DVLA

I have always wanted to like the DVLA and always hoped it would be a great service, however I much have been dreaming! Everything I have done to do with the DVLA over the past year has been such a hassle. At the moment I am in the middle of trying to purchase a new car - sounds easy enough - and buying a new car should be a lovely experience and I am sure I should be a little be excited. Well unfortunately that excitment has worn off. In order for me to drive my new car away with a private reg plate on VW needed to send off a transfer form and obviously get the car taxed. Apparently this usually takes up to 10 working days. I thought this was fine - ...  Read the complete review

I recently used the DVLA website to apply for a tax disc, and this is the first time I have done so. I was very impressed. As soon as the Tax disc reminder came through the post, all I had to do was go online, to the DVLA website, then enter the reference number on the reminder. The website was able to check all my insurance and MOT details on line and all I had to do was enter payment details. There was a £2.50 charge for using a credit card, but this was no big deal as it had saved me a great deal of time and effort. I used to have to dig out my insurance and MOT certificate, then head to the Post office, wait in long queues for my Tax disc, ...  Read the complete review

I passed my driving test almost 10 years ago and haven't really had too many dealings with the DVLA. Apart from moving house a couple of times and having to send my licence back to them to change the address, which to their credit was a seamless and quick process. However the one major thing I want to bring to peoples attention is the possibility that you may have to renew your licence in the near future. Even though on he back of your photo card it says that your licence expires when you are 70, there is also a license valid from section 4a and licence valid until 4b on there also which only lasts for 10 years. This means that if it is past the valid date then you ...  Read the complete review

The DVLA - well the number plate department!! Where to start - when I was 16 years old I thought the DVLA were the best people in the world, why you ask because I was less than a year away from getting my driving licence, and they would provide me with my freedom. Which they did. Since then however my opinion has changed slightly. For my twenty-first birthday I got a personalised number plate. It's great, I love material things although appreciate the things around me, like friends, family and the security I get from them when I need them. I am in no way an airhead, I have travelled quite a lot and totally appreciate where I come from and that a ...  Read the complete review

When I passed my driving test back in 1999 I got one of the new photocard style licences that came with a paper counterpart, as they were introduced in July 1998. I found the photocard licence useful to carry around in my wallet as I don't look my age and would inevitably get asked for ID in pubs and clubs. However, I didn't realise that the photocards expired after 10 years as the photo needs to be renewed! Luckily my brother sent an email to my whole family, warning us that if the photocards weren't renewed then it was an offence carrying a maximum £1,000 fine! Well I couldn't check the expiry date on my photocard as I'd recently lost it, but I ...  Read the complete review