check your licences boys and girls
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check your licences boys and girls
I thought my new credit card type licence was valid til I was 70 turns out the photo has to be renewed every ten years and you can be fined if you miss out on doing it
more here .
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more here .
http://retrorides.proboards86.com/index ... 364&page=2
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Yeah, that really annoyed me too! I really regretted swapping my old tatty licence for the credit card version after I found that out.
Also - when you rent a car in the UK, they ask for the paper version as well, to see if you have any points. So really you need to carry both version with you ...
Tom
Also - when you rent a car in the UK, they ask for the paper version as well, to see if you have any points. So really you need to carry both version with you ...
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
Interesting Tom I still have the paper one only but unfortunately I got some points for going too fast in an urban area in April last and was under the impression at the end of the three years of their life I could buy a credit card style one so as to have a clean licence for (say) renting a car and not paying a premium on top.
Mick
Mick
Still Got my paper licence, its valid till 2049, and i'll very reluctanlty change it if ever at all.
Has still got all my previous speeding convictions on them but I don't care as they were so long ago its never effected my ability to hire stuff.
A paper licence will get you out of lots of trouble whilst on holiday in the USA especially for speeding.
The officer's comment when i said hey be carefull with that it's gotta last me till 2049 was " what in the hell is this shit???? I ain't never seen a licence like this!!!!!! "
He disappeared to his car for 5 mins and came back and let me off.
Has still got all my previous speeding convictions on them but I don't care as they were so long ago its never effected my ability to hire stuff.
A paper licence will get you out of lots of trouble whilst on holiday in the USA especially for speeding.
The officer's comment when i said hey be carefull with that it's gotta last me till 2049 was " what in the hell is this shit???? I ain't never seen a licence like this!!!!!! "
He disappeared to his car for 5 mins and came back and let me off.
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Two years ago I rented a car at Birmingham airport and only had the credit card style licence with me. They asked for the paper version so they could check up on my points - I have no idea where my paper version is anymore! So I had to pay a premium so they could ring the DVLA and check up on whether I had any points.mickt wrote:Interesting Tom I still have the paper one only but unfortunately I got some points for going too fast in an urban area in April last and was under the impression at the end of the three years of their life I could buy a credit card style one so as to have a clean licence for (say) renting a car and not paying a premium on top.
Good job they didn't ring Flensburg to enquire about my points in Germany Shows you how rediculous the whole thing is
I had real trouble renting a car in Germany with only my paper licence. That was part of the reason why I got the credit card version ...Chesh740R wrote:A paper licence will get you out of lots of trouble whilst on holiday in the USA especially for speeding.
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
CREDIT CARD
Hi everyone.
It seems strang hearing people talking about credit card licences.In this part of the UK we have had them since the mid 1980s.Befoe that we had kittle blue books.
Cheers Mark.
It seems strang hearing people talking about credit card licences.In this part of the UK we have had them since the mid 1980s.Befoe that we had kittle blue books.
Cheers Mark.