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Sept 30, 2014 21:14:56 GMT
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Yeah, that's fine. I read it today in Classic and Commercial vehicle magazine!
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Sept 30, 2014 21:20:42 GMT
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Yeah, that's fine. I read it today in Classic and Commercial vehicle magazine! Excellent. Thanks for that  o problem, can't wait to see retros out and about with period tax discs! |
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sowen
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Sept 30, 2014 21:21:49 GMT
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I was watching an argument kick-off on FB about this, apparently they will be classed as 'window stickers' so should not be in the wiper arc and could be an offence? I have no idea how true this is, and whether it means that everyone who owns a car in the country must by law remove their taxdiscs from the screens as the clock rolls over tonight for fear of being fined first thing in the morning  |
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Ryannn
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Sept 30, 2014 21:33:35 GMT
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There's nothing to say you have to take your disk off if it's valid for the next 11 months or so.
My 1994 one came in the post this morning curtesy of eBay lol
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Sept 30, 2014 21:35:33 GMT
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Wiped area on the DRIVER'S side for MoT, so no problem unless you have a LHD car. Also, the far corners of the screen don't usually count unless your windscreen is Morgan +4 sort of tiny.
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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vulgalour
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Sept 30, 2014 22:21:33 GMT
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All these old tax discs in different colours, now to pick the most co-ordinated for my car windscreen from any point in its past.
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orangecords
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Sept 30, 2014 22:26:30 GMT
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If you have an in date disc that was purchased before Oct 1st an expires after Oct 1st you still need to display it until it runs out. Asked a friend of a friend traffic copper!!!
His response was
"The old Bill are gonna have a curse word field day with fining for not displaying for the next 12 months-it's a money maker to them!"
Don't throw them away!
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I then wanted to start cleaning the interior as it stinks of wood (the material not the smell of a boner) best quote ever! |
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Seth
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Sept 30, 2014 22:29:48 GMT
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If you have an in date disc that was purchased before Oct 1st an expires after Oct 1st you still need to display it until it runs out. Asked a friend of a friend traffic copper!!! His response was "The old Bill are gonna have a curse word field day with fining for not displaying for the next 12 months-it's a money maker to them!" Don't throw them away! I don't think so! From the front page of the DVLA information page here. link |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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glenanderson
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Sept 30, 2014 22:33:13 GMT
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If you have an in date disc that was purchased before Oct 1st an expires after Oct 1st you still need to display it until it runs out. Asked a friend of a friend traffic copper!!! His response was "The old Bill are gonna have a curse word field day with fining for not displaying for the next 12 months-it's a money maker to them!" Don't throw them away! I suspect your friend of a friend traffic cop is as woefully ill-informed as is usual... This, from the .gov website: "From 1 October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle. If you have a tax disc with any months left to run after this date, then it can be removed from the vehicle and destroyed. This includes customers with a Northern Ireland address, however they will still need to display their MoT disc." Link here: link |
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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glenanderson
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Sept 30, 2014 22:33:53 GMT
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Dammit! Too slow!  |
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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orangecords
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Sept 30, 2014 22:41:02 GMT
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I see DVLA and old Bill are in harmony as usual......gonna leave mine in to be on the safe side though!
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I then wanted to start cleaning the interior as it stinks of wood (the material not the smell of a boner) best quote ever! |
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steveg
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Sept 30, 2014 23:26:23 GMT
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I bet nobody at the DVLA has thought of selling period correct tax discs yet. They have all the equipment to do it properly !
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Sept 30, 2014 23:32:45 GMT
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I use a company on Ebay called popularreg (or similar) to buy period discs.
I haven't been displaying a RFL in my spitfire since I bought it and not had any tickets or even been pulled by police.
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Sept 30, 2014 23:37:28 GMT
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I did this  |
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2001 vauxhall corsa 1972 VW Beetle 1986 Ford Capri Laser1999 BMW E36 323i Touring 1991 Volvo 940 estate 2002 Mazda 323f 2.0 sport 2016 Mercedes Sprinter 1999 nissan almera 1.4 1995 lexus gs300 1995 lexus ls400 1975 bmw 1602 fiat punto 2003 ford fiesta something else... |
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doobie
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That is the best and most accurate period tax disc i have ever seen... In 10 years time this picture will be on Facebook with the caption share if you remember this... made me lol in the morning.....
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VIP
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I see DVLA and old Bill are in harmony as usual......gonna leave mine in to be on the safe side though! There is no 'safe side', the offence of failure to display does not exist any more. Also there has never been a law regarding display of out of date tax discs, so you could always display a period correct disc if you wanted to, in tandem with the valid current disc. |
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qwerty
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Last time I didn't display my up to date tax disc all I got was a reminder on the screen and that was because a neighbour had rang up about it.
I've already removed the tax disc off my daily, feels a bit rebellious even though it really isn't.
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Why buy an old reproduction tax disc instead of just printing one off yourself, seems alot of them are available online and I'd imagine once they are in the holder a home printer job would look fine?! I'll give it a go anyway, hopefully it won't turn out too bad |
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Ryannn
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Why buy an old reproduction tax disc instead of just printing one off yourself, seems alot of them are available online and I'd imagine once they are in the holder a home printer job would look fine?! I'll give it a go anyway, hopefully it won't turn out too bad I've had printed ones which fade over time, they don't like being in the window! |
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as to having a tax disc disc in the window it will be regarded in the same way as having stickers on the screen or having an air freshner hanging from the mirror. generally it will be fine untill mot time. i would recommend removing it when the car goes in for an mot as it could constitute a fail (really depends on the tester)
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