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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:48 pm

need to pick up an e30 which is located about 40 minute drive away, the car has no tax, its mot'd and insured but how can i get it home without the tax, can you tax a car for a short period?
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:49 pm

"How to drive an e30 with no tax?"

Drive it quickly :P
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:51 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:"How to drive an e30 with no tax?"

Drive it quickly :P
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:51 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:"How to drive an e30 with no tax?"

Drive it quickly :P
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:52 pm

In the dark, when there's plenty of other traffic around.
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With a paper bag on your head.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:53 pm

Just don't speed or draw unnecessary attention to yourself.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:57 pm

with a mate behind you so they cant sneak up on you,if they do he waits till there is a lot of traffic coming towards you then he indicates to turn right.Plod is held up you are on your toes.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:57 pm

Proper answer, drive at about 7 in the evening, still traffic but it will be dark as the clocks are going back. Get someone to sit behind you covering the plate from ANPR traffic units and just cruise back. Do not speed, do not wear a crash helmet or paper bag. Do not squish anyone. :)
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:03 pm

Also avoid any Fixed ANPR camera's normaly located at major road/motorway junctions.
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sorry but i think you should not risk it. If you crashed you will have the book thrown at you.
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when ya getting it chris a when????
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:13 pm

Trade-plates? Only if you're in the business (car business, not the 'driving cars without tax' business!)

Basically, as you know, you damned well shouldn't. But you'll get away with it if you're careful and no pc plod happens to be checking this thread.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:15 pm

no tax isnt a endorsable offence.dont worry about it. just drive as normal. if its still in the previous owners name any anpr fine wont come to you anyway. its insured , thats the main one, even no mot is only a fixed penaly with no points.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:26 pm

fuzzy wrote: if its still in the previous owners name any anpr fine wont come to you anyway.
Fuzzy people like you are why I write a receipt out for the new owner and myself which is TIME and DATED. I don't want your speeding tickets thanks.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:44 pm

TIME and DATED.
i do that too
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Timed and dated is the only way.
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:17 pm

i drove my 1st 316 home with out tax or mot it had insuranse which is the main thing, but we took a 20 mile detour because of an ANPR camera we saw on the way out
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:57 pm

my dad just did this today we know he shouldnt have but he drove very carefully and broke no rules! we even had a police car behind us at one point 8O
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:54 pm

first book an mot at your local garage with the reg .
then put the valid mot under the seat .
drive the car home and if you get pulled you say your on your way to an mot as you cant bye tax with no mot and they can ring your mot station and your in the clear.
if they say its got mot then you can say ill go get it and pay the full month
or just dont stop for them because you only get caught if they catch you :D
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:54 pm

book a pre aranged MOT You can drive there and home no tax but it has to be local
not too certain about the different start and finish though! :)
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:33 pm

y8sey wrote:with a mate behind you so they cant sneak up on you,if they do he waits till there is a lot of traffic coming towards you then he indicates to turn right.Plod is held up you are on your toes.
You need one in front aswell,I got pulled by a Traffic car that was coming towards me.
His ANPR read my plate as we passed each other,he turned around and pulled me over,I pointed to the VALID tax disc in my windscreen and also pointed out the computer data base being slow to update!

Best advice to drive a car with no tax..............get someone else to do it for you :D
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:26 am

if its a legit buy and you get a reciept with the time and date and as long as the car is insured and mot'd, you should be ok for the drive home mate! make sure you have all the docs with you and if you get pulled over, you say you have just bought the car and on your way with all your docs to the post office to buy your tax !! :D
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:52 am

dont do it, i drove past a copper at 12 at night without an MOT and got bounced for that, the computers theyve got nowadays is crazy. i got caught speeding once and the copper was about a mile and half away round a slight bend, he showed me the video and all you could see was the glistening of my headlights. i couldnt believe it! :x
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:10 am

I drove my car back without tax....not a massive problem..... did a pretty long drive with no tax too just now.....I guess I've been really lucky, but I don't think it'll go badly if you just take it steady and don't drive like a fool :p
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:13 am

josh-hocking wrote:my dad just did this today we know he shouldnt have but he drove very carefully and broke no rules! we even had a police car behind us at one point 8O
broke no rules apart from no tax or insurance?
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:20 am

Be careful as the ANPR on the rozzers cars will pick you up, then car goes bye bye to the pound mate, not worth it imo, as the fine will be more than the cost of buying 6 mths tax. :cool:
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:20 am

You guys are all missing the main point - driving without tax for a short period is per se not such a big deal.

Main prob is that if you are in an accident whatever insurance you have / heve arranged wont pay out
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People saying " insurance is the main thing" are talking utter bollox. You think your insurance company is going to pay out if you have an accident and they find out you didn't have tax or an MOT you'rre sadly mistaken.
If you do get caught or have an accident prepare to be dry bummed 8O .
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:23 am

I just taxed my wife's car after a massive pain in the ass mot. Only to realise that the tax had expired a month earlier than she thought. She drives every day from Oxford to Leamington Spa on the motorway. Car was MOT'd and insured but expired tax, never got stopped or anything in the post. I suppose it depends on the Plod in question and if he got laid the night before, though I don't know how fixed ANPR cameras get their rocks off. :D
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:42 am

I'm useless for taxing and MOTing cars I always leave it too late or cant make the PO or do it on the 1st or 2nd online so have to wait for the disc to come through, I remember going upto scotland in my 316 years ago, grabbed my docs on the thurs and discovered it needed mot, only 3 weeks out of date and had been driving about daily, just luck of the draw i guess
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:24 am

Book an MOT somewhere near you destination and you are then covered by that.
As for insurance there are a number of companies that specialise on the web with day insurance.
I bought some earlier in the year for one day. It cost me £12. Far cheaper than a fine and points.

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Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:27 am

Jon_Bmw wrote:With a paper bag on your head.
:rofl: i wouldnt take the risk myself.. knowing my luck i would get my collar felt a 100 yards from where i just picked it up from.
best bet is a trailor.
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You can borrow my Swedish plates dude, if they stop you, say that you are on a business trip for IKEA and your name is Bjorn! winkeye
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