From: Willy Eckerslyke on
Mrcheerful wrote:

>> They seem to have improved that. I got a reminder on the 11th of Feb,
>> renewed online immediately and was surprised that it let me. This is a
>> big improvement as a reminder's no damned good if you have to put it
>> on one side until you forget it!
>
> Well, my flabber is gasted by that improvement, I had not tried in recent
> times having messed about for a good few minutes till I found out the two
> week before rule in the small print (a couple of years ago)

I just checked the confirmatory email, it was 11th of March not Feb, so
even further from the end of the month!

Application made on: 11/03/2010 14:37:34
Tax Disc Period: 12 months
Tax Disc Duty: �0.00

I suppose this might only apply to "historic vehicles" but it seems
unlikely.