My first BX

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:26 pm

Hang on ... surely I will need to be the registered owner before I can tax it because otherwise the code on the V5 will mean that the disc is sent to the wrong person?

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:36 pm

Yes...

My error actually.. What I meant was take your insurance certificate with you and tax it locally before you drive it home.

Or get the current owner to tax it online before you pick it up.

It's a rather ridiculous situation that if you drove it home with no MOT, you'd most likely have no problems at all, and no-one would care, but drive it with no TAX, and you've got problems.

Who says the government don't want your money.....

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:37 pm

And dont even think about using a tax disc from another car.
Thats fraud, and is a criminal offence.

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:40 pm

DavidRutherford wrote:Who says the government don't want your money.....

They get it any way they can, did you hear about the fuel tax thing? It's gone up ... I think diesel is over £1 per litre again. Are we not supposed to notice? It's probably their way of trying to get the vat cut back.

Can you tell me how I "tax locally" please? Never done this.

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:47 pm

Tourist wrote:Can you tell me how I "tax locally" please? Never done this.

At a post office. You need: V5, Insurance document and MOT certificate.

.... and some pictures of the queen.

Post by **docchevron** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:47 pm

Thats exactley what it was. After promising there would be no increase until at least April.

Actually the increase in duty more than covers the cut in VAT by some margin.

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:19 pm

DavidRutherford wrote:
Tourist wrote:Can you tell me how I "tax locally" please? Never done this.
At a post office. You need: V5, Insurance document and MOT certificate.

.... and some pictures of the queen.

Ooooh that, sorry thought you meant it was a short term way of taxing, my stupid mistake

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:03 am

I can't go and get it cause of the snow

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:32 pm

Tourist wrote:I can't go and get it cause of the snow

Last time I checked, BX's do work in snow

Tourist · Post by **Tourist** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:34 pm

Snow but not ice, and not when it's 5 mins up a dirt track

I will try and get tomorrow, hopefully I can put some pics up too.

DavidRutherford · Post by **DavidRutherford** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:01 pm

Meh.. I still went to work in a BX today on various grades of snow, slush and in places black ice. All good fun.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:46 pm

Let the guy enjoy his first BX without pranging it if possible!

Take your time. I remember my first BX - and I never looked back...

SamWise · Post by **SamWise** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:49 pm

Sorry to hijack, but David Rutherford - you have a PM.

kermit the frog · Post by **kermit the frog** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:56 am

Welcome.
Well done.
Good looking car hope it is as the rest have said as good as it looks.
Diesel Turbo ah.

Another BXAGON challenge entry i hope.

Regards Kermit