Do you save your old car tax discs ?

four18

For some reason I cant throw them away. When I renew the car tax (I normally just pay for 3 months) I slide the new tax disc in over the old one. I have 17 old ones in the pouch on the windscreen !. I am not the only one as I have seen loads more "Hoarders" recently. Anything pointless you keep ?

Saila

worn out darts

Redlion

Old condoms...just give 'em a swing and they stick to the ceiling perfectly

A mate of mine got a car off his grand father last year and it had every tax disc in it since it was brand new in 1997. Some of them were hand written too! Even back in 1997, motor tax was a rip off!

Oh_Noes

I stick them onto old cornflakes boxes and then cut around them with a scissors. They make great coasters.

Well not really but I am going to start!

Well not really.

mackg

Redlion wrote: »

Old condoms...just give 'em a swing and they stick to the ceiling perfectly

One of my husemates had a drawer in his bedside locker where he threw used condoms, left them there when we moved out.

Agricola

No. The insane rip-off that is the Irish motor tax system leads me to detest it in such a fundamental way, that the idea of keeping tax discs as momentos would be laughable.

"Oh look, heres that tax disc from 2004 when I got the M3 and gave the government 1300 quid for the pleasure, " :mad:

Compton

its good for when you're selling to show the car hasnt been off the road..

Redlion

mackg wrote: »

One of my husemates had a drawer in his bedside locker where he threw used condoms, left them there when we moved out.

Sorry, I don't accept other people condoms, that's just disgusting :rolleyes:

policarp

If you're like Pat Kenny and want to claim
squatters rights then keep them for 12 years. . .

Degag

four18 wrote: »

For some reason I cant throw them away. When I renew the car tax (I normally just pay for 3 months) I slide the new tax disc in over the old one. I have 17 old ones in the pouch on the windscreen !. I am not the only one as I have seen loads more "Hoarders" recently. Anything pointless you keep ?

Why do you only pay for 3 months? I could understand if you were thinking of changing the car but you're only paying more by doing it all the time.

TouchingVirus

Degag wrote: »

Why do you only pay for 3 months? I could understand if you were thinking of changing the car but you're only paying more by doing it all the time.

Depending on the age of the car and the engine size (or emissions), the tax is probably too expensive to pay in one lump sum. Most people can afford 175 every 3 months, but ~600 in a lump sum might be a different story

On topic: Nope, ripped my old one up today and popped in the new one. Pointless to keep them IMO

Gandalph

Each tax disk is only a heart breaking reminder of the money you gave to the government for them to waste, Id rather not keep them.

Esel

I have two boxes on a shelf.

Box 1 is labelled 'Pieces of string long enough to keep'.

Box 2 is labelled 'Pieces of string not long enough to keep'.

They are both full, so I'm on the lookout for more boxes...

Degag

TouchingVirus wrote: »

Depending on the age of the car and the engine size (or emissions), the tax is probably too expensive to pay in one lump sum. Most people can afford 175 every 3 months, but ~600 in a lump sum might be a different story

On topic: Nope, ripped my old one up today and popped in the new one. Pointless to keep them IMO

Yep, price is another variable... doesn't really come to mind in my 1 litre banger though:pac:

im invisible

I used to keep old bus tickets, from when id been to cork or galway (or dublin, even...) for a weekend, then one day i was going through these shoe-boxes that i keep all my useless stuff in, and couldnt remember what gig i had been at, or what the reason was for keeping half of them, so they all went in the bin.

Ruu_Old

car tax? I just have the trusty Del Trotter method, 'tax in post' note. Lovely jubbly!

krudler

I had every cinema ticket from 1995-ish up intil about 2004, yeah I'm a giant movie nerd, no I dont care, I miss when cinemas had proper big tickets not the sh1tty reciept type ones they have now

Hank_Jones

I don't keep them, seeing as how they have lost their use, what with them being out of date and all.

I do the same with food, what a crazy world we live in.

Abi

New one comes in, I toss the old one out. Don't really understand why people keep them tbh.

four18

Degag wrote: »

Why do you only pay for 3 months? I could understand if you were thinking of changing the car but you're only paying more by doing it all the time.

I dont work unfortunatly and it takes me ages to even get that together. If I waited the extra month or two to have the full year amount I would probably get caught and incur a fine or two, thus, blowing the **** out of my astute financial planning !

CrazyRabbit

I can't even find my current disc. But since I'm a motorcyclist, I don't have to display it (well, legally I must, but in practice I don't have to).

stovelid

Yeah, I do for some weird reason.

phasers

No, that always drives me crazy when I notice it in other cars. Seems lazy.

stovelid

phasers wrote: »

No, that always drives me crazy when I notice it in other cars. Seems lazy.

Keep your eyes on the road.

Rubberlegs

Still have lots of birthday cards from when I was a child. Nice since grandparents, and some other relatives are dead now.
Hang on to the tax discs as well, when I got my car, the previous owner had left a bunch of them in pocket in window. So I'm just carrying on the tradition:o

weefarmer

Yeah I keep them too, donr know why but! To the person saying its silly paying every 3 months, I can just about afford to do 3 months at a time, but I always tax for 3 months, then drive at least a month sometimes 2 months without tax, so my car is only taxed for 7-8 months of every year max, so suits me perfect

Kojak

Ruu wrote: »

car tax? I just have the trusty Del Trotter method, 'tax in post' note. Lovely jubbly!

Great plan....

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