36mpg in the golf the insurance gave me, not driving like a granny either, can get 45+ and i checked the tax toady on it - NIL!

Don't most hire companies take the disc out? It's to stop people nicking them and selling them on.


The should leave a copy in the car incase you get pulled over by the police.

Its a known practice to remove it, I would always ask for it, or have it written that they will pay any fines recieved

it's a legal requirement to display the original at all times, the car shouldn't be on the road if it isn't there. it is the registered keepers responsibility to make sure it is displayed. i'm used literally hundreds of hire cars and never known one not to have tax displayed. not doubting your comment at all, just pointing out that it's a bad practice.

I had seen it on one of the police camera style programs. They had pulled one over and after the police contacted the hire company the hire company said it was standard procedure to remove them to stop thefts.

yeah as micky said it's not against the law.

If they are a fleet car they don't need to display anything other then the VIN number and registration.

police can use the ANPR camera to detect it'sa fleet regestered car and there for all cars are by bulk insured and taxed with the DVLA.

this applys for personalised number plates too, fleets can have minimum of 3 letters and 1 number.

as apposed to standard car where now i beleive the legal requirment is in this order 2 letters, 2 numbers, three letters.

reason being is a fleet car has it's on regestration policy like alan sugar his car is regestered as Sugar 1.

I beleive fleet/ hire cars are the only ones that can get away with it as neither driver will be the regestered owner or have his/her own insurance on that vehicle.

Taxi's, or any other commercial vehicles must show tax and have valid insurance.

Normal cars can have very few letters/numbers on the numberplate (unless im confusing what you mean with something else?)

Seen a car with BT 1 as number plate
Also you get the numberplates F1,A1,M1

Nah thats not right- the only thing you can't do is make your car look newer like me putting an 07 plate on my 06 car. You can make it look older if you wish (05 plate on my 06)

Not sure on the other requirments; generally i always though it was either A12 BCD
or AB12 CDE
but then as adam says i've seen one's with one number and 3 letters or 1 number and 1 letter- all sorts!

The only thing you defo can't do to your car is make it look newer than it is

my uncles brand new merc is "POT 83" he's had the plate on every car since the 80's

Sorry to change the subject, but just got 36pmg from the for the first time

does anyone find the second half of the tank goes down much quicker than the first?

Yup, the first bar (if you've got a pre-facelift with the digital fuel gauge) takes much longer to go down than any of the others.