Thank you DVL fricking A!

[Keithy]

I hate going to the post office to renew my Daylight robbery fee Car Tax as I always take the insurance schedule rather than the certificate or the previous year MOT etc etc.

As I result I now always renew online. Rang to do this only to be told I don't have an MOT. Yes I do, it is in my hand.

Dragged my sorry ar$e down to the post office as I suspected that the Department of Vindictive Legalised Armed-robbery had pulled my MOT off the database as it was due to expire (19th August) only to be told that my MOT was not valid!

Why?

Because I want to pay for my tax (in advance) from 1 September, on the 10th of August and guess what - my MOT is not valid on the day that the forking tax is DUE - bu99er the fact that they have it 20 days in advance .

If my MOT expired on 1 September I could still buy 12 months road fraud licence and drive around with no flippin MOT

Donkey-holes, the lot of 'em










*on an related note I am pleased to inform Mr Gibbins that order has been restored to the rant room with a Keithy/Keithyboy double act!

[Persimmon]

Come on get your MOT sorted and stop worrying about it.
Then you can tax it online as well, as you prefer.

They are trying to make the roads safer so if you car sails through the MOT all is well.

In this mad crazy world we live in there is a lot more to get upset about than this.

Chill

Alan

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by Persimmon

Come on get your MOT sorted and stop worrying about it.

That is half the cause of the annoyance

The Spider decided to throw a wobbly with the roof. So I need it to go to a half decent specialist, preferably not my local Alfa Stealer who will charge like a wounded bull. Also it is cam-belt o-clock and I wanted to roll the whole lot into one lengthy trip back to Newbury and do it all in one go, roof check, cam-belt and service/MOT. As I didn't have the time to get that sorted I thought I would at least get the tax done - plod will ANPR check you for tax but I don't think they check MOTs (maybe?) so to avoid the tax expiring and then having to drive 100 odd miles in fear of getting my collar felt I thought "tax it first" - FAIL!

Originally Posted by Persimmon

Chill

[howell811]

So your mot runs out before the tax begins !

Get your mot done, muppet !

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by howell811

Get your mot done, muppet !

How is your "empathy and counselling" course going





:massivemiddlefingersmiley:

[howell811]

[Annabella]

Can't you drive to a booked MOT without tax?

[Keithy]

Schedule 2 - Exempt vehicles

22. - (1) A vehicle is an exempt vehicle [from VED] when it is being used solely for the purpose of;

(a) submitting it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) for a compulsory test, a vehicle identity check, a vehicle weight test or a reduced pollution test, or

(b) bringing it away from any such test or check.

So yep.

However, I think you are all deliberately missing the point here!

[Elfred]

Come off it! The MOT must be valid for at least the first day of the period you are buying the road fund licence for i.e. 1st Sept 2011 . What I have done in the past is purchased a 6 month period so the tax and MOT are not due around the same time and you get a bit of breathing space and a lot less stress

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by Elfred

Come off it! The MOT must be valid for at least the first day of the period you are buying the road fund licence for i.e. 1st Sept 2011 .

That is what I said??

Originally Posted by Keithy

If my MOT expired on 1 September I could still buy 12 months road fraud licence and drive around with no flippin MOT , just like Elfred said.

Innit?

[Joss]

Originally Posted by Keithy

That is half the cause of the annoyance

The Spider decided to throw a wobbly with the roof. So I need it to go to a half decent specialist, preferably not my local Alfa Stealer who will charge like a wounded bull. Also it is cam-belt o-clock and I wanted to roll the whole lot into one lengthy trip back to Newbury and do it all in one go, roof check, cam-belt and service/MOT. As I didn't have the time to get that sorted I thought I would at least get the tax done - plod will ANPR check you for tax but I don't think they check MOTs (maybe?) so to avoid the tax expiring and then having to drive 100 odd miles in fear of getting my collar felt I thought "tax it first" - FAIL!

There is no limit to how far you can drive with no tax or MOT to an MOT center. If your car is booked in then they can't do anything. You can also drive it home if it fails. And by the way I checked this with the DVLA as I needed to do something similar a few years back.

[Keithy]

I don't fancy a 150 mile trip with no road tax - you know how shirty I got when I was pulled for "no insurance" . More to the point I will probably want to drop it off and spend a night there as they ain't gonna manage a cam belt etc etc in one day.

Does anyone remember that this is the RANT room, not the "smart arse solutions room"!

[howell811]

Come up with a better rant then !

[Joss]

Originally Posted by Keithy

I don't fancy a 150 mile trip with no road tax.

Does anyone remember that this is the RANT room, not the "smart arse solutions room"!

why? You are perfectly legal to do so.

Try ranting about something that isn't so straight forward then Admittedly though KB had a similar rant about his volvo the other week and got similar responses

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by Joss

why? You are perfectly legal to do so.

Originally Posted by Keithy

I don't fancy a 150 mile trip with no road tax - you know how shirty I got when I was pulled for "no insurance" .

I think I'll go and start a "People who don't read what you post properly" rant thread!

That suit you 'Who'ell811?

Just glad to see all my fellow AO-ers have superhuman MOT/Tax/Car insurance organisational skills





:MahoosiveArseSmiley:

[howell811]

Originally Posted by Keithy

I think I'll go and start a "People who don't read what you post properly" rant thread!

That suit you 'Who'ell811?

Let's hope it's better than this one !

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by howell811

Let's hope it's better than this one !

Although TBH, this one still knocks "Why is my hallway pink" into a cocked hat.

March 2010 last rant - amateur!

[Joss]

Originally Posted by Keithy

I think I'll go and start a "People who don't read what you post properly" rant thread!
:

why is that then

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by Joss

why is that then

Joss - 2, Keithy - 1

[howell811]

Originally Posted by Keithy

Although TBH, this one still knocks "Why is my hallway pink" into a cocked hat.

March 2010 last rant - amateur!

It's not pink anymore !

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by howell811

It's not pink anymore !

Strawberry blond?

Where are you taking it to in Newbury and why

[Joss]

Originally Posted by Keithy

Joss - 2, Keithy - 1

sorry mate you can win the next one

[Keithy]

Originally Posted by V6Hughes

Where are you taking it to in Newbury and why

Originally Posted by Keithy

The Spider decided to throw a wobbly with the roof. So I need it to go to a half decent specialist, preferably not my local Alfa Stealer who will charge like a wounded bull. Also it is cam-belt o-clock and I wanted to roll the whole lot into one lengthy trip back to Newbury and do it all in one go, roof check, cam-belt and service/MOT.

Black & White - that is where she came from 4 years ago.

[Joss]

Originally Posted by Keithy

Black & White - that is where she came from 4 years ago.

will they be respraying it from poo brown to something more normal too?