how to drive an e30 with no tax

[beemerbird]

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!

LOL

[Brianmoooore]

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 .

Simply not true! Insurance companies are bound by the small print in their policies, and, while there is nothing to stop any particular company including any conditions that they so choose, no policy I've ever held has had any such exclusions.
The company I use for things like this is 'Tempcover.com' - one of the few that will provide day insurance for cars as old as E30s.
Simply not having a valid tax disc on a car that you have just bought and are making a single journey home in, will not be a problem, although technically still illegal.
Your insurance will not show up on the database, though, so make sure you have a printed document with you.
If there is the slightest chance that you have been 'clocked' on the journey, it will be a good idea to tax the car when you get home, back to the start of the month in which you drove it.
This is the one I fell foul of once, and although I only got a nominal fine of £15 for not having the current tax, the car had not been taxed for over a year previously, and this is an 'absolute offence', meaning that I had to pay all the back tax!

[BadDave]

The company I use for things like this is 'Tempcover.com' - one of the few that will provide day insurance for cars as old as E30s.

I tend to use Ecar and can get day cover for the E30 for less than £10


http://www.ecarinsurance.co.uk/shorttermcover.php

[Jon_Bmw]

I use E car insurance as my insurer and find that I can just swap the policy over for the day if required. Online insurance is all good for customiseability, I wonder what its like when I need it!

But the way I look at it is that I will hopefully never be at fault and I can deal directly with the at fault insurers and not get mine involved at all. If its my fault, its only TPF&T so it won't affect me

[fuzzy]

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 .

i know its not bollox, my work partner wrote of his evo 8 with no mot,insurance paid out almost the full amount. he'd missed the cars first due mot by 3 months. all the insurance did was deduct the cost of an mot test (£50) from his £14000 insurance settlement
no dry bumming involved whatso ever.

[Brianmoooore]

http://www.ecarinsurance.co.uk/shorttermcover.php

Thanks for the link; you might just have saved me £5 next week!
I notice that the small print for ecar does specify a valid MOT certificate though (although the car I'm collecting does).

[bigredbmw]

trade plates ..........................................

[jbh]

ive got a set of polish plates from an e30 thats been scrapped

[Aubs]

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

You might as well have not had insurance, it's invalid without an MOT.

[Brianmoooore]

You might as well have not had insurance, it's invalid without an MOT.

Only if the small print in the insurance policy says so! Most do not.

[josh-hocking]

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

broke no rules apart from no tax or insurance?

we had trade plates but only one in the front...

[fuzzy]

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

You might as well have not had insurance, it's invalid without an MOT.

no its not. see my post a few above ^

[cecotto479]

You might as well have not had insurance, it's invalid without an MOT.

Rubbish.

[BigBavarian]

Use the plates off a similar coloured bmw thats taxed and hope the coppers aren't that keyed up on e30's

[Brianmoooore]

You might as well have not had insurance, it's invalid without an MOT.

Rubbish.

Depends entirely on the insurance co. in question.
For instance, ecar, mentioned up the thread does require the car to have a valid MOT certificate, and you will not be insured if it hasn't.

[BadDave]

http://www.ecarinsurance.co.uk/shorttermcover.php

Thanks for the link; you might just have saved me £5 next week!
I notice that the small print for ecar does specify a valid MOT certificate though (although the car I'm collecting does).

Depends entirely on the insurance co. in question.
For instance, ecar, mentioned up the thread does require the car to have a valid MOT certificate, and you will not be insured if it hasn't.

[DINGLEDONG]

I'm in the motor trade lad's, and some policy's are anulled without an MOT, I know a few lad's who've got points for not having MOT, due to the court proving they weren't insured neither, it's a bit of a grey area, and is used a lot by insurance company's to riggle out of paying up in cases of theft and accidents. as for driving without tax, stop being a tight arse and find a friendly local recovery operator, I occasionally do the odd quick cash job with my recovery truck, or borrow my mates trade plates to move motor's about, is £30-50 really excessive for the peace of mind of not having to worry about getting pulled or breaking down in a fresh motor. I've had a few di**heads to tight to pay me £25 to move a car, then destroy both their car's by trying to tow it on a piece of washing line with misted up windows and no servo for the brakes, and I've enjoyed having a good laugh at their expense, LOL

[abelai]

Tax car online then get at refund for the remaining months, it'll cost about £16 as you can only get refunds for whole months eg tax it for 12 then claim back 11.

The thing is the details the police and dvla use can be about 1 month behind (I deal with abandoned vehicles for Cardiff Council) so the car could easily show up as no insurance or tax if they did run the plates.