Tam, Jade and Franky's European Adventure

Re your DRLs if they are of an output that they would work as DRLs then they cannot be on with dipped headlights as you are only allowed 1 pair of dips.( unless in reduced viz conditions which they could then be classed as fogs ) Their output needs to be dimmed to be classed as markers on with obligatory headlights @Northernraider :) RVLR 88
 
mfw said:
Ok £80 fine for no tax
insurance dont know but if not taxed it is not allowed legally on road for a jolly or a camping weekend - do you really think insurance would pay out if not taxed
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I know they are scum but yes they should do. They don't fail to pay out on your house if you haven't paid your council tax , although no doubt in the future they'll be trying too.
Northernraider said:
Honestly they are a bunch of chancers
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Not the word I'd have used .:LOL:
 
tacr2man said:
Re your DRLs if they are of an output that they would work as DRLs then they cannot be on with dipped headlights as you are only allowed 1 pair of dips.( unless in reduced viz conditions which they could then be classed as fogs ) Their output needs to be dimmed to be classed as markers on with obligatory headlights @Northernraider :) RVLR 88
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I'll just see how I get on with them , they weren't sold as drl lights so not sure how bright they are in comparison.
 
Tam, good luck and bad luck, at least you can now drive it, best wishes to mum.

Mickey

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tonyidle said:
Your words :D

I think I know why they're now 'markers' but take care because if they're as bright as DRLs your MoT man might have something to say.
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Well drl's are on all the time with ignition

These aren't they only come on with the side lights.

But if the mot throws up any probs I'll disconnect them and reconnect after:p

But my mot man's quite tame I've had several vans with more lights than this ones got and never had a problem.
On eBay they are listed as 8 led strip light
Doesn't mention anything else.
 
So was in seeing mum tonight . She had another mri scan today and a few other things.
The absess around her spine is larger than it was when she first went in and her infection markers are back up too.
To add to that She's now constipated and having trouble with getting to toilet.
Back on morphine now and they are going to attempt to drain this absess at her spine so they'll decide on Monday whether she's being transferred to Edinburgh royal infirmary spinal unit :(
She slept most of the 90 mins I was in seeing her tonight ...she's exhausted

Looking at her at the minute she won't be getting home anytime soon.
 
Northernraider said:
So was in seeing mum tonight . She had another mri scan today and a few other things.
The absess around her spine is larger than it was when she first went in and her infection markers are back up too.
To add to that She's now constipated and having trouble with getting to toilet.
Back on morphine now and they are going to attempt to drain this absess at her spine so they'll decide on Monday whether she's being transferred to Edinburgh royal infirmary spinal unit :(
She slept most of the 90 mins I was in seeing her tonight ...she's exhausted

Looking at her at the minute she won't be getting home anytime soon.
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So sorry to hear that Tam . Hope they can sort her out without the move.
 
Sorry to hear that they're not managing to get your Mum sorted yet Tam,there are a lot of people on here thinking of you both (and the rest of the family) and wishing you all the strength and courage to deal with whatever comes up.
My very best wishes to your Mum Tam.
 
Hasn't Toby got a nice smile
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Hi Tam.
Dont know if you have mentioned it earlier but which web site or App did you use for finding sites and or parking spots ??
Appreciate the advice.
nmac
 
Northernraider said:
So was in seeing mum tonight . She had another mri scan today and a few other things.
The absess around her spine is larger than it was when she first went in and her infection markers are back up too.
To add to that She's now constipated and having trouble with getting to toilet.
Back on morphine now and they are going to attempt to drain this absess at her spine so they'll decide on Monday whether she's being transferred to Edinburgh royal infirmary spinal unit :(
She slept most of the 90 mins I was in seeing her tonight ...she's exhausted

Looking at her at the minute she won't be getting home anytime soon.
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:hugs:
 
How awful for you to see your Mum so unwell. We hope that the hospital can soon get her well enough to return home. She must be longing to meet Jade.
 
Sorry to read this update on your mum. Try to get away for a night or two if you can ... you need to look after yourself mentally as well as physically so you can help her as and when.
 
mitzimad said:
show me where its written that no tax invalidates your insurance?
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Called DVLA as I had not had my C5 through for a new vehicle, they didn't have a record having given them my registration number. I asked them as it was 2 weeks into my ownership should I be concerned? Told me I should not drive it on the road as if they have no record it doesn't have road tax therefore insurance would be invalidated. Although I haven't checked I also recall within my insurance policy statement the insurance policy is in place providing the vehicle is taxed.

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Northernraider said:
So dvla are adamant they aren't changing the tax to the start of November so I now have to go through their complaints department.

Their argument is because I bought the vehicle in October and sent in the application in October that's when the tax starts.

My argument is the vehicle was sorned off road and I've not been able to use it on their instruction due to their errors. And since it was only processed today 9th Nov that the tax should have started 1st November

Honestly they are a bunch of chancers
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If you drove it home it has been on the road with tax not transferrable on a sale - probably been spotted by camera as well - probably easier to bite the bullet on about £16 worth of tax cost more in phone calls if you are not careful
 
Yeah it's
kip said:
Yep, apart from a couple of teeth missing.:whistle::D.
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A bugger those 2 bulbs have gone out :(
I originally bought these lights for Franky last year but couldn't fit them due to the canbus errors so they rattled around in the garage for a year ...had them all fitted and wired up before putting them on then discovered 2 bulbs out.
Will probably replace the 2 outside lights later on.
 
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mfw said:
If you drove it home it has been on the road with tax not transferrable on a sale - probably been spotted by camera as well - probably easier to bite the bullet on about £16 worth of tax cost more in phone calls if you are not careful
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Yeah I did drive it home but it's been sorned since then while waiting on taxation class being changed.
It just really annoys me that DVLA are so relaxed with sorting stuff out and just casually say you can't use it. That's a full month sat doing nothing while they piss about with something that really takes 5 mins to do on a computer.

It's an online complaints form so I'm filling it in regardless even if it gets nowhere as it isn't even about the money it's the principle of being forced to pay for compulsory stuff ie mot tax and insurance that all costs us money and a goverment agency being relaxed about wasting nearly 10% of each of them.

Their attitudes stink
 
Hi Tam, I'm certainly not defending them having been stuck back in UK for 5 months waiting my lnew license (at 70) but I think like so many organisations these days they are probably greatly understaffed.
Is reviewing all licences at 70 a new thing this year? That alone would cause an enormous work load.
If individual employees allowed themselves to become concerned with the problems of us the general public they would all be going off sick with stress related illnesses.
 
Northernraider said:
Yeah I did drive it home but it's been sorned since then while waiting on taxation class being changed.
It just really annoys me that DVLA are so relaxed with sorting stuff out and just casually say you can't use it. That's a full month sat doing nothing while they piss about with something that really takes 5 mins to do on a computer.

It's an online complaints form so I'm filling it in regardless even if it gets nowhere as it isn't even about the money it's the principle of being forced to pay for compulsory stuff ie mot tax and insurance that all costs us money and a goverment agency being relaxed about wasting nearly 10% of each of them.

Their attitudes stink
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A lot will depend on what time seller declared it sorn i always give a person till end of day to declare sorn and cancel insurance they can drive it home on their insurance then - same as i ask people when i purchase vehicle only covered 3rd party but there you go - i know it is illegal and a gamble but i'm happy doing it that way

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Val 2 dogs said:
Hi Tam, I'm certainly not defending them having been stuck back in UK for 5 months waiting my lnew license (at 70) but I think like so many organisations these days they are probably greatly understaffed.
Is reviewing all licences at 70 a new thing this year? That alone would cause an enormous work load.
If individual employees allowed themselves to become concerned with the problems of us the general public they would all be going off sick with stress related illnesses.
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Still no excuse Val
If the goverment makes it law we have to have these things then it's their duty to handle it quickly with as little cost to us as possible.
I resent paying road tax aswell as high fuel duty so I really get annoyed when they rip me off for a month of it bevause of their mistakes in the first place.
 
mfw said:
A lot will depend on what time seller declared it sorn i always give a person till end of day to declare sorn and cancel insurance they can drive it home on their insurance then - same as i ask people when i purchase vehicle only covered 3rd party but there you go - i know it is illegal and a gamble but i'm happy doing it that way
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I sorned the van the day I spoke to the dvla when I got the v5
That was around the 10th of october
 
So now you have road tax are you and Jade taking Toby for a run today?

Perhaps it’s time to start a new headline for Toby’s Travels.
 
Northernraider said:
It's an online complaints form so I'm filling it in regardless even if it gets nowhere as it isn't even about the money it's the
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Aah the online complaints from!! That's if it actually works .
Make sure you save all info before pressing send as the favourite is it just deletes it all. That way you can hunt down another online complaints /email contact & repaste whilst at the same time making another complaint about the complaints system.
You cannot send too many complaints. I used every email addy I could find & continually resent them , as well as complaining to the EU, until they finally replied.
Been there ,done that. Even some of the banks operate the same way. Scum all of them.
 

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