Road tax
 

Bike tax needs renewing but they havent sent me the form like normal. What do i do? The DVLA web site has been down all weekend as well.

Take your V5, insurance and MOT to a post office, they will have a form for you to fill in at the counter and you can get your tax disc.

Darren

you should be able to do it at the post office, check their website to see what you need to take

Cheers Guys, had a little panic when i spotted it was out of date yesterday! Blooming MOT runs out on the 8th as well.

Doncha just hate tracking MOT dates, insurance dates, tax dates, etc, etc ? :flame:

If you can take your old disc with you, they need the validation character from it!

You will need a new MOT they will not tax it unless the MOT has over 1 month on it. ( I think)

MOT is fine, i did it like that last year (unless thats changed as well!!)

Cheers Andy, no mention of that on the Post Office Counters web site though. I'll try at dinner time and see what happens.

Just done the tax on my metal box on line, very good indeed, disc arrived a couple of days later...................no post office, no hassle!

Can't do it online if you dont have the reminder!

The very nice lady taxed it for me no problem, even with only five days MOT remaining.

Cheers for all the advice chaps.

Mmmm, Lady at my local post office refused to tax mine as the mot ran out in 4 days time:(

Chris.:burn:

Perhaps you're not as charming and handsome as Paul :D

Ha!

All it says on the paperwork is that the "vehicle must have a valid MOT" which even if it expires tomorrow is the case if i apply for the licence today. I've always tended to have the mot run out very soon after the tax on both the car and the bike and its never been a problem.

If your MOT is valid then its valid, be it with one day to run or 364. The 'lady' Chris dealt with needs bringing to her managers attention as she is incompetent. :puzzled:

Moley:rodent:

I would have to agree with that, how can a jumped up post office worker tell you different, if your stopped by the police and you have a days MOT to run they cant tell you its only got a day to run we are booking you... god it comes to something when your not even legal when your legal, does an MOT have a bearing on a TAX disc ?? what happens when your MOT runs out prior to your TAX disc, do you have to send your TAX disc back ??

I've had the same thing with short MOT when getting tax. Been refused and argued to no avail. I said I had it booked in for an MOT, but needed tax before then as it bridged the end of the month but they dug their heels in.

As for whether you need MOT for getting tax, it's not related exactly but it does give the authorities a way of checking that vehicles do have a valid MOT. That's my understanding anyway. Same with Insurance.

It'll all be academic if they bring in numberplate "spy chips"! Oooops, sorry, that was in MCN so it's probably b*****ks :frog:

MOT's are computerised now so an ANPR check will tell them everything. I don't have any problems with that, all my vehicles are legal (paperwork wise anyhow!!)