How long before car is registered as insured on askmid?

[Prof Prolapse]

As per thread title really. How long before a car appears as insured on the askmid database so I can tax it?

Finally got my Golf back on the road but need to tax the old girl... It's been 10 minutes and the anticipation is killing me.

Thanks chaps.

[mrmr96]

Prof Prolapse said:

As per thread title really. How long before a car appears as insured on the askmid database so I can tax it?

Finally got my Golf back on the road but need to tax the old girl... It's been 10 minutes and the anticipation is killing me.

Thanks chaps.

AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha!!!!!

It will not be measured in "minutes" mate! Sorry.

[Pothole]

surely quicker to go to the post office.

[wolves_wanderer]

Nearly a fortnight now and still not showing.

[LeeMad]

its not an automated service. each vehicle is added manually by the insurer, they pay to do this and as a result arent always quick to do it.
quinn direct got bked once for not adding cars to the mid until the policy holder had to make a claim.

[timetex]

I went to tax mine for the start of this month, and was surprised to see that it wasn't registered as insured, so the DVLA wouldn't process my tax disc.

Then I realised it was my mistake - I hadn't notified the insurer of the change of reg (I put my personalised plate on, which I'd previously had on retention). So I wouldn't have been pinged in ANPR (I don't think) because the insurance was still valid on the original reg, and the 2 are clearly "linked"...

Anyway, cut a long story short, I phoned the insurer at closing time, they changed the registration number on my policy and issued the new paperwork, and I then checked AskMID the next day. In the morning, it wasn't showing, but it was by late afternoon - so it was on within 24 hours.

Pretty good. I now have my tax disc.

[Prof Prolapse]

Lol, yeah the minutes thing was tongue-in-cheek. Can't wait two weeks though, that's mental I need the car now.

Pothole said:

surely quicker to go to the post office.

fk up on elephant's behalf means I don't have my electronic documents. I'll bully one of their minions until they post me them gratis...

Isn't technology brilliant?

[petrolsniffer]

Useually takes a week for my insurer to add my cars.

Do note that some police only update thier own database weekly

[Prof Prolapse]

Just got off the phone with them and they've sorted it now. Isn't it amazing how those chaps down in Cardiff sound remarkably like Indians?

petrolsniffer said:

Do note that some police only update thier own database weekly

Yeah that's fine. I don't mind presenter notices. I just don't want to get a £60 tug for not displaying a disc.

[sim16v]

Should be instant if you speak to the right person.

I have access with my own multi car policy, and it is instant on that.

[aw51 121565]

petrolsniffer said:

Useually takes a week for my insurer to add my cars.

Do note that some police only update thier own database weekly

The police databases being the ones in their cars' ANPR units . So if an insurer takes all of the allowed 7 days to update AskMID then it could concievably be another week before a particular police car's ANPR unit is updated and that police car could be behind you 13 days after you updated/renewed your insurance and your car showing as uninsured. Oops?

[Prof Prolapse]

Came up today. So that's less than 24 hours.

Aside from the terrible internet service I'm quite impressed.