funkyspider
Prominent Member
I'm buying a car from an independent dealer. The car isn't currently taxed, but they are taxing it. I'm trading in my current car whose tax runs out at the end of May.
I'm collecting the car on Saturday 30th May.
If they tax it from Monday 1st June then effectively it won't be taxed for Sat/Sun (30/31) of May so will it be illegal even though it's got tax starting on Monday 1st June.
Will they be able to back tax it till beginning of May so that it's covered for those 2 days. I know I'll loose a month of tax for the sake of 2 days but that's only 12.50 and surely it's worth it on the off-chance something happens in those 2 days so I'm fully legal and insured.
If I collected the new car on Monday 1st June the new one would be taxed, but the tax on my current car would have expired, so effectively I wouldn't be able to drive that to exchange for the new one !
I could phone DVLA I spose, but having spoken to them before and being told complete ****** I thought I might get better sense from here !
I'm collecting the car on Saturday 30th May.
If they tax it from Monday 1st June then effectively it won't be taxed for Sat/Sun (30/31) of May so will it be illegal even though it's got tax starting on Monday 1st June.
Will they be able to back tax it till beginning of May so that it's covered for those 2 days. I know I'll loose a month of tax for the sake of 2 days but that's only 12.50 and surely it's worth it on the off-chance something happens in those 2 days so I'm fully legal and insured.
If I collected the new car on Monday 1st June the new one would be taxed, but the tax on my current car would have expired, so effectively I wouldn't be able to drive that to exchange for the new one !
I could phone DVLA I spose, but having spoken to them before and being told complete ****** I thought I might get better sense from here !