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      07-09-2014, 04:17 PM   #1
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UK BMW (Alphabet) Leasing Collection

Has anyone had an Alphabet lease car in the UK? If so did your dealer make you wait to collect it until the tax disc arrived from the DVLA?

My car is currently 5 miles from my home at the dealers though I cant collect it for 5 days since they tell me that it is a rule of the lease company that they cannot release it until the tax disk arrives from the DVLA...is this BS? does the 14 day rule not apply in this case whereby you can legally drive your vehicle for up to 14 days without displaying the tax disc following first registration of your vehicle?
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      07-10-2014, 03:02 AM   #2
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Has anyone had an Alphabet lease car in the UK? If so did your dealer make you wait to collect it until the tax disc arrived from the DVLA?

My car is currently 5 miles from my home at the dealers though I cant collect it for 5 days since they tell me that it is a rule of the lease company that they cannot release it until the tax disk arrives from the DVLA...is this BS? does the 14 day rule not apply in this case whereby you can legally drive your vehicle for up to 14 days without displaying the tax disc following first registration of your vehicle?
Sounds like BS to me man, I can drive mine the same day they get it, hopefully friday morning for friday afternoon pickup, and I'm with Alphabet. Seems pretty poor that they haven't got it all sorted in advance, they have all the info they need, VIN, reg etc., and have had several weeks to sort it while it floated across the Atlantic and on it's grand tour of Europe.

According to @worsy, he has something to sign saying that you can drive for 14 days without displaying a valid tax disc if its a new reg.

When do they phase out tax discs anyway, can't be too long now.
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Sounds like BS to me man, I can drive mine the same day they get it, hopefully friday morning for friday afternoon pickup, and I'm with Alphabet. Seems pretty poor that they haven't got it all sorted in advance, they have all the info they need, VIN, reg etc., and have had several weeks to sort it while it floated across the Atlantic and on it's grand tour of Europe.

According to @worsy, he has something to sign saying that you can drive for 14 days without displaying a valid tax disc if its a new reg.

When do they phase out tax discs anyway, can't be too long now.



Its true..i was told by my dealer that they don't issue Tax Disks to new cars. Low and behold I have a Tax Disk!
Mind you, he also said my 269s would be All Season RF
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Tax discs won't exist from October.
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Just told my dealer I want my caR Friday. ..If it could be ready for Monday am it must be ready Friday pm!

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Just told my dealer I want my cat Friday. ..If it could be ready for Monday am it must be ready Friday pm!
Cat?
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Cat?
bloody auto-correct eh?
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      07-10-2014, 07:04 AM   #8
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bloody auto-correct eh?
Maybe you should change your pseudo-name to CarFlap?

Just a thought
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Any luck with this.

Speaking to a colleague who picked up am M135i on an Alphabet lease, they just got a letter, as per worsy did, explaining about the 14 day period where you didn't need to display a tax disc with a new registration if you happened to get stopped.
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Any luck with this.

Speaking to a colleague who picked up am M135i on an Alphabet lease, they just got a letter, as per worsy did, explaining about the 14 day period where you didn't need to display a tax disc with a new registration if you happened to get stopped.
They're still trying to get it PDI'd etc for tomorrow...yawn!

We'll see what happens.
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