, but I'm with my Honda Dealer and I wouldn't do it.. I was educated when I brought my Honda, as in past I’d have tried to do what you are doing, but after dealing with Honda, I know this is now wrong. There must be something illegal about it, as if Honda were scared to allow me to drive my car off their premises, then something is a miss.. Upon saying that, I was buying the car on HP, so technically, it’s my car but Honda still own it. Perhaps this is why.. LOL
To try and speed the process up a little, as I needed an insurance cover note, I had my insurance company fax my cover note. Honda wouldn't accept a faxed copy as I was advised that any taxing station will not take a Faxed cover note or insurance policy, despite my insurance company stamping the cover note with their approved notice and calling the dealer to say I was fully insured, and legal to drive the car away the next day. I even tired myself to tax the car, and my local post office wouldn’t take the faxed cover note.
Honda had none of it, followed the book, and wouldn't allow me to take the goods I'd paid for (edit - Honda paid for actually HP- Ha) until it was fully legal. Try as I might, I was informed every time, without my valid posted copy of cover note, and valid tax I couldn't take the car as Honda were not liable to sell goods that go against the UK traffic laws.
Got to hand it to them, when I drove my car away, I was fully taxed, fuelled and insured. So, if I did have a mishap, I was fully covered, as Honda even gave me a full service and pre check certificate saying the car's lights, tires and all required items were road legal. Stamped by Honda, so as to ensure me, and to satisfy any claimant that my car was legal on the day of purchase. Even though the car was only 1 year old. Now that is service, that is how to sell a car, and they were right, you shouldn't drive a car without valid tax, and the car giant sales personnel are "Wrong" to advise you can.
As to if you can or not, or you will is another matter, but I'm with my Honda Dealer and I wouldn't do it.. I was educated when I brought my Honda, as in past I’d have tried to do what you are doing, but after dealing with Honda, I know this is now wrong. There must be something illegal about it, as if Honda were scared to allow me to drive my car off their premises, then something is a miss.. Upon saying that, I was buying the car on HP, so technically, it’s my car but Honda still own it. Perhaps this is why.. LOL
Last edited:
PeterNem said:
glad it worked for you, but Honda were a little more stubborn with faxed copies of documents, and even I couldn't use a faxed cover note.. Wonder what systems they are using, as that sounds faster then what Honda do.. I had to wait a further 3 days to collect my car due to waiting on documents and getting valid tax.
The dealer even told me about Ford Insure and said that they recommend all customers ring up and get the 7 days free cover as it's the easiest way for them to sort tax.
The fact it's a ford dealership and a ford insurance product no doubt helps.
The fact it's a ford dealership and a ford insurance product no doubt helps.
