MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Broomy on March 24, 2014, 01:17:29 pm
As above my tax disc fell out of the holder & down the dash whilst cleaning the windscreen... doh! Is it gone forever or is there any easy solution to get it out? Cheers.
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: xjay1337 on March 24, 2014, 01:21:20 pm


Hahahaha

No I'd say not without taking the dash out.. not a quick or easy job!
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: rich83 on March 24, 2014, 01:22:18 pm
Fold up a piece of a4 paper in half (make it a5)... and then slide the 'V' in from the center of the car and move it to the left. That how I got mine out  :happy2:
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Broomy on March 24, 2014, 01:26:57 pm
I'd pay for a new disc before taking the dash out lol

Will try the paper method & see how I get on cheers.
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: chrisr763 on March 24, 2014, 01:31:13 pm
Roll on October when they are exterminated!  :love:
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: G40will on March 24, 2014, 01:54:48 pm
Roll on October when they are exterminated!  :love:

Yes!
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: stuart-88 on March 24, 2014, 02:11:56 pm
I paid about £18 for the fast GTI disc holder about a week before they announced getting rid of it  :congrats:
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Jomty on March 24, 2014, 05:49:26 pm
Haha, oh dear! Reminds me of the bloke I saw at work once who had lost his, very nice new,  very thin Motorola (few years ago) down the vents in his van!
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Broomy on March 24, 2014, 06:53:57 pm
Well paper trick didn't work :( but on the bright side it's only £7 for a replacement.
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: burger187 on March 24, 2014, 07:42:53 pm
Lol, same thing happened to me, took me about 20 minutes to get out with abit of card and paper, u need to try to wedge it between the card and paper and slowly pick it up
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Tortaruga on March 24, 2014, 08:14:34 pm
Try a vacuum cleaner.
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: bacillus on March 24, 2014, 08:23:06 pm
If this happened to me I would try using a thin but bendable bit of cardboard, put a strip of detailing tape with it's sticky side facing outwards on one edge. Push the 'sticky' edge into the gap and hopefully the disc will stick to the exposed sticky surface allowing its retrieval.
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: betty_swollox on March 24, 2014, 08:29:49 pm
I would just leave it, if anyone checks the car for having no tax disc, surely it'll say that  you have the car taxed?

Or do you get fined if you dont display it?
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: bacillus on March 24, 2014, 08:57:48 pm
I would just leave it, if anyone checks the car for having no tax disc, surely it'll say that  you have the car taxed?

Or do you get fined if you dont display it?


Highway code states that your tax disc must be visible in the left lower part of windscreen.
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Broomy on March 25, 2014, 11:37:03 pm
No chance with a vacuum the space is just too tight, think I may gave pushed it further down trying the paper trick ffs! Tried post it notes with no joy too. Tbh it's worth £7 to stop me getting pulled by the 5-O although I could argue that it is visible in the VERY bottom left corner :p
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: burger187 on March 25, 2014, 11:52:44 pm
No chance with a vacuum the space is just too tight, think I may gave pushed it further down trying the paper trick ffs! Tried post it notes with no joy too. Tbh it's worth £7 to stop me getting pulled by the 5-O although I could argue that it is visible in the VERY bottom left corner :p
i did the same to mine, but u have to keep trying, i push it down that i could barely see the edge of the tax disc from the outside, but my patience paid off
Title: Re: Tax Disc Fallen Down Dash / Windscreen Vents
Post by: Nodz on March 26, 2014, 06:36:18 am
I would just leave it, if anyone checks the car for having no tax disc, surely it'll say that  you have the car taxed?

Or do you get fined if you dont display it?


Highway code states that your tax disc must be visible in the left lower part of windscreen.

And a fixed penalty notice for not displaying it or not displaying it correctly.

£7 for a replacement one
https://www.gov.uk/apply-duplicate-tax-disc