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Title: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: cube on 22 January 2011, 12:12:06
Just got a letter from the DVLA, it's time for me to update by driving licence. Every 10 years apparently  ::)

Only £20.00 to do plus extra cost if i go to the local post office for them to do photo  :o :o :o :o

I've not even changed !!!! (apart from a bit of grey hair  ;D)

Got to think of a way of getting out of paying, change address ???? :'(
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Webby the Bear on 22 January 2011, 12:35:16
im afraid it is all a rip off mate..... having said that ill be glad tp update my license (got to do it next year) as my photo is awful  ;D

Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Danny on 22 January 2011, 15:31:37
i changed address 2 years ago so i'm ok for a while, might change address again in just under 8 years :y
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Jimbob on 22 January 2011, 15:53:32
im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Richgm on 22 January 2011, 16:30:24
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im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y
Me too  :y
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: tunnie on 22 January 2011, 16:39:52
just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(
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Post by: henryd on 22 January 2011, 16:42:19
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just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(

our household needs three new ones this year,bloody expensive >:(
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Varche on 22 January 2011, 16:45:41
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just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(

CHEAP. Because I live abroad mine cost 175 euros to renew via the Brit Consulate in Madrid! About £145. Rip off Britain reaches out.
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: tunnie on 22 January 2011, 16:49:03
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just wait until you need a new passport like i do, £77.50  :(

CHEAP. Because I live abroad mine cost 175 euros to renew via the Brit Consulate in Madrid! About £145. Rip off Britain reaches out.

Compared with a Turkish mate its cheap too, £170 odd for him, but its still £77.50 I could spend on fuel for my bike  :(
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 22 January 2011, 17:18:49
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im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y

Same here. 8-) :y
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Tony H on 22 January 2011, 20:35:38
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im lucky enough to still have a paper license, so no extra 'drivers tax' for me  :y

Same here. 8-) :y

And here, one advantage of being on of the older bretheren :y
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Webby the Bear on 22 January 2011, 20:39:45
are u allowed to still have a paper license? i know at the start of the cards you you cud keep paper license if you didnt have to amend anything (like addresses). as theyve been in a while though i would have thought everyone wud have to have one?
 :)

Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: btc on 22 January 2011, 20:57:07
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i changed address 2 years ago so i'm ok for a while, might change address again in just under 8 years :y
The renewal is from the date of first issue not the last change of address sorry the renewal date is on the card
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Jimbob on 22 January 2011, 21:50:10
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are u allowed to still have a paper license? i know at the start of the cards you you cud keep paper license if you didnt have to amend anything (like addresses). as theyve been in a while though i would have thought everyone wud have to have one?
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nope, if you have an 'old style' you can keep it forever, unless you need to change any details.
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Richgm on 22 January 2011, 22:14:37
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nope, if you have an 'old style' you can keep it forever, unless you need to change any details.

Without looking I think mine runs out when I turn 70. Only another 28 years to go  :o :D
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Andy B on 22 January 2011, 23:50:35
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Vamps on 23 January 2011, 00:00:47
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are u allowed to still have a paper license? i know at the start of the cards you you cud keep paper license if you didnt have to amend anything (like addresses). as theyve been in a while though i would have thought everyone wud have to have one?
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Must be, swmbo has one and has just had 3 penalty points (for a crime she did not commit) hand written on by the Court..... :) :)
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Vamps on 23 January 2011, 00:01:56
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

Maths was never your strong point..... :D :D :D
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Andy B on 23 January 2011, 00:11:40
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

Maths was never your strong point..... :D :D :D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: mantagte on 23 January 2011, 00:16:17
28 years for me  too
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Post by: mantagte on 23 January 2011, 00:19:11

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y[/quote]

is that a hint that it your birthday today
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Andy B on 23 January 2011, 00:23:35
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Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

is that a hint that it your birthday today
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Moi? ..............  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)  ;D  ;D  ;D

and I'm in work in the morning too (my shift  - not OT  :()
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Andy B on 23 January 2011, 22:53:29
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

I was thinking about this today.
I must've been very tired when I did my sums last night. I was 5 years out!  :-[ :-[ :-[

I've just under 21 yrs now before my licence runs out.  ::) ::)
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Vamps on 23 January 2011, 22:58:32
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

I was thinking about this today.
I must've been very tired when I did my sums last night. I was 5 years out!  :-[ :-[ :-[

I've just under 21 yrs now before my licence runs out.  ::) ::)

I did point that out to you..... :D :D :D
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Andy B on 23 January 2011, 23:04:44
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

I was thinking about this today.
I must've been very tired when I did my sums last night. I was 5 years out!  :-[ :-[ :-[

I've just under 21 yrs now before my licence runs out.  ::) ::)

I did point that out to you..... :D :D :D

I know that now.  ;D ;D ;D I needed my bed,  :y even though I'd to be out of it again by 0615  :(
Title: Re: DVLA rip off !!
Post by: Vamps on 23 January 2011, 23:08:26
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 Only another 28 years to go  :o :D

Just 26yrs (& 10 mins) for me  :y  :y

I was thinking about this today.
I must've been very tired when I did my sums last night. I was 5 years out!  :-[ :-[ :-[

I've just under 21 yrs now before my licence runs out.  ::) ::)

I did point that out to you..... :D :D :D

I know that now.  ;D ;D ;D I needed my bed,  :y even though I'd to be out of it again by 0615  :(

 :D :D :y