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I'm due to collect a car tomorrow and have arranged the insurance to swap over from my part-ex also tomorrow. Do you think I will be able to tax the new car online / via the telephone or will I be stuck with no tax because the insurance won't register in time? More Than insurance said it could take up to 7 days to register on the MIB database!
 

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You no longer need insurance to tax a vehicle.
 

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Back in March, I (ie the dealer did) taxed my car at the dealers on-line .... I'd only just phoned my insurance to swap it over.

I'm willing to be proved wrong .... but I don't think on-line tax looks at the insurance any more :confused:
 

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As above.
If collecting from a trader/dealer, the car can be taxed and paid for online .

From the Gov website

How do you tax a car you have just bought?
To tax your vehicle online go to www.gov.uk/tax-disc - you'll need one of the following:
  1. 16 digit reference number on your vehicle tax renewal letter (V11)
  2. 11 digit reference number on your log book (V5C)
  3. Or, if you've just bought the vehicle , the 12 digit reference number on your new keeper supplement (V5C/2)
 

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I’m sure you need insurance in place to tax a car.
 

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Tax online easy peasy - also if you use direct debit you won’t be billed for a few days... so you could drive it home then cancel the direct debit and SORN it...
 

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When we bought the GT3 in Feb, the taxing was easy. The DVLA couldn't swap our number plate though...
 
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Thanks for all the replies - I think! With everything going digital it would seem logical that taxing a car wouldn't need the gov to check anything since ANPR cameras interrogating all the databases would alert Gov / Police if a car did not have the full complement and fines could be issued accordingly. I'll find out lunchtime tomorrow whether it's easy or not....
 

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Thanks for all the replies - I think! With everything going digital it would seem logical that taxing a car wouldn't need the gov to check anything since ANPR cameras interrogating all the databases would alert Gov / Police if a car did not have the full complement and fines could be issued accordingly. I'll find out lunchtime tomorrow whether it's easy or not....
I know of someone who didn’t have tax or mot for over 6 months and then didn’t have insurance for 8 months. They don’t have tax now and haven’t had for 8 months. How they get away with it or sleep at night I don’t know. I doubt I could drive to the end of the road before my car was crushed
 
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I know of someone who didn’t have tax or mot for over 6 months and then didn’t have insurance for 8 months. They don’t have tax now and haven’t had for 8 months. How they get away with it or sleep at night I don’t know. I doubt I could drive to the end of the road before my car was crushed

I presume they don't register the car to their address?
 

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33CB0542-2F5F-4EFC-BABC-E996F633DBEC.png Googled it and it says you need cover???
 

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Yes but how old is the Google answer. If the rules have changed and Google didn't know/care, they will be giving out duff info.

You're best going to .gov website and even then they're not always up to date.
 

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View attachment 51968 Googled it and it says you need cover???

I saw that but if my insurers say it can take a week to register on the insurance database how could anyone ever part ex the same day? My insurance started midnight but still not on askmid yet...
 
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I saw that but if my insurers say it can take a week to register on the insurance database how could anyone ever part ex the same day?
Mercedes taxed my car last year without insurance when I bought it. They did it online and I raised the question about insurance at the time and they said it wasn’t required. The tax went through no problem at all.
 

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RFT on-line is easy, even for an old fart like me. One thing you might want to consider is a standing order where a fee is taken monthly and you don't have to even think about it when the time comes to re-tax the car. :)
 

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RFT on-line is easy, even for an old fart like me. One thing you might want to consider is a standing order where a fee is taken monthly and you don't have to even think about it when the time comes to re-tax the car. :)

And they charge you for the privilege too .... lots will give a discount for paying monthly by direct debit.
 
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