Road tax and used cars-new rules

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by goodgumbo

So when I buy an used bike in mid-September, what steps do I need to take?

Sign the back of the registration paper. Take that paper somewhere to register it under my name. Get insurance with that registration. Use current tax disk (valid till 02-15). Anything else? In that order?

Buy vehicle
Put your details in the new keeper part of the V5 and give the document back to the seller for them to send to DVLA. You keep a small green tear off slip that they should have also made sure you fill in with your details.
Insure the vehicle.
Check the tax disc displayed and the MOT are still in date.
Ride/drive away.

ps: beaten to it by SamSV

[punyXpress]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

Buy vehicle
Put your details in the new keeper part of the V5 and give the document back to the seller for them to send to DVLA. You keep a small green tear off slip that they should have also made sure you fill in with your details.
Insure the vehicle.
Check the tax disc displayed and the MOT are still in date.
Ride/drive away.

ps: beaten to it by SamSV

ONLY until Sept 30th!After that you must tax it before Ride/drive away.
A right royal pita and no mistake!

[Red Herring]

The question was what he needed to do in mid September....?
Yes it's another thing to do post September but it's surely no harder to do than getting insurance?

Thanks for the help guys.

So what is the rule about insurance before September 30th? Not clear to me yet what are the limits. Want to keep it legal. I am collecting mid-September so miss the stricter rule fortunately

[TamSV]

Originally Posted by punyXpress

ONLY until Sept 30th!After that you must tax it before Ride/drive away.
A right royal pita and no mistake!

It's no big deal really if you can do it instantly online.

In any event, even if you don't get the tax straight away it'll still show as taxed on the database until the former owner sends in the V5 so you'll be fine on the digital front. The only problem would be if you could get stopped by an analogue police officer. That's unlikely as there won't be any traffic officers soon and whatever police service is left will be busy doing social work for the feckless.

Originally Posted by goodgumbo

Thanks for the help guys.

So what is the rule about insurance before September 30th? Not clear to me yet what are the limits. Want to keep it legal. I am collecting mid-September so miss the stricter rule fortunately

No changes coming on the insurance front. Your vehicle must be either Taxed or SORNed (declared off road). If it's taxed, it must be insured.

Originally Posted by TamSV

No changes coming on the insurance front. Your vehicle must be either Taxed or SORNed (declared off road). If it's taxed, it must be insured.

Great to know.

Wait, are there no traffic officers in the UK?

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by goodgumbo

Great to know.

Wait, are there no traffic officers in the UK?

He speaks slightly tongue in cheek.... but he's not far wrong about the rest of it!

Hahahaha I see. Got me excited there for a second.

So until the registration is changed, the previous owner's insurance covers because it isn't different than sharing the bike with a friend. Got it. But soon since the tax disk rules change, no tax means no insurance.

[TamSV]

No.

You will still need to take out your own insurance. If the bike already has tax and MOT then you don't need to do anything about those until they expire.

I know I have to take my own insurance. But half are saying I can do that after buying the vehicle and half are saying to do it before.

I am only worried about insurance on the ride back home after collecting. Will insure the next day online. Just don't want to insure before viewing, what if I decide not to buy the bike?