road tax and dealers

[pistonlager]

Can a dealership buy VED without a valid MOT?

[mcford]

Only on cars less than 3 years old which don't require a certificate. For Cars over 3 years old the certificate has to valid for when the license comes into force.

[pistonlager]

mcford said:

Only on cars less than 3 years old which don't require a certificate. For Cars over 3 years old the certificate has to valid for when the license comes into force.

Thought so.
I was thinking along the lines of familiarity down the local post office.
I recently purchased an older car that when I got home I only had the old MOT that had recently expired
but had a new tax disc.
Probably dealership incompetence is the answer and they gave me the wrong one.

[edo]

pistonlager said:

Probably dealership incompetence is the answer and they gave me the wrong one.

Or they got lucky at the post office.

[tribbles]

edo said:

pistonlager said:

Probably dealership incompetence is the answer and they gave me the wrong one.

Or they got lucky at the post office.

I once got a tax disk from a SORN notification request. Dozy girl behind the counter just assumed I was getting a disk, and didn't even to ask to see a (non-existant) insurance certificate, nor a (non-existant) MOT certificate.