Turbocharger Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Seems my signature has come back to bite me. I returned my LR's V5 to the DVLA to update my address ahead of the tax running out in December - filled in the new address, ticked the 'I've moved house and remembered to tell you' box and posted it out to them. Today, forwarded to me by my old landlady, I receive a letter sent to my old address: Thank you for telling us you are no longer the keeper of or have scrapped the vehicle with the above mentioned registration mark. I can confirm that we have updated our records. B*ll*cks. That's going to make it hard to tax it in 19 days, for sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 D'oh!! That might be a tricky one to get out of. I'll be interested to know what the DVLA's response is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway_Star Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 They did exactly the same to me last time I moved house. I just wrote to them explaining the error of their ways and a new V5 appeared in the post inside a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Humphreys Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Go to your local DVLA office ASAP. You will get pulled up by the police in a ANPR car as the LR should not be on the road according to the DVLA and you insurance might be voide!!! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 It's a moot point, the LR's in bits in the garage and will be until after Christmas (VGT turbo WILL be assembled, I just have to find more than 8hrs between getting in from work and going out again...) but I can see it would be rather annoying if it was my daily drive. I think I'll be on the phone in the morning, following it up with a letter. I'm particularly impressed that this pitfall means they write to your old address, so I wouldn't have seen the letter unless my old landlady had nothing to do except steam my mail open to see if there's any cash inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Currently they are chasing me for tax on a vehicle that I scrapped over two years ago. I'm not sure how they missed it last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 And people worry what might happen if we had to have ID cards, I'm sure it'd be fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ101 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 The service from DVLA is getting worse,, I have to deal with them on numerous occasions every week !!! They are currently trying to do me for a speeding offence, in Birmingham, by one of the loaners, Not a hope in hell,, cause, its been sat in the yard for the last 2 years in bits , Fortunately i also have some paperwork, when they screwed up a cherish plate transfer, on the same vehicle,, just before it was scrapped, and they inspected it, plonkers !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Plot thickens - new V5 turns up at my new address, so I got hold of someone at DVLA on the phone on a Saturday morning. I have to say, what a helpful chap. He gently hinted that it was my mistake, and that it's quite common. I'd put my new address onto the old V5 and as I'd included my name too they add me on as a new keeper, so my dear old truck's now up to 4 keepers, and my name is listed both as the current and previous owner. He's rectified the error and I'll have a new V5 before Christmas showing it back at 3 previous owners. Phew. Car un-scrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Plot thickens - new V5 turns up at my new address, so I got hold of someone at DVLA on the phone on a Saturday morning.I have to say, what a helpful chap. He gently hinted that it was my mistake, and that it's quite common. B) glad it's worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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