Captain Colonial Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 After midnight tonight, the age-old tax disc will be dead, no more will be issued and it will no longer be necessary to display one on your windscreen. So as per the question, if your disc still has time left on it, will you continue to display or will you remove it? As a footnote, I was always amused when politicians and officials got into a huff if someone called it road tax. "It's not road tax, it's vehicle excise duty or VED"...when the DVLA forms clearly refer to it as a "tax disc". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welly Jen Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Weight saving . The disc, plus holder are coming off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SootySport Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Going to put my Carbon Tax disc holder on Ebay, How much will I get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I've been driving with my Westfields tax disc in my wallet since I changed to Aeroscreen... so my wallet will be lighter tomorrow... uhm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dombanks Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 i voted to take off, but then im a bit lazy so it will probably wait untill its run out before i get round to doing it.... can you get in trouble for displaying an out of date disc when you've paid up online??? thats also a possibility as im sure ill never get round to doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisme Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'll leave them on the tin tops until they run out - can't wait to test out the new Direct Debit scheme which in theory will allow you to tax your car for a month, then Sorn it, then tax it for a month, then Sorn it, then................................................get a nasty letter from the DVLA for taking the pith and breaking their kompoota. Seriously - as my Westie is now ready to go back on the road, I plan for a geo and rolling road setup at NMS towards the end of October then possibly tax it for November just for a few pre winter blats (I'm just about to have a long awaited back operation otherwise I'd do it now). Then we'll see how the weather goes - sometimes you can get a good few dry months in February / March / April and then poor weather in May and June - so being able to tax by the month may work out to be a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickmaster Andy Lowe Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterg Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Never displayed a tax disc on any motorbike for the last 20+ years after one flew off at er... a lot more than 70mph on a ahem private road in Germany..... I've taken the one off the tintop already as I'm not going out again tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm keeping the disk holder in place. It gives me somewhere to put car park tickets. At the mo they just go under the wiper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_l Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 So, whoever comes up with a use for 35 million tax disc holders could be onto a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanG1 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Bmw tax runs out tonight but I'm leaving the old out of date one in Stuff them I'm not sure it's taxed from tomorrow even It didn't give me a direct debit option 2 weeks ago when I paid up just the normal 6 or 12 option pay in full or else Direct debit starts from 1st November apparently. Tax runs out on both our tin tops tonight but going to leave the disc in for nostalgia lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooch Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Mine ran out today anyway, so it's taken off and won't be going back. I noticed Halfrauds in 'Nam (Chip'nam) were still selling tax disc holders for £7.50 today. I wonder how many they sold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTR2Turbo Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Someone should design a fake wscc tax disc that we can all display instead I plan to leave the last tax disc displayed on all my cars apart from the model T where it always looked a bit out of place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmad Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Well I've been trying to tax two cars tonight. Tried the new system and no luck, so tried the old system and same thing!!!! So it looks like I'll have no disc and no tax. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onliest Smeg David Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Taking off main car as out of date and renewed 1st Oct. Westie one will probably stay on until next time the RAC bar is removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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