AJA_GTi 0 Posted May 12, 2010 I sold my second car on Sunday so, thankfully in my 205 full time now!! It was insured immediately and I applied for a tax disk on line as it was previously SORN It is now WEDNESDAY and the DVLA website and phone application system are still showing no insurance as the database has not been updated so the car is still not taxed. I'm all for making it hard for tax dodgers etc but you cant buy tax even if you want too! I'ts not like its even an unusual circumstance. I want to legaly drive a car so I need to tax and insure it on the same day - why do they make it so bloody difficult? I need to GET work to pay tax!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kate205gti 4 Posted May 12, 2010 cant you just go down the post office with the insurance certificate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJA_GTi 0 Posted May 12, 2010 cant you just go down the post office with the insurance certificate? Cert. not come through yet from ibuyeco. There useless as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave_gti 0 Posted May 12, 2010 If you cant print your insurance cert them from their website, you could ask them to email it to you and print it that way? I've dont this is in the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJA_GTi 0 Posted May 12, 2010 If you cant print your insurance cert them from their website, you could ask them to email it to you and print it that way? I've dont this is in the past. Good thinking Batman - i'll speak to them now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJA_GTi 0 Posted May 12, 2010 Just managed to log on and print something off the website - thanks for the tip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baz 421 Posted May 12, 2010 And the Post Office won't allow that either! Well, unless you're lucky/they don't realise it's just a printed one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kate205gti 4 Posted May 12, 2010 ive always used printed certificates to get mine - hence the suggestion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timb1046 1 Posted May 12, 2010 ive done that in the past also, just get them to email it through and then print it off. at the end of the day, its printed by them and then posted to you, so no different but way quicker. i've gone with swift cover now and they let you download it off the site and print it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baz 421 Posted May 12, 2010 ive always used printed certificates to get mine - hence the suggestion As have i in the past, and failed also when the PO staff said that it wasn't allowed. Madness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Fenton 1,526 Posted May 12, 2010 I once failed at the PO with a printed cert. Went to another PO a few miles away and taxed without problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackherer 543 Posted May 12, 2010 If your printer is good enough quality how can they tell if you printed it or not? Its never failed for me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richsmells 2 Posted May 12, 2010 Interesting. I've managed to buy tax at the PO with a printed cert for about 5 years. Flux only send the cert by email anyway, unless you ask nicely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremy 68 Posted May 12, 2010 When I used my 205 about two years ago after it had been garaged for about 4/5 years I tried to tax it online, and it kept coming back with an error. It turned out to be due to having the old style V5. Anyway I drove the car to Dartford with all relavent paperwork and Taxed it at the PO with no problems. I complained to the DVLA and they advised me that they could even see on their system every time I had attempted to tax online. Sorry no help at all but just a little story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve@cornwall 100 Posted May 12, 2010 I've kept my gti on cover for the couple of years its been off road, but a check of MID showed it as uninsured. Checking with the insurers showed they had S310*** not F310*** as the reg (wouldn't have thought the system would allow that?) may be worth checking all your details are right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M_R_205 5 1 Cars Posted May 12, 2010 I sold my second car on Sunday so, thankfully in my 205 full time now!! It was insured immediately and I applied for a tax disk on line as it was previously SORN It is now WEDNESDAY and the DVLA website and phone application system are still showing no insurance as the database has not been updated so the car is still not taxed. I'm all for making it hard for tax dodgers etc but you cant buy tax even if you want too! I'ts not like its even an unusual circumstance. I want to legaly drive a car so I need to tax and insure it on the same day - why do they make it so bloody difficult? I need to GET work to pay tax!!! This exact thing happened to me last week, insured my car on the Monday, tried to tax it online and over the phone and failed, then had to drive the car home any way, then from my house to the lock up, all un-taxed because the super computer at the dvla is not so super, any way the insurance certificate arrived today so i taxed it at lunch time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timb1046 1 Posted May 12, 2010 i've had problems with this also, rang them up 2 days after i had insured my car and they were insistant that there data base gets updated every 24 hours so my insurance company must be at fault for not submitting the information to them. i then rang my insurance company who denied it point blank. luckily my certificate arrived the next day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
