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[terry paget]

It gets more and more difficult to buy a car and get it home, now that tax discs ar no longer used. I thought I might hire a trailer and trailer it home, now I find towing vehicle unladen must he heavier than the loaded trailer, so I cannot trailer an Omega home with an Omega. Can I legally tow a car using a towbar, if the car is insured, but not taxed or MOT'd?

[Kevin Wood]

If the wheels of the towed car are on the road it needs tax, mot, insurance.

When you add the weight of a trailer to an Omega, it will be well over the legal towing weight for another Omega.

Realistically, your options are get a bigger towcar, pay for a recovery company to shift it, or get the car legal and drive it. You can tax it and then cash in the tax. That will cost you one month's tax or 20 odd quid. Or MOT it between car's location and home if it's local. You might be able to blag that as it's legal to drive to and from an MOT without tax or MOT. Obviously, if it's more than a few miles, the plod won't buy that story.

[the alarming man]

if its taxed and mot'ed will not the old owner drive it to your place and you drop him home...although unrealistic if you live in lands end and car is located in scotland

[ckz]

yeah. spend you're money to the goverment and they give it away to other counhtry's.
in one day insurance and short tax to get it home. all this vat they earn.
other option just by a new earth saving car.
govt sucks.
all the regulations are just good for them.

buying a used car is made nearly impossible by our govt so nobody makes money on selling a car anymore,
because you dont give them taxes when selling you're car.

buy a new one instead and spend your money in some small pisspot car with no space and style and support the manufacterer.
that's all about.

every govt around the uk try to get cars of the road but not rid of the support to other poor country's.

time the give the money we spend back to us instead forcing us to help others.

[05omegav6]

If it's MoTd then tax it online when you collect it

Takes all of five minutes, hardly an inconvenience 

[Crazycarzowner]

If you need to tax it I don't think these 1 day insurance thingy sites will suffice to get it taxed.

Thought about hiring a little car transporter i.e Tran$hit or of the like, they ain't that expensive either.

[Nick W]

If you need to tax it I don't think these 1 day insurance thingy sites will suffice to get it taxed.

Thought about hiring a little car transporter i.e Tran$hit or of the like, they ain't that expensive either.

That would need a good look at the load rating/size; I've been driving a Citroen Relay based transporter the last few days, and an Omega won't fit on it!
The best way would be to tow a proper trailer with a suitable vehicle; Discovery, Range Rover, Transit, Sprinter etc.

[drinksoptional]

Buy an A frame and light board  , take a mate .  What have done in past

[zirk]

If you need to tax it I don't think these 1 day insurance thingy sites will suffice to get it taxed.

Thought about hiring a little car transporter i.e Tran$hit or of the like, they ain't that expensive either.

Dont need Insurance to Tax a Car anymore, they scrapped that idea jusr before the new Car Taxing Rules came in. 

[biggriffin]

If its not far, us a solid bar,put a strip of tank tape across number plates and get it done.

[zirk]

Buy an A frame and light board  , take a mate .  What have done in past

I thought they changed the rules on A Frames, in favor for Recovery Purposes Only, ie in theory if your recovering a car from the road then it should be legal to be on the road in the first place.

[Crazycarzowner]

I thought they changed the rules on A Frames,

Yup 4 wheels on the ground, should be fully legit now.

[joshwyatt]

How far away from Norton is it?
Assuming it does have a valid MOT, I will be in Ston Easton in the next few weeks a number of times. I could bring my trade plates (only covers VED) and I'm insured on my trade policy for any vehicle. There are no exemptions for me to drive with no MOT, bar the usual to and from a pre-booked appointment.

A Frames - as said are only suitable for recovery of a vehicle. For example, you are not allowed to drive onto a motorway towing an A Frame, but you can recover a vehicle from a motorway.

The police and courts are tight on this. When in court, I was on the bench and we upheld a prosecution for no insurance and failure to tax on a vehicle being towed.

If VED has expired for more than 3 months and one day the vehicle can be seized.

[Crazycarzowner]

more than 3 months and one day

Its 2 months & 1 day I believe Josh

[joshwyatt]

Ah, I may have been to charitable with the extra month then 

How many prosecutions would say each month you personally put forward for no insurance?