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Old 1st February 2024, 02:16 PM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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It's even worse if you need to tax your car, as then you're really up a certain creek with no paddles in sight.
You need to try and employ my strategy if possible:
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The main thing I do aim for is to separate the MOT and tax renewal as far as possible, or at least have the tax before (not after) the MOT if they're close.
A combination of SORN (a saving) and 6 months tax (small extra cost) has allowed me to do that.
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