URGENT!!Car Tax??
 

Quick question:

If i have just bought a car (without tax) can i still drive it back from the location i bought it from to my home address.? with a reciept off the seller?

If it aint taxed, it aint taxed. Shouldnt be driving it

You will have up until the 14th day of any month to tax the car, which you can do at a post office with the new keeper supplement, otherwise no.

Just go to the post office and get a tax disc then drive home?

Or risk it for a biscuit

I cant because:

i have just change dmy insuranc eover to this new car, and it takes upto 7 days for the new insurance cert to come through.

from london to birmingham? i ent risking it with no tax

You could risk it, but at that distance I wouldn't bother. There are so many camera's these days that one of them is bound to pick you up.

If it was a few miles then personally I would drive it back, but I wouldn't do that distance.

Either wait for the insurance docs to come through or phone up your insurer and get them to email them through

You dont need the insurance cert,tax the car online aslong as you have insurance.

It will check the database so you dont need the ceet. then you have taxed the car you just wont have the disk

tried phoneing and saying to email them but apparently they cant do that anymore! :( worth mentioning it been off road for the past month

Are you feeling lucky? Risk it son.

makaveli - it states i need an mot, insurance cert and logbook to tax at post office

wrong, you do need an insurance certificate and valid MOT to purchase a tax disc

Surely if you have changed your insurance over the Phone and you put your start date to change for today's date, you are insured ?! :err:

Tax then drive home :y:

You'll be alright. ;)

Take a risk, go on, go onnnn.

and as he isnt the registered keeper the new disk goes to the chap he has just purchased the car from!!

not a very bright idea!

Corrected :A:

i will be insured straight away however, it takes upto 7 days to register with dvla, so cant do it online, and with no certificate i cant do by post office

the disc goin to previous owner isnt a prob as he sed he will post it to me

Only thing you can do if you want to get it home today is tax it online, the tax disc will be sent to the previous owner though so you'll have to agree with him in the reciept for the car that he will send the disc when it arrives.

You obv won't have a tax disc in the car but your car will be taxed.