So it's been confirmed no more tax disc from oct 2014 we up date page 2

[stevieturbo]

They should not be able to refuse to tax the car for that reason.

All you need is a certificate with a valid date...even 1 day is still legal as far as they go.

Bitch slap her and tell her to do it.

 

[KyleR]

How long is left on your MOT or insurance is completely irrelevant, if the car is MOT'd and insured, you can tax it. The PO worker (read: ****er) is wrong to have denied you your tax and you should go straight back at your earliest convenience and get it done

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

I had this before , MOT was on the Saturday and I went to renew Tax on Friday. They wouldn't do it. Probably to stop people just taxing and not bothering with MOT

 

[stevieturbo]

I had this before , MOT was on the Saturday and I went to renew Tax on Friday. They wouldn't do it. Probably to stop people just taxing and not bothering with MOT

There is no legal reason they can refuse it.

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

Still happened though !

 

[stevieturbo]

Still happened though !

Although searching images for Bitch Slap...brings up some weird stuff ! lol

 

[Artoir]

Well after my own quite literally flew out the window on the M1, I for one am readily embracing this new disc-free system.

 

[stevieturbo]

Well after my own quite literally flew out at the window on the M1, I for one am readily embracing this new disc-free system.

Still another month and a bit to go though !

 

[Artoir]

Still another month and a bit to go though !

It'll be that long by the time they send another out surely?

 

[stevieturbo]

It'll be that long by the time they send another out surely?

Well recent Yahoo news reports say the DVLA has run out of discs and were telling people to print their own...

Sounds like a perfect opportunity for cops to nail people in the coming 30 days or so !! It'll still be an offence of failure to display until October I'd imagine.

Bound to be some useless waster of a cop who sees it as an opportunity to dish out a few tickets.

 

[J_Mc_G]

I just renewed 2 cars and a bike. Is there going to be a fine for displaying the tax disc after October?

 

[KGRANT]

Tax sorted ....

 

[svensktoppen]

Got mine today, arrived in the post from Swansea, possibly one of the last people to receive one then

Should frame it and flog it on ebay, people will start collecting these

So, does this mean that from October we can all bin the tax discs? Amen to that if this is the case

Is it still technically illegal to not display the stupid MoT disc? Never bothered myself, and nobody has ever said anything about it, but I think it is still technically illegal not to display it in NI, right?

P.S.
Taxing through Swansea was the easiest, simplest process imaginable. At least compared to spending half a day at the DVA office in Belfast! Type in a number, pay any which way you like, job done

 

[stevieturbo]

Nothing has changed legally with the MOT disc.

 

[nobby]

Ordered a tax disc start of the month and email stated that disc only needs to be displayed for a few weeks ... Annoying that the stupid mot disc has to stay ... As an mot is only good fir the day it was tested

 

[svensktoppen]

Personally I have never displayed an MoT disc, and nobody has had anything to say about it. Not once. Nobody.

The most stupid law ever, brought in on the back of some eedjit with nothing better to do, and not a single person above them having the sense to simply say "no, that is stupid"...

At least the tax disc is gone - the shape of the Lotus windscreen means the stupid disc holder is forever falling off, so the disc ends up lying in the passenger footwell anyway

 

[Ant]

taxed mine on saturday, do i need to display the thing or what? cba unscrewing the thing.

 

[svensktoppen]

Same here

Seems like legally we have to display it until the end of September. My new one is still in the envelope it came in...

 

[CharlySkunkWeed]

I hope they are worth something , I've kept every one I've ever had !

 

[jimcupra]

Up to 1999 I don't think I ever had tax . As long as I get my letter through the post I will just pay at the post office.

 

[Darragh]

I feel sorry for the man who has loads of tax disc holders to sell

 

[stevieturbo]

I feel sorry for the man who has loads of tax disc holders to sell

I'm sure they'll dream up some ridiculous disc to replace it once everyone has got rid of their dual holders.

 

[pablo]

I got a ticking off at a checkpoint for no MOT disc.

 

[Coog]

What happens in ROI at the mo? I'm guessing they're not too bothered about untaxed UK cars on their roads?

Bit more of a loophole now with no disc on show so something that's been SORN'd for years could be driven away down there and they wouldn't have a clue.

 

[Wayne D]

What happens in ROI at the mo? I'm guessing they're not too bothered about untaxed UK cars on their roads?

Bit more of a loophole now with no disc on show so something that's been SORN'd for years could be driven away down there and they wouldn't have a clue.

That is a great idea... My Rallye is still on its Southern Reg, never got round to changing it back over yet, but I could bang the old UK R reg back on and motor away... Only in the ROI though.