mart360

Here we go again,

you can now pay your car tax online...

as if.....



my sister decided she would do it, as she dosent always get time to get to the post office.

so she puts in her registation and insurance details.

and the sytem wont let her proceed as she hasnt entered her mot details,

sounds easy just get your mot cert and input the number.... except she dosn,t have an mot cert, as she dosnt need one...

is there a box or icon to go past this legal aplication.























nope.....


just a statement we cannot find any mot details for your car, you cannot proceed until your mot details are entered...




so until she gets an mot, she cant tax her car online...

fat lot of good that is then.



mart

pslewis

She better get an MOT then ...................

Doesn't matter if she needs one legally, or not - she needs one for the website!

I blame Labour myself!!

Pete

apples24

iTrader: (1)

pmsl yer thats about right

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Better get it taxed though, as we all know, there's "only one place" they need to look now for untaxed cars.

Fukcing Lazy Lying Labour Bollox

Alcazar

richs2891

Ah another lover of the desperate DVLA advert then !! We only say these things in the vain attempt that the gulliable people believe it and pay up !
Had a laugh with the DVLA as they sent me a demands for road tax for a car I sold three years ago and I had sent the form off. Only know it for a fact as I sold it to a friends and its properly registed in their name as I've seen the V5! Now how is that for an accurate database then "we know all un taxed cars" DVLA.
Utter incompetent idiots IMHO !

Richard

Apparition

I used this facility a few days before Xmas. Although it told me I'd be getting my licence about 5 days hence, they actually arrived 2 days leter. I was well impressed. Shall use it all the time from now on. Saves queueing in the PO.
Yve

Dracoro

Taxed my car online as I had the new style mot. It was very easy and just asked the minimal amount of questions. Impressed for a govt type thing! However, clearly not everyone has found it easy going. good luck

JackClark

Easy here as well. Put in my reg number and that's about it, tax turned up two days later.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Richard: I agree wholeheartedly. Earlier this year I realised that the wife's car was three months out of tax. I could have SWORN I taxed it for a year, not six months, but the strange thing was, we got neither a reminder, NOR the promised £80 fine.

How's that for an up to date database?

Alcazar

suprabeast

I've got a mate that works for 'em and he said that its just all a big lie. The useless database isn't used and the only way he gets to know about untaxed cars is if they spot them or if they are reported

MattOz

I've used it a number of times and it's been great. Nice computer printed tax disk instead of the illegible scrawl that the muppet at the post office counter produces.

Matt

Alas

What if you don't have an MOT as the car is under 3 yrs old. Can you still get tax disc online??

MattOz

Yes. All mine have been done online without MOT, as they're less than 3 years old.

Matt

GrahamG

i am guessing there is a privite plate? that might confuse the computer as for it's real age?

G

Clarebabes

Mine's a private plate and I managed to do it this time without an MOT certificate as the car is less than 3 years old.

scoobyangel

just got my disk through today, did it on line on sunday with no mot cert.. there is the option there if you look, you put in the number from your registartion docs...

top service i say... so much better than standing queueing for hours in post office!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

All we need to do now is hack the website and get free road tax

....if it were that easy

Leslie

Why is someone who works in the Post Office a muppet?

Les

MattOz

Les,

The someone I'd use locally is a muppet. Clearly not all post office staff are tarred with the same brush. Is that OK for you?

Matt

mart360

thats what my sister was trying to do, but as she didnt have an mot, it woulldnt

play ball


Mart

scoob_babe

Had no problem doing my tax disc on line, despite having changed the plate part way through the year to one prefixed by R on a 2004 car. No demands for MOT details either.
Was quite impressed as all the Post Offices around here are always queuing out the door!!

Sport160

Did mine at end December without MOT (1st MOT was due end Jan) no problems at all, and that was without SORN form as it was"lost in post"

When we went to do my wifes car back in July it came up as "no insurance" typical we though, damn useless website etc etc. Got insurance documents out and she suddenly realised that she hadn't told the insurance company about the private plate she fitted 11 months previously. Whoops !!!

pslewis

Looks like it works fine ....... just that mart is jumping on a bandwagon to have a moan - help your sister do it instead of whinging on here, eh??

Pete

mart360

she said it wouldnt let her tax the car as she had no mot, it was due, as it was coming up for 3 yrs old, but not needed for the time of taxation.

i go to the post office so what would i know

Foot_Tapper

Managed to do mine online the other week, no problem

oobster

Applied online for the Mrs car (less than 3 years old, on a private plate) and all went fine - disc arrived in the post two days later

Dracoro

Gotta laugh at this thread. Someone complains about the online tax thing and, bar one or two, nearly EVERYONE is happy with the service. It works and works well. Obviously not 100% but nothing is that good