Road Fund License Renewal Warning

[Thunderbird1]

The Tesla Model 3 has zero charge for road fund license however remember you still need to APPLY for it on the Gov website.

 

[MrBadger]

If your address details are correct, you still get a reminder so no excuse.

 

[Glan gluaisne]

If your address details are correct, you still get a reminder so no excuse.

Indeed, in fact DVLA are pretty good at sending out a reminder about a month before the VED needs renewing, in my experience. Must be getting on for a decade since I last paid any VED . . .

 

[ACarneiro]

Indeed, in fact DVLA are pretty good at sending out a reminder about a month before the VED needs renewing, in my experience. Must be getting on for a decade since I last paid any VED . . .

Enjoy it while it lasts. I can’t see it carrying on for more than 5 years...

 

[NigelT]

Embarrassingly, years ago I moved house and forgot to update the address on the V5. My car at the time was £0 VED.

I never gave it another thought until I got quite an aggressive letter from the police about my car tax. I think I got an £80 fine for failing to tax my car. Lesson learned.

 

[Jason71]

If you have to pay for it you can do annual DD and it auto renews but because its free you have to do it manually which is a bit dumb.
If you lease and the keeper is the lease company do they do it? because you won't get the reminders then?

You used to have to renew a SORN every year but then they made it open ended. Maybe they will do that with zero VED cars as well one day? The direct debit auto renewals check MOT before doing the renewal for another year and don't renew if you have no MOT so no reason zero VED could not be the same?

 

[FlyingTimbo]

It's called VED nowadays. It's not been road fund since 1936 ;-)

 

[Jason71]

It's called VED nowadays. It's not been road fund since 1936 ;-)

I guess that explains the state of the roads then!

 

[Plagued]

I'd much rather they charge me £1 and have it on auto renewal. Now I've got two electric cars I'm getting two threatening letters demanding I pay £0 or get a fine.

 

[ElRey]

If you have to pay for it you can do annual DD and it auto renews but because its free you have to do it manually which is a bit dumb.
If you lease and the keeper is the lease company do they do it? because you won't get the reminders then?

I believe they do. Our leasing company told us they are responsible for it and it's included in the cost. I will check tomorrow just to be sure. That way I can forget about it entirely.

 

[Thunderbird1]

It's called VED nowadays. It's not been road fund since 1936 ;-)

Yes,VED not RFL

 

[Jason71]

I believe they do. Our leasing company told us they are responsible for it and it's included in the cost. I will check tomorrow just to be sure. That way I can forget about it entirely.

A lot of people leased when the cost was still £350pa in years 2 - 5 of ownership (Additional rate VED) and now I recall some were able to get a cost reduction on their lease after this was scrapped because it was saving the lease company £1000+ on a 4 year lease.

 

[tomorrowman]

It's called VED nowadays. It's not been road fund since 1936 ;-)

Thought that was something that needed treating with antibiotics