The big difference is when you buy a second hand vehicle, because the tax disc is non transferable, so when you buy the vehicle you can't legally drive it home until you have bought tax. The days of rolling up with a wad of cash and driving it away have gone.
They should have a 7 day grace period. There are also suggestions of significant extra revenue for the govt from people who miss the renewal because they don't have the visual reminder of a disc in the windscreen.
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1990 Landcruiser H60. Full rebuild completed 2014
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