rickya Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Boll8ks!!!! Just round the corner from my house (police roadside checks hotspot ) & they 'v got all the vans with vehicle reg plate recognition/ Audio visual recording van/ coned off layby etc etc & more coppers than at an England Turkey game! They let me through only for copper to do qtr mile sprint in his Vectra to tell me to come back!! Anyway they reckoned car was written off - I said dont waste my time, I live round the corner & got my wife & baby girl in the back, its a clerical error, that was my old M3 but that private plate is now on this BMW 330d. Checked it out & said I was correct after checking engine VIN no etc. But then they realised to my (put it mildly) discomfort that my MOT had run out in July & then 5 mins later they realised (put it even more mildly) irritation that my Road Tax has run out 3 weeks ago........ Ah well that caused a further 15mins of checking engine Vin no's & wiping my hand & steering wheel with a litmus type paper to see If Iv come into contact with any drugs. Now would have been an ideal time for a reefer, is what I felt like saying! So shopping trip where Id didnt spend bugger all, turned into a lovely £60 x 2 = £120 worth of fines & a producer. ps Im a tw&t....call myself a car enthusiast & forgot those bits Happy NEw year & Xmas to me Quote
xStric9x Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 That kind of sucks But yet they tell my neighbour who has just had her windows smashed there is nothing they can do but for her to contact her insurance company Quote
Ozz Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 That sucks - but 5 months! My memory is terrible but not that bad. My uncle used to do that on his RS2000 that I subsequently bought off him, huuuge gaps in the MOT dates - all unintentional I should add, just forgetful. Quote
Kev946 Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Hard luck mate. MOT's are so easy to forget. Done it loads of times, but road tax..... Quote
rickya Posted December 30, 2007 Author Posted December 30, 2007 Hard luck mate. MOT's are so easy to forget. Done it loads of times, but road tax..... I Know that was rather stupid of me, but I didnt get one of those Roas tax reminders this year?? Quote
GIXXERUK Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 forgetting both ? the mot yeah... as its the only thing you dont get a reminder about but the tax Quote
H5 Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Hard luck bud, had the MOT and tax thing in the past, but just been lucky and remembered within a few days. At least it was just a bit of cash and them not trying to crush your car! Quote
P15UL T Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 sorry to here this dude i was at a car show earlier this year and the dj was going round everyone asking about there car and having a laugh, after he spoke to me he said " ah buddy you tax is out of date" "yeah right " i said .....yip my face was red....over a month out !, i blame the missus she deals with all that Quote
mbs Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Sorry to hear that, but buy a diary for 2008 Quote
rickya Posted December 30, 2007 Author Posted December 30, 2007 Sorry to hear that, but buy a diary for 2008 Thats exactly what my old man said when I told him!! Quote
WoREoD Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Not good news but it could've been worse. Hampshire police are shown as impounding untaxed cars (you walk home!) which are then crushed! Quote
jim Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 I've never forgotten the road tax, mainly because the reminders come through the post. I have forgotten several MOT dates, but have sorted that problem now - I simply put a reminder in my calendars on Outlook both at home and at work. Quote
mbs Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Sorry to hear that, but buy a diary for 2008 Thats exactly what my old man said when I told him!! Yes us oldies do talk a bit of sense sometimes Quote
neo Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 road tax can be easy to forget, since i've owned my Z not 1 reminder as been posted to me in over 3 years have checked with dvla and my number plate is tied to the car so dunno why they have never arrived best check ya Z as well rickya Quote
rickya Posted December 30, 2007 Author Posted December 30, 2007 best check ya Z as well rickya Did that as soon as I got home! In fact a reminder to all members in this up & comming week of roadside police checks & stops etc: EVERYONE CHECK YOUR: MOT/ROAD TAX/INSURANCE/TREAD DEPTH/ALL LIGHTS/& WIPE UR STEERING WHEEL WITH ALCOHOL WIPES! Quote
Sarnie Posted December 30, 2007 Posted December 30, 2007 Unlucky mate but it could of been a lot worse. With no MOT your insurance is void Imagine if you'd have had a smash that was your fault????? £120 and no penalty points is a small price to pay in my opinion Quote
rickya Posted December 31, 2007 Author Posted December 31, 2007 Unlucky mate but it could of been a lot worse. With no MOT your insurance is void Imagine if you'd have had a smash that was your fault????? £120 and no penalty points is a small price to pay in my opinion Quite true mate, sensible words.....cant beleive all that & Sarnie in one sentence Quote
Zedrush Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 read in the paper that police are gonna try and sting us for anything now as they need more money. In the paper a guy left his engine running in his drive to get the ice of the screen and warm up the car he was keeping an eye on it from his front door, police drove by and fined him 60 quid a said that the car car was in a position to be stolen, even though he was watching from front door make me sick Quote
Trev-the-Rev Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 Bad luck dude. At least it will improve the memory for next time though. Quote
Andy Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 Gutted for you mate but think I owe you a beer as I just checked out my MOT and it's up in two weeks!! I had no idea it was that soon!! Quote
Zedrush Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 my MOT will be due the first time in 6 months, how much does an mot cost? Quote
H5 Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 my MOT will be due the first time in 6 months, how much does an mot cost? £50 is the recommended amount. Quote
neo Posted December 31, 2007 Posted December 31, 2007 paid £44 for mine,had it done at the stealers while they had it in for a service in november. Quote
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