Why you should get a decent tax disc holder!!

[loonymoon]

Driving to work to day I heard a pop and the back of my crappy Halfords "magnetic" cardboard tax disc holder fell off and dropped the disc onto the dash.. I couldn't get to it and as I drove it sunk further down. By the time I'd got to work it'd disappeared right under the glass where I could barely see it and certainly can't get to it.

I'm going to try with some tweezers at lunchtime, I can see it being a pig to get to though. So there's a warning for you!!

I've now ordered a decent metal disc holder on ebay!!

 

[Jonesy]

couldn't you have just stopped

 

[Guinness]

cud take glove box appart n see if u can get behind doubtfull though

 

[loonymoon]

couldn't you have just stopped

Was on the motorway. I stopped once I got to some quieter roads but by then it was right down where I couldn't get to it.

I think I should be able to get to it with tweezers as it's between the glass and the plastic of the dash - I can just see the very edge of it but the gaps too narrow to get my fingers in there.

 

[Ol' Timer]

That happened to me with a parking ticket. I think I ended up using a bit of masking tape, non-sticky side towards the window, and gently worked it down behind the ticket. It came out very easily then.

Good luck but don't blame me if you push it even further down!

 

[hon_n_gem]

the previous owner to my car lost a parking permit down there on my car too! i saw it flapping around. couldnt get my fingers in but i used a flat screwdriver and got it out by pulling it along the windscreen. <--- hope everyone understands

 

[Ant FR]

there was a guy on traffic cops the other night who said that his tax disc had fallen behind the dash. He got locked up the lieing scum.

Go get a tax disc you tight bar steward we know your fibbing...............lol

 

[loonymoon]

there was a guy on traffic cops the other night who said that his tax disc had fallen behind the dash. He got locked up the lieing scum.

Go get a tax disc you tight bar steward we know your fibbing...............lol

lol. I was actually wondering what would happen if the plod noticed!!

"Honest guv that little bit of paper that you can just about see is the tax disc that fell down!!". They can check on their system and see it's taxed but it's still " failure to display" I suppose!!

 

[depresion]

"Failure to display."

 

[rashcupra]

cant get to it??? girls and SOME men have tweezers dont they

 

[Guinness]

lol rash a was going 2 comment, personally I wud have thought wire coat hanger and tweesers wud not have came into my mind lol

 

[loonymoon]

cant get to it??? girls and SOME men have tweezers dont they

Phew I just managed to get the disc out.

I tried with tweezers (medical type long nosed ones we have at work) but the angle was wrong and I couldn't get at it. In the end I managed to push the plastic down enough to get the very tips of my fingers on the disc and pulled it out.

 

[loonymoon]

BTW I'm sure some of you know this anyway but I am a girl... but I don't carry tweezers around with me normally.

 

[Brummy]

Be careful with the alloy type ones too, the little stickies they use heat up on the glass and theres been a few times Ive had mine (no longer use) go flying across the dash as I go around a corner, come close to it flying out of the window a few times too...

 

[loonymoon]

Be careful with the alloy type ones too, the little stickies they use heat up on the glass and theres been a few times Ive had mine (no longer use) go flying across the dash as I go around a corner, come close to it flying out of the window a few times too...

Hmm, the one I'm getting is a Richbrook twist off one with the SEAT logo on it. I did a search on here before and found that people seemed to like that type.

 

[Ol' Timer]

Hmm, the one I'm getting is a Richbrook twist off one with the SEAT logo on it. I did a search on here before and found that people seemed to like that type.

I've had one of them for two years with no problems. You need to make sure the glass is really clean before you stick it on. Mind you, I never drive with the windows open anyway. I've got climate control so I'm going to get my money's worth and use it all the time.

 

[loonymoon]

I've had one of them for two years with no problems. You need to make sure the glass is really clean before you stick it on. Mind you, I never drive with the windows open anyway. I've got climate control so I'm going to get my money's worth and use it all the time.

Well I'm getting a new windscreen fitted on Monday as there's a big chip in my line of sight that they can't repair. So it should be fairly clean. Any hints what I should use to clean it? As some solutions leave residues.

 

[Ol' Timer]

Well I'm getting a new windscreen fitted on Monday as there's a big chip in my line of sight that they can't repair. So it should be fairly clean. Any hints what I should use to clean it? As some solutions leave residues.

I think I used methylated spirit on mine.

 

[Brummy]

I've had one of them for two years with no problems. You need to make sure the glass is really clean before you stick it on. Mind you, I never drive with the windows open anyway. I've got climate control so I'm going to get my money's worth and use it all the time.

My Mk4 has C.C .. but my lowly mk2 cupra doesn't ... and itds the mk2 that had the alloy one in.. now got a sticky one with a smiley face on < like that