I will give him a call but I'm sure he would deny this. I remember pretty clearly I asked him about the tax when I bought the vehicle. But if it ends up in court it will be his word against mine. What are the chances to win such a trial? I guess these cunning sharks can pay the best lawyers. The current system of car trading is just so much prone to fraud. And the problem is that even after that the victim is the one who is getting kicked by DVLA with fines etc... I will call DVLA if they can offer a solution to this issue.

So, my initial questions still apply, see topic opener post. anybody knows how the fine works? if I had a car without tax, and let's say one day I drove a full circle on M25, then am I be fined as many times as many traffic cameras I passed by? Or what should I expect now? thanks

No, they didn't insist. She told me about the gap but then she issued the new disc to me as requested.

Hi, no I didn't get a reminder - I actually had to go to the post office with my insurance policy and MOT and bought one there. And now I remember, that the lady in the post office told me that she saw a gap in the tax periods. I didn't pay too much attention to it as I thought something was wrong in the computer.

Hi, I bought my car in July 2010 from a sales agent, it had tax on it until 31.10.2010. I renewed my tax from 01.11.2010 of course. Now I got a letter from DVLA that my car was seen unlicensed on 20.08.2010. I double checked my previous tax disc in the car (I kind of keep them and just put the new disc on the top of the stack)... I realised that the previous tax disc was just a photocopy of a paper, most likely a fake one. 1) How can I double check that the previous tax number was valid, etc? 2) If it previous tax disc is a fake one, should I now expect multiple fines up to the time when I bought my new tax disc (which is for sure valid). 3) If it turns out to be fake one, how can I claim that back on the agent? How can I clear this with DVLA? It's kind of scary to think of that from July to November the vehicle wasn't taxed although I was in the belief that it was. What are my options in this case? Thanks