OT: Car Tax

Bear in mind you become responsible for tax (or SORN) from when you own the car. That may not be when you collect it. Matters for insurance too of course.

And I thought EU States still require UK registered cars to be road legal in the UK (ie taxed) until you change the registration.

Imagine having such a perfect database technology and selfishly keeping it to yourself.

You're stuffed basically! Tax is not transferable, at all, so even if the current owner has taxed it the moment you own it then it's not taxed any more.

However, in reality, the transfer of ownership probably won't be instant, so if the car is currently taxed that will almost certainly last long enough.

How vintage is 'vintage'?

I knew a man who ran his GB plated car in Italy for 15 years with to tax, MOT or insurance.

He had a sky dish on his B&B in Tuscany that had all the UK programs via an accomodation address in the UK By and large the average reactions of Italian to their laws are that if you get caught just bribe the policeman, He doesnt give a f*ck either, but he has bambinos to feed

You can insure any car on the road or off. This is step no 1. If it doesn't have a valid MOT, and needs one, which you can check online using the registration number, you can drive it to a MOT place legally. If it does have an MOT you should tax it, which is all online these days.

Once out of the country cancel the tax and insurance and legalise it for where you want to drive it.

One thing to watch though is that you still need to "tax" your car even if the tax is zero. I drive a zero-rated car, but still got a reminder last week to go on the DVLA site and "pay" £0. If I didn't, I'd get fined for not taxing the car. I'm not sure if the classic car is actually exempt or zero-rated, but if the latter you still have to "pay" the £0 tax or get fined.

Also worth remembering that if you've not declared SORN, the car must be insured, even if it's not on the road at the time. So as soon as you own the car, you have to either tax it and insure it immediately or declare SORN until you're ready to do so.

Mike

It's possible to get 'day car insurance', where you insure the car for a short term period from one day upwards. I don't think they check the tax status of the vehicle, so it's possible to set that up before you leave home. Then, when you've bought the vehicle, go on the DVLA website with your phone and pay the tax - and now you're legal to drive.

It may be the mass-market day insurance sites don't cover cars above a certain age, but I imagine either brokers or classic car insurers might be able to arrange cover.

Also worth checking what the paperwork is for exporting a car, before it goes on a ferry (I assume this is to France or CI, not the IOW)

Theo

Yes.

They do not.

Not possible without an MOT and insurance. BTDTGTTS

That can be complicated. years ago my BIL bought a volvo in germany, I drove it to UK registered it here and he drive it to Sweden, and that's where the trouble started. EU= one market my ARSE.

I think he had to pay 30% import tax or something.

As I said, you cant tax it without an MOT

Even more annoying is that whilst I can set things up for the money for my gas-guzzler to be taken automatically, my partner whose car is zero-rated, has to do it manually each year. :-(

Chris

So as others have said car needs to be road legal in the UK to drive in the EU (and Switzerland). If you read the thread, I pointed out that the Spanish Police also know how to check this, and if its not road legal they will tow away. Too many Brits here took the Michael in the past so they are now pretty hot on illegal foreign cars, certainly on the Costa Del Sol. I suspect the same may be true in France, I would wager money on it being true in Switzerland.

Dave

In message snipped-for-privacy@esprimo.zbmc.eu>, Chris Green snipped-for-privacy@isbd.net writes

Over 40 years. For some reason or other, such vehicles are now becoming fashionable in Greater London.

Adrian

'53. So it's just turned 70 years old. I was under the impression that cars over 40 don't need an MoT in the UK these days. Is that not the case, then?

It's not going to any of those jurisdictions and that's getting way beyond the point here. I'm only concerned with sticking to the law to get the damn thing out of the UK. I don't fancy turning it over to some company to trailer it to S'ton; too much scope for damage to occur.

Because Khan.

But, if you sell your car mid month, you lose part of that month

I thought plod only cared about uninsured cars ??.

DVSA have their own fleet of clamper vans used to immobilize and shame offenders

Smart meters *ought* to be able to handle that.

Hire a car and tow it to Southampton