Elephants never forget?

It seems that certain ones do. Elephant.co.uk to be precise

It would seem they have forgotten to post my cover note as it still didn’t arrive today.

They also seem to think that it costs £7 to send a letter by Royal Mail Special Delivery. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Ich don’t think so

Greatest Moment of 2008 so far - MY CAR IS FINALLY SOLD

Unbelieveable. After months and months of trying - and heafty advertising fees - my car is finally sold. I ended up having to take a fair bit less than I wanted but at least it is gone now and not going to cause me any more stress or cost me any more money. To say I am happy is an understatement.

The same day, I replaced it with an absoultely fantastic BMW 323i coupe which is in pristine condition. It was slightly more expensive than most cars its age but it is by far the cleanest example I have seen in a long time. This picture doesn’t do it justice plus I had just driven it 90 miles back in terrible weather so it got dirty

Unfortunately, due to unfathomably idiotic policies at the DVLA, it is still sat on my drive and I have had to get the stinking train, tram and shanks’s pony to get to work the last 3 days.

I have transferred the insurance to my name and I have sent the log book off, all I need to do now is to tax it - easier said than done so it seems. Woe betide anyone who dares pay their road tax slightly late - you will be publically flogged, fined 7 squillion pounds, then left to rot in jail for the rest of your days. I am actually TRYING to tax my car and I have been told point blank that I can’t. This is because:

• To tax it at the post office I need an insurance cover note - which hasn’t arrived yet. And for some hair brained reason they won’t accept a faxed copy from the insurer
• To tax it over the phone the DVLA need to have processed my log book - which I am told can take up to 3 weeks.

I telephoned the DVLA and explained the situation, and I was told that I could proceed no further as they have not processed my log book and there was absolutely no way round it. When I enquired as to why this was the case, I was told that it is because without doing this they won’t have an address to send the tax disk out to! Seriously, you could not make it up. I am on the phone, talking to the tax person and they say I cannot tax my car as they don’t have an address to send the tax disk out to. When I offered to provide one over the phone, I was spoken to as though I had suggested that the operator was an illegitimate child.

Proof, if ever it was needed, that unless there is a tick box for it on a form, Government departments are unable to do anything about anything at all