Trade plates alternative?
Discussion
Are there any? So I buy a car at auction I need tax for the drive back to the garage and also for customer test drives plus if I need to move the car around for any mechanical/bodywork. Are trade plates the only option? I am only going to keep 1 or 2 cars in stock, it's a hobby business. It's almost worth taxing the car for 1 month to avoid trade plates. Any suggestions.
Jim AK said:
Recovery truck or a trailer I would think is only option.
Yes this would work for getting from auction to garage but not on customer test drives. I actually purchased a car from a large car supermarket recently. They let me take the car on an unaccompanied test drive with no trade plates. Just wonder how they did this unless they were breaking the law.Packrat said:
If you purchased the car private.would it not still be showing as taxed .until the logbook details get changed?
I would only buy at auction or other dealer. I guess the option is there to tax the car online for 1 month then cancel. If trade plates cost £165 it would only take 1 month tax on 10 cars or so to recover the cost. I guess trade plates are necessary even if only selling 50 cars per year.Interesting guys so I guess it was me who possibly broke the law by driving it. This was not a small firm about 500 cars in their compound. I suppose I assumed it was taxed and legal to drive but I was wrong to assume that. I reckon if I had asked if the vehicle was taxed then maybe they would have produced trade plates. Anyways sounds like trade plates are the only way to go and there is no alternative.
Gassing Station | Business | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff