Help with Tax and MOT

infernox · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:25

Hi all,

I'm taking my second driving test tomorrow and will hopefully pass.

I bought a Peugout 106 to drive, but it is currently out of Tax.

It's declared SORN at the moment and I understand to Tax it, it need the current MOT Certificate and the V5.

Now I don't have either of those but checked online that it does have a MOT till March,

How would I go about Taxing the car the easiest, quickest way,

Could I still tax it online with the V5C/2 I have and drive it as soon as I've paid or would I have to wait for the disc to arrive. My old disc expired 31st of December, apparantly you only have 14 days of leeway (whatever all that means)

Sorry if that all sounds a muddle.

Thank you.

Michael

davieg · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:29

Dont you have to do it in the post office, dont think you can use the V5C/2 as the details for the owner sometimes dont tally up on the DVLA database. If you havent got the MOT cert which you should have, I think your out of luck though as think they check them in the post office along with insurance, been a while since Ive had to do one in post office though so not sure if this has changed.

scratch · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:41

You can't tax it online if you don't have the V5 in your name.

You won't be able to tax it at the Post Office either as you don't have an MOT certificate. To tax at the PO you need a valid insurance certificate, MOT certificate and a V5C (or a V5C/2 which is less than 2 months old).

It sounds to me like you either need to get the car MOT'd so you have a valid certificate, or wait for the V5 to come back in your name so you can get purchase the tax online.

paradigm · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:43

If you can get to the garage that issued the MOT you could get a re-print, assuming you know which garage that was mind.

Dogbreath · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:53

I'm pretty sure any test center can now re-print an MOT certificate (if you can really call a manky bit of thin paper a certificate). It will cost up to £10 however.

infernox · 15 Jan 2014 at 12:00

I just rang the DVLA, they said I can just go into a Post Office with the V5C\2 and they will check the MOT details and Insurance details there. As long as the Post office has the facility to do so.

Third Opinion · 15 Jan 2014 at 13:46

infernox said:
I just rang the DVLA, they said I can just go into a Post Office with the V5C\2 and they will check the MOT details and Insurance details there. As long as the Post office has the facility to do so.

Good luck with that. I had a complete nightmare after Xmas with tax. The reminder said I needed to take a valid MOT which I did. I had to visit 3 post offices in the end as the first two refused to do it without the insurance and one wanted the V5.

The one who issued the tax didn't want any documents. If the first one refuses just keep trying others.

Richie · 15 Jan 2014 at 19:50

As long as the V5C/2 New Keeper Supplement (green slip) has not been stamped already then this can be used at any PO to tax the car.

The PO can check if the car has a valid MOT without an actual paper copy as these have been held online for circa 7 years. Insurance is a diff matter and it may not show up on the MIB so you may need to take in the valid insurance cert.