Road tax

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

just been to do my twice weekly move of the chamade so it doesnt look abandoned, and its got a warning notice on it for having no tax. bugger.

Is the warning like the TV license thing where they warn you and as long as you then get a license, youre ok? can i just get some tax and not worry about it?

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

u got the V5 for it yet ?
get it taxed asap, no more warnings but a flatbed truck which will scop it up and shove it in a pound, to get it released u have to show a valid tax disc, pay a fee for them removing it from the public highway, a storage fee for how long its there and then you also get a fine, oh joy.

I know this cos they took away my neighbours RST 2 days ago and thats the hassle he has got to go thru to get it back!

u may also want to check out wether the car parks around your home are considered public highway, i bet they are classed as OFF ROAD parking in which case you don't need tax on the car but declare it SORN.
you may get away with parking it round the back of your house where the garages are and also declare it sorn as its parked 'off road'

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

well, the scrap hatch is out of the way now so i guess i could put it in the back garden.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

you'll need to pay the fine unless the date on it is all wrong.

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 1141

Friend at uni got one of these outside our halls for having out of date tax by about 2 weeks. She backdated the tax to the start of the month and heard nothing more about it.