Am i reading this right?!!!

[Andy]

I have to renew my photo on my licence photocard this month.
dvla are charging me £20 for the privilage.
SO they WANT ME to send a new photo in AND PAY for it??
The country has gone mad.
Where does it end?? we will be paying for v5's next

[88ESR]

I have to renew my photo on my licence photocard this month.
dvla are charging me £20 for the privilage.
SO they WANT ME to send a new photo in AND PAY for it??
The country has gone mad.
Where does it end?? we will be paying for v5's next

Great, isn't it??

The only way you get it for nowt (I think) is when you change address...:(

[Andy]

Great, isn't it??

The only way you get it for nowt (I think) is when you change address...:(
I thought about that and i dont think its possible.

[88ESR]

I thought about that and i dont think its possible.

I forgot to change my address on my licence a while ago and it was only due to an Xmas police initiative a couple of years back that shocked me into action..

I sent the form, new photo and EVEN a cheque to cover the cost..

DVLA sent me the cheque back a week later saying they would take the hit for an address change..

I thought I was going to get a bollocking from them for leaving it for over four years after moving house...:)

[Stuart]

Can't you 'name' your house so the address is changed ? ;)

[Novasport]

I left it 7 years lol

[88ESR]

Can't you 'name' your house so the address is changed ? ;)

Clever....

[Novasport]

Just move back to the olds for a few months every ten years then move back. Just blame it on a moody missus!

[88ESR]

I left it 7 years lol

Well, that Xmastime, the police were nailing people left right and centre for every trivial thing, including discrepancies on licences..

I had a couple of 'moments' during that time where I narrowly missed being pulled into the roadside..

I would recommend to you all to change your addresses on your licences.....

[raf24]

I got the same letter the other day mate,because my photo is ten years old :confused:

[88ESR]

I got the same letter the other day mate,because my photo is ten years old :confused:

Basically just another 'tax' on the motorists...

[raf24]

Basically just another 'tax' on the motorists...

I know mate,if you do things legally you get shafted all the time

[thespannerman]

i am hating dvla at the min!

had the letter stating i needed to change my photo a month after changing my adress:mad:
just done my class 2 hgv licence, and got a digital tacho card £40
had to aplly for a logbook for my new nova because the eejit had lost it....£25:mad: thats put the cost up to £75 for a nova srlol

think ive sent my licence back to them 8 times this year:eek:

still need to sort out my private plate so i can sell it:cry:

[brainsnova]

I think I now look good on my new updated licence lol my old one would place me in a nova back in the day

[hendrix]

ive got mine to do still, should really get round to it bu t begrudge giving the doovla anything

spannerman, where abouts are you in scunny?

[Andy]

Quickly looking at the form it seems you have to pay the thing no matter what.
I wouldnt mind if it actually went somewhere to improving their service or the roads or summat.
Instead it just lines the governments sky rockets.

[Stuart]

The dvla costs a fortune to run, so I imagine most if not all the fees goto them to invent new ways of keeping Swansea employed lol

[brainsnova]

Road tax needs scrapped it's pointless in my eyes

[Andy]

Yeah but you never used to have to pay,i mean licences never even had photo's not so long back.
Might just knob it off and buy one off knock off nigel and plead ignorance lol

[thespannerman]

hendrix, im riddings end of town..just bought another to do up for work so might be ripping round town soon!

[Stuart]

Road tax needs scrapped it's pointless in my eyes

It was scrapped many many years ago..... And renamed vehicle excise duty, that way it doesn't have to be sent on the roads;)

[hendrix]

crafty barstewards

[Mazz]

I've just renewed mine online, they use the photo from your passport, saves messing around with forms and paying for photos etc

[Benn]

£20 every few years is a nice earner... Why wouldn't they charge.

[Hobbit]

Did mine a few months back. Needs updating every ten years. There is no way round it :(