Taxing a car after purchase

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Interestingly, I heard from a copper that the ANPR only tells them whether the vehicle is taxed, not when or who taxed it.  So depending on distance I'd probably risk it on previous owners tax and don't drive like a twat on the way home.

That's what I'm thinking tom it's like a 15 mile journey back home from where I'm collecting the car, should be ok lol

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you are supposed to tax it before driving it away as this proves you have insurance too,

Since when does it prove you have insurance?

I think what's meant is you can't tax a car without insurance

You can.

As per the quote I posted from the DVLA, you do not need to have a car insured in order to tax it. Therefore there is no 'Hoping the system updates' as it is not checked, it's just a case of using the telephone or internet service to tax the car before driving away. Obviously you do need insurance to drive the car though!