Keeping an untaxed car on the road
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Right, i'm in a bit of a pickle here, I hope one of you can be helpful.

I have my car sitting in front of my house on the street, it is untaxed (tax exempt but lapsed by two months)

I know I was chancing sorning it while it is on the street, but since there is no engine in it I thought it would be obviously undriveable.
This morning I awoke to having a police £60 fine on it, fair enough I thought, my own fault.

What I want to know is, is there any way to get round this in the future as surely the next step will be clamping then crushing or something as equally as nasty.

How about puting it on axle stands with the wheels off? then technically it isn't on the road, lol.

As I live in Edinburgh I cannot afford to hire a garage and I have no other place to keep it.

Thanks in advance guys.

Tony

don't think there is anyway round it.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Dont you have a garden or the tiniest amount of room to stick the car on?

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Tax it?

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Well yeah, we have a small front garden with a big tree in the middle, but since we are in the middle of selling the house I can't go and chop it down and stick the mini there.

I phoned the DVLA and basically said I am making a false declaration, which I suppose I am.

Does anyone know any dodgy mot guys to post me a certificate lol

I do see where the DVLA are coming from but you would think being tax exempt it wouldn't matter much to them.

Tony

EDIT, can't tax it as it has no MOT, i'm in the middle of a small resto so will be next month before it's motable

Edited by mokle on 15th Jul, 2008.

No way around it, you need to tax it, and to tax it, it has to be MOT'd and insured.

Or find somewhere off the road to keep it.

What if the cars on a trailer?

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well you can tow a car on a dolly.

meaning that two wheels are off the ground, thats legal then.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Think that will be next!
I had a visit from the council just then, basically they say they have had complaints about it, I told her the situation and she seemed on my side, but her job says I have two weeks to move it or tax it, but since they all appeared today, i'm watching out for the dvla van which will no doubt be lurking somewhere

Tony

i would not risk anything (not any more).

Mine was outside my house on the pavement with no engine and not taxed because of no mot, still insured, declared off the road. The front subframe was only just on.

They took the car without notice. Cost £280 to get it out of compound, £80 fine from the dvla and £80 to get it towed from the compound.

could you not throw a cheap 998 in it to get it through its mot?

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Whatever you do I'd definitely get it moved somehow in the next day or two. Now they are all aware that it is SORN'd incorrectly I'd be confident it won't be long before they come along to take it away. Get it moved pronto is my advice!

That is advice I am taking! need to get a trailer somehow, or risk towing it

Tony

if its tax exe,pt can you just get tax for it w/o an mot ect?.

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No, I have looked into this, to tax a car regardless of tax exemption you need a valid MOT certificate and a valid insurance certificate.

It sucks!

Tony

have you tryed your cancil to rent a garage its not that expencive where i am only £6 a week i think.

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Can you stick false plates on it from a taxed car ? lol



When they lift it, they have to lift via the wheels, so they dont damage the car, and use a HiHab to do so.

I wonder if the car was on stands, and had no wheels for lifting purposes....what would they do ??


Or stick a big sign on the car. "filled with explosives, any attempt to move will result in a big bang "

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Time to phone a friend or neighbour to help, there must be someone you know.

On 15th Jul, 2008 stevieturbo said:

Or stick a big sign on the car. "filled with explosives, any attempt to move will result in a big bang "

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ask a local garage to tow it in and put new shoes in the rear brakes, im sure if you didnt colelct it for a few days they would understand...?

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I've got a trailer you can borrow if it helps

There you go, step 1 taken care of. Just get on the blower with a friend with some parking or land free.