sigibbons
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Ok im buying a car in the next week 190 miles away from me and need to work out a way to get it home. It isnt taxed but does have MOT.
I have not passed my test yet so i cant drive it.
Any ideas?
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
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Get a mate/parent etc to drive it home for you. This will require the present owner to tax it (then you pay him/her back)
Also the driver will need insurance.
OR
Get a trailer 
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stubbsy05
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
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You and two mates who can drive. One of them drives you two there.
Other mate drives the car back following you.
Pay the people a lil more for car tax or risk driving back with none.
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Trotty
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Registered: 22nd Feb 01
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Get someone to drive it for you and hope you don't get pulled?
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Gaz
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Registered: 24th Aug 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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buy a car closer to ur house ?
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corsaphil
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jus drive it really fast back n hope no1 sees ya. i neva had tax or owt wen i got mine so drove bak at 120mph
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stubbsy05
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More likely to get pulled doin 120mph!!
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sigibbons
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Yeah my mate has trade insurance meaning he can drive any car up to 1.6 with tax and mot but this car is not taxed and i dought the previous owner still has insuance on the car so cannot tax it.
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sigibbons
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Fucking annoying.
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sigibbons
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anyone off here from around stoke on trent area and coming down south soon? lol
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PaulW
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Hmmm...
Arrange with the person your buying it from to 'store' it for a while...
Take out RAC Breakdown Cover on the car in your name...
Week after the policy with RAC is taken out (or a few days) ring them up & say you've broken down. Arrange for the engine not to work somehow (detach the ECU from the loom - simple enough job)
When the RAC arrive, they'll look over the car, check it, nothing will work. They don't really check ECU's as they can't do a thing with them.
They will say what you want doing, then just say you were on yuor way home when it conked out, they will then arrange for it to be towed/moved to your home address 
So for £14.95 you get the car home & job done PLUS the best bit is a month later you can cancel the RAC cover, as its not a 12 month contract
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sigibbons
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Paul you are a genious! Doesnt the rac charge for that long tow though?
And also dont i need to have passe dmy test to join rac?
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PaulW
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no
I was towed back from bristol when my engine fooked off on me once & didnt charge a penny
plus the other bonus is any car your a passenger in is covered by your policy!
I was on the way to alton towers with a few m8's & the gearbox dropped out  I had no cover but a m8 did, they rang the RAC & car was towed home no problems & my friend or myself wasn't charged a penny!
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Jason
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just drive it u pussy
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason
just drive it u pussy
with no liscence, insurance or tax??
only a fool would do that (or a pikey/twocer)
[Edited on 16-07-2004 by PaulW]
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sigibbons
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Its more than £15 to join i think?
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Jason
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
quote:
Originally posted by Jason
just drive it u pussy
with no liscence, insurance or tax??
only a fool would do that (or a pikey/twocer)
[Edited on 16-07-2004 by PaulW]
no license??
get a days cover from insurance company and trade plates
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sigibbons
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Its such hard work just buying a car!
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by sigibbons
Its more than £15 to join i think?
I'm going back 2 years
policy cover is still the same, if its gone up probs more like 20-25 now!
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sigibbons
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quote:
Originally posted by Jason
quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
quote:
Originally posted by Jason
just drive it u pussy
with no liscence, insurance or tax??
only a fool would do that (or a pikey/twocer)
[Edited on 16-07-2004 by PaulW]
no license??
get a days cover from insurance company and trade plates
Yeah i have no lisence
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S1MON
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Registered: 9th Nov 01
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i used the RAC to pick up a car like this, no hassle they will bring you home
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sigibbons
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One of my mates has a trailor that we put a mk2 fezzy on once i wonder if a corsa would fit?
But then i need a tow, lol.
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PaulW
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corsa will fit - just a little bit bigger, but not much!
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sigibbons
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Can you tow trailors that big on a std car lisence?
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PaulW
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depends...
i think you have to have passed your test BEFORE 1999 or something now to tow large trailers
anything after you have to do a seperate test
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