Driving a just bought car home laws?

Bonesy.

So, whats the deal with driving a car home, from where you bought it, like if you got it off someone on adverts, making your back from limerick to dublin, without tax,insurance or nct, if you got stopped by the Guards, would you be arrested or what? cheers

sdanseo

You've a few days to tax and NCT it, as far as I know - you MUST be insured. That can be done over the phone with your insurance company, just pay them by card - but it has to be in order before you turn the key, no exceptions.

Have a receipt from the owner as evidence and keep their details handy in case you are stopped.

Cill Dara Abu

Yes of course you would be brought to court!

Silly question.

slinky2000

Bonesy. wrote: »

So, whats the deal with driving a car home, from where you bought it, like if you got it off someone on adverts, making your back from limerick to dublin, without tax,insurance or nct, if you got stopped by the Guards, would you be arrested or what? cheers

well at the very least get insurance, ring up your company and get it transfered.

I wouldn't worry about Tax/NCT. Just get a receipt thaqt you just bought the car and keep it with you for the journey home.

_Conrad_

Depending on the gard, you will probbaly get away with the lack of tax or test, the worst that has ever happened to me was a got a fine for the rax, it was €60 i think. As for no insurance, don't bother driving without it, the car will most likely be taken from you and towed away to an impound yard. You will be done for driving without insurance. If you currently have insurance you can transfer it over to the car you bought

Bonesy.

thanks for the answers, but sh1te no car for me so, no way I could get from Limerick to Dublin without seeing Guards, and they have them tv things now that automatically scans reg's and says no insurance and all..

TestTransmission

Bonesy. wrote: »

thanks for the answers, but sh1te no car for me so, no way I could get from Limerick to Dublin without seeing Guards, and they have them tv things now that automatically scans reg's and says no insurance and all..

eh,,,you could go get some insurance?

Mycroft H

Or just temp transfer your current insurance??? Usually costs nothing but maybe a small admin fee.....

Bonesy.

any other car I would, but its an IMPREZA /: im just gonna have it in the yard for a year doing it up, making it a ok for the nct and such, then I'll get insurance

challengemaster

Then get a trailer and something to tow it with...

_Conrad_

Bonesy. wrote: »

any other car I would, but its an IMPREZA /: im just gonna have it in the yard for a year doing it up, making it a ok for the nct and such, then I'll get insurance

Then you'll be extra f*cked so if you're caught uninsured in that type of car.
Surely you must know someone else who'd be able to transfer insurance onto it and bring it back for you? A relative or older/more insurable friend?

Bonesy.

_Conrad_ wrote: »

Then you'll be extra f*cked so if you're caught uninsured in that type of car.
Surely you must know someone else who'd be able to transfer insurance onto it and bring it back for you? A relative or older/more insurable friend?

thanks for all this help and yeh I'm sure I could talk one of them into it
but how much are we talking for tow fees?

Voodoomelon

If you can't get, or aren't willing to get insurance for it now, whats going to change in a years time? It's still going to be just as expensive?

Hal1

Non display of tax, nct or insurance? what do you think would happen if stopped. That's just irresponsible.

_Conrad_

Bonesy. wrote: »

thanks for all this help and yeh I'm sure I could talk one of them into it
but how much are we talking for tow fees?

Potentally large amounts, a friend had her car taken recently due to a mistake made by her insurance company, long story but someone filled in the wrong details, the car was impounded and the charge was well into the hundreds after a couple of days. The impound was something like 45 per day and the towing 120 (i think), it took a few days to sort out the confusion.
Normally to get it back you'd need to prove it was booked for a test, currently taxed and that there was a valid insurance policy covering it

Bonesy.

_Conrad_ wrote: »

Potentally large amounts, a friend had her car taken recently due to a mistake made by her insurance company, long story but someone filled in the wrong details, the car was impounded and the charge was well into the hundreds after a couple of days. The impound was something like 45 per day and the towing 120 (i think), it took a few days to sort out the confusion.
Normally to get it back you'd need to prove it was booked for a test, currently taxed and that there was a valid insurance policy covering it

sh1tee..thats alot of things. there is however another car in Fingal, northside I think? would the procedure of driving back from Fingal to Dundrum be easier, maybe no Guards? should I just chance my arm..

TestTransmission

Bonesy. wrote: »

should I just chance my arm..

I really dunno what you want here fella,do you want someone to tell ya to break the law?It's your life, if you wanna risk ****ing it up, go ahead and do so.

_Conrad_

Bonesy. wrote: »

sh1tee..thats alot of things. there is however another car in Fingal, northside I think? would the procedure of driving back from Fingal to Dundrum be easier, maybe no Guards? should I just chance my arm..

No, and no. Do not do that. You can never be sure there will be "no gards", small local village to me, there's hardly been anything out of order there in a hundred years apart from one young lad about 10 years a back threatening to jum off the roof of the shop, and nobody had ever seen a garda checkpoint, then one night there was and about 15 local auld lads and farmers got done for drink driving and lack of tax, various things, about 20 minutes after pub closing time. plus if you crashed you're proper f*cked

Bonesy.

Good point..

Bonesy.

im actually AFRAID to get the car at this stage..:pac:

_Conrad_

Bonesy. wrote: »

im actually AFRAID to get the car at this stage..:pac:

ah... good. The best advice i could give is that if you can't do it without having to be in fear of getting in trouble don't do it until you can do it properly. Do you know anyone with a trailer licence who could hire a trailer to tow it or if they had a car transport trailer give you a hand moving it? Bit expensive i know but far less expensive then getting the car taken and/or going to court

Paarse Krokodil

challengemaster wrote: »

Then get a trailer and something to tow it with...

and get an E+B license, insurance for your trailer, etc.

The law is a pain

MugMugs

Eh. Don't do it because of the Gardai. Do it because its morally wrong. Your out of line driving with no insurance. what if you hit somebody? What then?

Find somebody with a third parry extension and get them to drive the car back or go without.

Kev_ps3

quick question, im going to see a car tomorrow, if I decide to buy it can I just ring my insurance company and transfer my insurance then and there or do I have to give them a days notice?

MugMugs

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

quick question, im going to see a car tomorrow, if I decide to buy it can I just ring my insurance company and transfer my insurance then and there or do I have to give them a days notice?

You can do it via the phone.

Paarse Krokodil

MugMugs wrote: »

Eh. Don't do it because of the Gardai. Do it because its morally wrong. Your out of line driving with no insurance. what if you hit somebody? What then?

Find somebody with a third parry extension and get them to drive the car back or go without.

Then you either pay for the damage yourself or get yourself into an awful load of trouble and the claim is paid out of the "National moneypot for people hit by uninsured drivers" (not official name)

Its risky, illegal but wouldn't go so far as to say its morally wrong. Compulsory car insurance has only been around for half as long as cars have been around.

Nforce

MugMugs wrote: »

You can do it via the phone.

Yep...I got a lift to Kilkenny Friday evening to buy a car. Transferred over the insurance at 7pm over the phone and drove the new car home. Wouldn't dream of risking driving without insurance cover.

MugMugs

Paarse Krokodil wrote: »

Then you either pay for the damage yourself or get yourself into an awful load of trouble and the claim is paid out of the "National moneypot for people hit by uninsured drivers" (not official name)

Its risky, illegal but wouldn't go so far as to say its morally wrong. Compulsory car insurance has only been around for half as long as cars have been around.

Are you for real ?

It's illegal to start with.

Pay for it yourself ? What if you cause some serious injury to an innocent member of the public ? Do you have the money it would take to compensate a paraplegic for the full time care they will require ?

And it is Morally Wrong. If you drive a vehicle with no insurance knowing it has no insurance then you're out of line. You have no regard for other road users or pedestrians, cyclists etc...

To think that it is ok because the MIBI will stump up the costs is just incredible and beyond belief.

And by the way, We didnt always drive at 75MPH either nor did we have a good grasp on the consequences of motor cars.

Grow up and wise up, if you do this and get caught I really do hope you get the book thrown at you.

EPM

Please don't condone illegal activity. This is getting silly.

OP, your question has been answered. What you do is your own business but as mentioned it's illegal.

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