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Road Tax - Taking vehicles for MOT #

Posted by Paul Goswell on August 20, 2014, 12:22 pm
Edited by board administrator August 25, 2014, 1:17 pm

just a thought but with the new rules coming in October, how does it stand when myself being a one man band drives a car to my mot station thats not taxed as the owner has let it lapse and possibly the mot as well.is it still covered if its booked in at a mot station or do you think i should get some trade plates ?

Re: ROAD TAX

Posted by Graham Bullock on August 20, 2014, 11:23 pm, in reply to "ROAD TAX"
Graham Bullock

A car that has been on sorn or is just tax expired has to get to the station for a Mot, so I would have thought it is Ok as long as it is booked in.

What I would be worried about is just doing a normal job and then road testing without it being taxed, as you won't have an excuse then. I think I will end up either checking the status of Mot and road tax on this link every road test or just saying sod it.

Vehicle Enquiry

Graham

Re: ROAD TAX

Posted by Kristopher Sheridan on August 22, 2014, 4:59 pm, in reply to "Re: ROAD TAX"
Kristopher Sheridan

I think i will be taking reg no's of vehicles when booking in, and then using the Vosa site to determin what vehicles are taxed..

Either that or trade plates in every vehicle!

i drive alot of non-taxed vehicles so have trade plates anyway..

how does it work when the orig plates are still displayed though?i usually stick trade plates in window but obvs camera's wont detect them?

Re: ROAD TAX

Posted by paul goswell on August 26, 2014, 7:53 am, in reply to "Re: ROAD TAX"
Paul Goswell

what is the cost of having trade plates never looked into it before ?

Re: ROAD TAX

Posted by Kristopher Sheridan on August 27, 2014, 2:17 pm, in reply to "Re: ROAD TAX"
Kristopher Sheridan

technically free... all i had to pay for mine was the tax, download a form, fill out and post off with a cheque, once they have completed their checks, they will issue them to you.

Re: ROAD TAX

Posted by Adam critchley on August 30, 2014, 11:54 pm, in reply to "Re: ROAD TAX"
Adam Critchley

That vehicle enquiry thing is very good

I have a smart phone so the site is saved to home screen so
Can check status of tax and mot within a few seconds

Re: ROAD TAX

Posted by paul goswell on September 2, 2014, 11:10 am, in reply to "Re: ROAD TAX"
Paul Goswell

some one on the radio bought up a good point what happens if some one with a car the same as yours clones your number plates and sticks them on there car ?

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