New car scrappage scheme.

[mrs.chappie]

Apologies if this is in the wrong category.

Tomorrow I am trading in my 10 year old car for a brand new one, under the �2,000 new scrappage scheme. My old car will belong to the garage, but will the tax disc on it belong to me, or will it belong to the garage? There is only a month and a half left to run on the tax disc.

TIA.

[Buenchico]

Unless you agreed a trade in value based upon the presence of a tax disk (which is unlikely) you can remove the tax disk and reclaim the cost of one month's tax. (You can only reclaim full months. You'll lose the 'part month' which is still on the disk). Any post office should be able to provide you with the relevant form.

Chris

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks very much Chris. Do you think it will be worth sending off - just one month's tax to come back, with an admin charge taken off I presume?

[Buenchico]

Hi Mrs C.
(I thought about you yesterday when, for the first time in several months, I cooked my pilchard bake!)

As far as I'm concerned, if HM Government owes me money, I'm going to take it! A month's tax refund for my car would be around �15, so that would pay for a few bottles of wine ;-)

There's no 'administration fee' but you don't get the 10% surcharge, applied to 6 month disks back. For example, if a full year's tax on a car is �180, a 6 month disk is priced at �90+10% = �99. If you claim one month of that back, you get one sixth of �90 (=�15), not one sixth of �99.

The application procedure is incredibly simple. Just get the form from the post office, fill it in (which only takes about a minute), staple the disk to it and post it. The refund cheque should arrive a week or two later.

Chris

[ELVIS68]

Does this scheme mean the company then have to scrap the car or are they allowed to sell it on?...and is this just the governments way of kick starting the motor industry?

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks very much Chris. I've just had a look at the disc and I paid �120 - so I will get �10 back. Not a fortune, but worth claiming. I just hope the garage staff don't think I am being cheeky, taking the disc out of the car.

Hey, it's funny 'cos each time I make Mr. C a pilchard bake, I think of you!

[Buenchico]

That's the story of my life, Mrs C.

Some people are associated with beautiful places. Others find themselves associated with classic cars or fine wines. I'm just associated with pilchards! ;-)

[mrs.chappie]

Hi Elvis! Sorry lad, wasn't deliberately ignoring you, didn't notice your post until I had already posted my last post. (Blimey, there are a lot of posts in there).

The saleswoman said they might strip it down (I mentioned that it had a new coil spring fitted only a few weeks ago, and a full set of tyres not that long ago) and re-use some of the parts, but it wouldn't be sold/used as a complete car. Don't really know how the law stands on it, tbh.

[mrs.chappie]

I'm sure that's not true Chris.

Have you been bold with Barmaid yet? Faint heart never won fair lady. Or are you bashful and don't want to say?

[ELVIS68]

Sorry lad!...lol... that made me think of Wallace and Gromit

Good luck with the new car..Stoke up the engine mrs c

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks buddy. I'm not fully convinced that I'm getting �2,000 off, but perhaps that's just my 'Suspicious Mind'. lol.

[ELVIS68]

You`re caught in a trap

[mrs.chappie]

That's very true, and I can't walk out.

[ELVIS68]

Because I loved "used cars" too much baby lol

[mrs.chappie]

Elvis, you're just an old Hound Dog.

[:o)