Six months tax.

[stuartmmcfc]

I've just been to the PO to buy 6 months car which is/was SORNed.
I've just noticed though that the disc only states when it expires. As it's virtually the end of March, does this mean I could use my car onSunday?
It is currently stored some 30 miles away and would make life easier if I could fetch it then.

[mph1977]

stuartmmcfc said:

I've just been to the PO to buy 6 months car which is/was SORNed.
I've just noticed though that the disc only states when it expires. As it's virtually the end of March, does this mean I could use my car onSunday?
It is currently stored some 30 miles away and would make life easier if I could fetch it then.

that depends on what the VED database says - the discs themselves are going later i nthe year.

[PurpleMoonlight]

stuartmmcfc said:

I've just been to the PO to buy 6 months car which is/was SORNed.
I've just noticed though that the disc only states when it expires. As it's virtually the end of March, does this mean I could use my car onSunday?
It is currently stored some 30 miles away and would make life easier if I could fetch it then.

Not lawfully, assuming it expires end Sept 2014.

Edited by PurpleMoonlight on Friday 28th March 13:09

[HereBeMonsters]

stuartmmcfc said:

I've just been to the PO to buy 6 months car which is/was SORNed.
I've just noticed though that the disc only states when it expires. As it's virtually the end of March, does this mean I could use my car onSunday?
It is currently stored some 30 miles away and would make life easier if I could fetch it then.

If the car was sorned then your disc should expire end August? So you can use it now. They don't forward date in my experience - I've always had to wait until the end of the month to get new tax on a Sorned car.

[Dwight VanDriver]

Licence expiry date: 31 August 14 - OK

Licence expires: 30 Sept 14 then use before 1.4. illegal.

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[kiethton]

Oops, managed to run around for 2 weeks like this when i got my 540i

Went to the post office the day after buying it - 17th Aug, got a disc expiring on August 31, 12 months and 2 weeks....

[scorcher]

kiethton said:

Oops, managed to run around for 2 weeks like this when i got my 540i

Went to the post office the day after buying it - 17th Aug, got a disc expiring on August 31, 12 months and 2 weeks....

must have been given to you by mistake then. Usually if a car is untaxed you can only apply for a new disc 3 days? before the end of the month if you want it to start the 1st day of the next month.

[littleredrooster]

HereBeMonsters said:

If the car was sorned then your disc should expire end August? So you can use it now. They don't forward date in my experience - I've always had to wait until the end of the month to get new tax on a Sorned car.

For anything without current tax, three working days before the month end (IIRC). I've done it loads of times with the bike. Unlikely he would have asked for the tax to start from the beginning of March.

Can't legally use the vehicle on the road until the start of the month, however; it will still ping up on Police ANPR computer as untaxed.

[kiethton]

scorcher said:

kiethton said:

Oops, managed to run around for 2 weeks like this when i got my 540i

Went to the post office the day after buying it - 17th Aug, got a disc expiring on August 31, 12 months and 2 weeks....

must have been given to you by mistake then. Usually if a car is untaxed you can only apply for a new disc 3 days? before the end of the month if you want it to start the 1st day of the next month.

I think so, totally didn't expect it at the time when he asked me when I wanted it to start from.

I did assume that as it said the expiry was in the future I'd be fine though - now realise that isn't the case

[andyiley]

I don't know why you would yoink your "6 months" road tax would last longer than 6 months really, don't you think you kind of answered your own question by saying that anyway?

The clue is in the title.