rfowler

i bought a subaru last night and had no road-tax and was going to get the road tax today but council guys came and took the car from outside and are demanding £200. What can be done

pimmo2000

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wilb

Sounds a bit dodgy to me. IYour saying it was there for one night with no tax and that just happened to be the Thursday night that they were out???
If it is legit then why didn't you just explain it to them, i'm sure they would have taken your comments on board.

myblackwrx

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Do you mean it was parked on the road with no car tax?
Are the council demanding money for it to be released from their impound yard?

rfowler

yeah basically i bought it yesterday and the council have taken the car to there impound and are now demanding £200 or they will not realse the car

The rookie

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I think you are stuffed on it to be honest, certainly in the short term payup or they will start levying storage charges, but its strange as my local council always put a note on for 48hours prior to removal.

Simon

simpsons !

I'm guessing that it was'nt delivered on a trailer, Hence it was driven with no tax and that would invalidate your insurance if you have some, £200 is a small price to pay to what could have happened if you had crashed it!

myblackwrx

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Same here my council (Poole in dorset)gives 48hrs warning, but have to agree with the rookie best pay up and get before they screw you for more money.
Afterwards speak to the council about their rules as if 2 councils form either end of the country have the same rules its surprising that yours doesn't.
Plus I bet someone reported you as well.

The rookie

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Driving without tax of course does not invalidate your insurance (for 99% of policies anyway) nor does driving without an MOT.

Simon

rfowler

just spoke to them, going to pick up the car and they will refund £120 when i get road tax. also how is it possible to get road tax with about the log book becuase i have just bought the car

Gary C

Remember they are allowed to crush cars that have been on the road with no tax, so take it on the chin and pay up.

Its a bugger when you had no intention to defraud but they have become very heavy handed because of the hundreds of thousands of people driving without tax and insurance (remember, by enforcing car tax, you enforce insurance as well, which is a good thing really)

CraigRA

Was it taxed when you bought it and the precious owner kept the disk?

Or was it registered as SORN, if registered as SORN I don't think you will have a leg to stand on.

Have a look on the DVLA site and see if it's showing as taxed or you could call them, If it is showing the vehicle is taxed they should not have taken it the worst they should have done it reported you for not displaying it and you receive a notice.

Best pay and get it out ASAP and argue with them later before the charges build up.

CraigRA

Theres a form at the post office

scoobynutta555

IIRC if you have the green buyers slip you should be able to get tax. My experience of the log book arriving, it's usually 9 ish days depending if it was posted on straight away by the previous owner.

st3v3

Driving without tax is NOT against the law,nor have any insurance consecquences,driving without mot IS and will invalidate your insurance,unless you have booked your car in to a MOT station and you are on the way there.

GC8

'The Council' may not take a car and 'impound' it. The DVLAs agents on the other hand, can and will clamp and then remove untaxed cars.

bigmiller

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like previously said coucil are getting heavy handed but still should of given some kinda notice before removing the car.

glad u getting some money back from them though

all u can do is smile and grin when u leave with ur car in one piece!

rfowler

i will just smile and drive off......

fl6

and the sods have bean working out of leeds this week.

Gary C

Why, then can they fine you, remove your car, crush it if its not against the law ?

Not sure what you mean.

vindaloo

Driving without displaying a valid tax disk is an offence and the Police can do you for it. You don't even have to drive it if it's parked on "the highway". You can still pick up a fine etc.

I don't quite know the council's "abilities" in these cases... I'd have to do some research. I do know that councils frown on untaxed vehicles and generally make as big a fuss as they can.

It strikes me as very odd that they can pick up the car all-in-one-go, having seen it once, without giving any notice etc.

J.

EVOLUTION

if your desperate

go here www.dayinsure.co.uk

then it will cats you max £20 i think


read the T&C though, the car has to be a UK car, and you have to be over 21 or 25, not sure exactly, have a read.


i have used these twice now, not sure if its acceptale by law or not, my mate buys n sell cars in his spare time and uses the certificates that you print out direct frm the emails they send you, to tax all his cars

stevo scooby

hello if u just bought the car and u put the date on the log book slip they cant fine u suerly

StickyMicky

thats a good site to have in my favorites

although £260 to insure my scooby for 28 days is a bit steep PMSL

but

st3v3

SORRY,i actually ment to say,driving without tax is will not have any insurance consequences,not that it wasnt against the law, because it is.

I didnt explain my self very good back there,

SORRY if i have mislead anyone.

EVOLUTION

micky, i agree with that mate, but the Shotley brigde post office have taken it quite a few times now,


you only have to satisfy the actual post office staff, they only do a visual check on it,