[Edited on 6/2/09 by Paul TigerB6]
Think I may have found a suitable donor which has mot till june this year but no tax by the look of it. I'm assuming the post office won't
accept a print off from short term insurers "DayInsure.com" so I've bashed a quote into direct line and it's come back 185 quid
for comprehensive (tpft was 220 quid? what teh feck?)... Now as far as I remember, you get a 14 day grace period to cancel your insurance minus admin
costs for paperwork and messing around (think its a percentage of the premium). So I could insure it fully comp, tax it for 6 months, then cancel the
insurance and refund the tax disc, all at a cost of around 40 to 50 quid?
The other alternative is be a twisted criminal and take an 80 quid fine for no tax (although knowing my luck I'd end up in the cells for a
night). I always like to keep things above board because life becomes very difficult when you try to cheat with these things. Oh and there's
always speed camera vans with possible ANPR on the a64 to york (where I live).
What have you lot done in the past when a donor isn't taxed but you needed to get it home & didn't have a trailer?
Book it in at an MOT test station near your home on the day you collect it and then drive it to the MOT. Of course if you have an issue with the car
and cant make the MOT but instead have to take it home then thats just one of those things isnt it!!
[Edited on 6/2/09 by Paul TigerB6]
would a gentlemen and an officer accept this excuse if it has 6 months MOT left?
they'd probbaly get all bbc traffic cops on my ass and start with the "this has 6 months mot left, so why are you taking it for an mot? do I
look stupid? do you think I'm stupid? I'm not stupid so why are you treating me like I'm stupid?"
I suppose I'm well within my rights to get a new MOT if I want to because "I want my mot and tax to be in time with each other, 
then
there's no chance of the car ever running out of mot while it is taxed"
just to confirm, does the mot trick really work? Or will I get the "that old line doesnt work with us buddy"?
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
Book it in at an MOT test station near your home on the day you collect it and then drive it to the MOT. Of course if you have an issue with the car and cant make the MOT but instead have to take it home then thats just one of those things isnt it!!
[Edited on 6/2/09 by Paul TigerB6]
hmmm, only downside with that is there's no other traffic to hide behind and no mot stations are open at 3am lol. They're gonna be asking "why are you driving an untaxed car down dark back roads at 3 in the morning?" lol
Get a trailer for the day,where is the car at??
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Originally posted by paul the 6th
hmmm, only downside with that is there's no other traffic to hide behind and no mot stations are open at 3am lol. They're gonna be asking "why are you driving an untaxed car down dark back roads at 3 in the morning?" lol
So far i've driven 2 cars that aren't quite legal, neither had tax, mot, insurance etc. The first one I drove for about an hour, and went past 2 police in it with no hassle, the second only 20 mins but againno probs. I know people who have driven imports from portsmouth to central london with no paperwork, in convoy at about 120 the whole way and got away with it, but if you're worried about it I'd suggest best to keep it above board - especially if your area is bad for anpr etc.
I often watch Police Camera Action and always thought how funny it was that bankrobbers etc drive like lunatics or above the speed limit rather than simply bend in with the crowd
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Originally posted by paul the 6th
would a gentlemen and an officer accept this excuse if it has 6 months MOT left?
Booking MOT won't work as that only allows you to drive there un-taxed. It still has to have insurance.
Borrow a trailer to transport it. That's probably the safest, legal and cheapest way to do it.
Phil
i'm 23 and passed my test when i was 17 - 99% certain i don't have the entitlement to tow a trailer 
and I'll be arranging insurance for the vehicle, it was just the tax I was worrying about
We have used elephant for insurance in the past and cancelled a day later. 
Full Refund. Make sure to read the terms tho as might have changed.
You can also get single day insurance cover (generally about £10 or so) if the T's & C's dont offer a full refund so its another
potential option for insurance.
As you passed your test after 1997 you are right in assuming you cant tow a trailer without the relevant test.
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Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
You can also get single day insurance cover (generally about £10 or so) if the T's & C's dont offer a full refund so its another potential option for insurance.
As you passed your test after 1997 you are right in assuming you cant tow a trailer without the relevant test.
think i should be alright if i check insurance t&c's to make sure i can get a refund etc.
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Originally posted by paul the 6th
hmmm, only downside with that is there's no other traffic to hide behind and no mot stations are open at 3am lol. They're gonna be asking "why are you driving an untaxed car down dark back roads at 3 in the morning?" lol
Where is the car coming from, is it local or a good distance?
Alan...
"I've just bought it today"
Tell them you won't be using it again on the road, and you can check on that at any time you like officer cos by tomorrow it's not going to
have a front end. If pushed I'd even explain exactly what I'm doing with it and offer to pay the tax for a day.
If it's the cameras you're worried about don't send off the V5 for a few weeks "Oh yeah forgot about that"
Got caught without tax once, it was only a week or two off. Told them I'm getting it tomorrow as I get paid tonight, that was fine by them...
Post Office won't give you a tax disc with a printed off/faxed insurance certificate any more, so dayinsure is a no go.
I got pulled over driving my donor back with no tax disc on show. I'd passed a police car on a roundabout, it started following me and all of a
sudden they were everywhere, 2 cars and a police bike passed me going the other way in the next half a mile, all staring really hard at my windscreen
Thankfully, i'd actually got my tax disc 5 minutes beforehand, I just didn't have a holder so it was on the seat
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Originally posted by paul the 6th
i'm 23 and passed my test when i was 17 - 99% certain i don't have the entitlement to tow a trailer