Vehicle Tax Reminder

[Indy Jess John]

I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.

DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.

They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying anything
for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need for me to apply
for a SORN.

So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?

Jim

[Davey]

On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:46:13 +0000

Post by Indy Jess John
I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.
DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.
They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying
anything for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need for
me to apply for a SORN.
So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?
Jim

It's like getting an invoice for zero pounds. Since some computer has
gone to the trouble of sending it to you, it's only courtesy to send it
back a cheque for the requested amount.
Besides, you're talking about doing something logical, which is not how
government works.
And you might be contemplating taking it off road, so this way, you can
apply for a SORN directly.

[Indy Jess John]

Post by Davey
On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:46:13 +0000

Post by Indy Jess John
I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.
DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.
They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying
anything for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need for
me to apply for a SORN.
So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?
Jim

It's like getting an invoice for zero pounds. Since some computer has
gone to the trouble of sending it to you, it's only courtesy to send it
back a cheque for the requested amount.
Besides, you're talking about doing something logical, which is not how
government works.
And you might be contemplating taking it off road, so this way, you can
apply for a SORN directly.

Even if I was thinking of taking it off the road, if the vehicle has
insurance and MOT it might as well be left taxed, and then I wouldn't
have to cancel the SORN.

Thinking about it again though, if they send me a reminder and I take
action on it, then it tells DVLA that I received the reminder and am
therefore still at the registered address.

Whether that was the intention, I don't know, but it does add a slight
logic to sending out the reminder.

Jim

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Post by Indy Jess John
I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.
DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.
They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying anything
for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need for me to apply
for a SORN.
So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?

Could be to remind you you still have to inform them of any changes etc,
even if no VED to pay.

[Dean Dark]

On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 12:06:35 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"

Post by Dave Plowman (News)

Post by Indy Jess John
I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.
DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.
They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying anything
for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need for me to apply
for a SORN.
So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?

Could be to remind you you still have to inform them of any changes etc,
even if no VED to pay.

It could also be that it's more efficient (i.e. cost-effective) to
send every notice out than to be selective about it.

[Robert Mulain]

Post by Indy Jess John
I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.
DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.
They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying anything
for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need for me to apply
for a SORN.
So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?

Bloody red tape, eh Jim? My old Vitesse MkII has been off road for almost twenty years now officially (hem hem!), and AFAIK no longer 'exists' as far as the DVLA, police and presumably MI5,6, NSA, CIA, FBI etc etc etc are concerned - unless on satellite photos? Fine by me, that old laurel hedge has its uses!
I'm very curious to see (if not actually TRY, ahem) what would happen if I fired her up and went for a spin - after needless to say getting a cover note! - and went past a few local ANPR cams on the motorway at 120 mph (no kidding - tri webers, polished, ported 6;3;1 extractor & XJS exhaust S/T SS ehx, o/d & 3.45)for a pre MOT 'spin'? With either:-
A) Original plates
B) Very rude 'temporary' plates
C) 'Area 51' novelty plates

I daresay SFA - unless some half awake highway 'interceptor' police patrolmen looked out of their windows, or (more likely) had just had their ears syringed, and had an open window 3 - 400 yards away?

In the good old days she'd have been back behind the hedge so quick, I'd be nursing a drink and laughing through the window as they went round the block five or six times, but I daresay a helicopter would have landed in the back garden, or a drone already destroyed the house with Hellfire missiles before I even got home nowadays?

Good for Youtube maybe, but... where has all the FUN of driving gone these days? When I started, the Police used to arrest skinheads - now they all seem to BE skinheads?

[Davey]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:38:32 -0700 (PDT)

Post by Robert Mulain

Post by Indy Jess John
I have just received my reminder for a Historic vehicle.
DVLA know I have insurance, and they know I have an MOT for the vehicle.
They know that when I process the reminder, I won't be paying
anything for it. While I have insurance and MOT there is no need
for me to apply for a SORN.
So why send me a reminder? Why not save the postage and just renew?

Bloody red tape, eh Jim? My old Vitesse MkII has been off road for
almost twenty years now officially (hem hem!), and AFAIK no longer
'exists' as far as the DVLA, police and presumably MI5,6, NSA, CIA,
FBI etc etc etc are concerned - unless on satellite photos? Fine by
me, that old laurel hedge has its uses! I'm very curious to see (if
not actually TRY, ahem) what would happen if I fired her up and went
for a spin - after needless to say getting a cover note! - and went
past a few local ANPR cams on the motorway at 120 mph (no kidding -
tri webers, polished, ported 6;3;1 extractor & XJS exhaust S/T SS
ehx, o/d & 3.45)for a pre MOT 'spin'? With either:- A) Original
plates B) Very rude 'temporary' plates C) 'Area 51' novelty plates
I daresay SFA - unless some half awake highway 'interceptor' police
patrolmen looked out of their windows, or (more likely) had just had
their ears syringed, and had an open window 3 - 400 yards away?
In the good old days she'd have been back behind the hedge so quick,
I'd be nursing a drink and laughing through the window as they went
round the block five or six times, but I daresay a helicopter would
have landed in the back garden, or a drone already destroyed the
house with Hellfire missiles before I even got home nowadays?
Good for Youtube maybe, but... where has all the FUN of driving gone
these days? When I started, the Police used to arrest skinheads - now
they all seem to BE skinheads?

Keep us posted!