OK, I have a little problem...I will try to keep it brief and to-the-point...
I need to tax a vehicle I do not drive and am trying to sell. Since we have no driveway, I have to keep it on a public road. I am not insured to drive the vehicle since my policy only covers me for my main vehicle(the one I use at the moment). The problem is that as I understand it, you can't get a tax disc without producing a valid insurance certificate (which obviously I do not have). I can't SORN the vehicle since, as stated before, we have driveway... what can I do?
Any help gratefully appreciated - also, is there any delay in the DVLA sending out the £80 fine or is it sent the day after the tax expires?
many thanks people,
~J
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Your doomed man, your doomed.....
The vehicle is untaxed on a public road and SORN will not change that. SORN covers your possession off road un taxed.
Possible solutions:
(1) Have you a friend/relative where you can lodge the vehicle off road and declare SORN?
(2) Have a word with an Insurance Broker as to the possibilites of a short term Insurance which may be costly.
The computor cull works something like this.
Tax expires 30.4.04.
No tax or Sorn declared.
1.6.04 DVLA do a computor check find that the vehicle is untaxed/no SORN so sends out the 80 note fine. (Forty to you Sir for prompt payment)
Dont believe it if someone says put the wheels on roller skates/bricks so it is off the road.
Funny that HMG and DVLA have not hit on the idea of having a short term Licence with no fuss to help people out of some difficulties and abide by the law, but there again a vehicle on the road needs to be Insured.
DVD
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what more can one say....DVLA swooped on some of my clients' cars last week. Harsh but fair - especially the one who SORN'd it and used it to go to work in....
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that's gutting - I know which way I won't be voting come the next election, that's for sure! I have no problems about paying for tax on a vehicle I am keeping on a public road, but I just begrudge paying lots of money to insure it when it won't even be going anywhere! Does anyone else agree that it's a little unfair? I have an insurance certificate for my other car which I do use so could I take that to the post office with me and hope that they don't notice the "this policy does not allow the policyholder to drive other vehicles" bit?
thanks for the help anyway - if anyone else has any ideas to get me out of this fix, please do not hesitate to say!
~J
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Speak to your insurer and see if they would be sympathetic about extending a month's cover to both cars? Most are pretty good about it. Find another insurer who would be willing to insure you and then let you cancel based on the number of days' insurance you would be willing to have? Auction the car?
Don't forget that, with no insurance in force, if you're having difficulty in taxing it, why would a prospective buyer want to pay you money in order to go through the same rigmarole? Anyway, why should you be able to leave your car on the road, potentially going for test drives and/or using it aside from the main policy, without any tax or insurance?
As for letting this influence your vote - don't, because while this government hasn't been particularly friendly to the motorist, these rules have nothing to do with party politics.
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I just begrudge paying lots of money to insure it when it won't even be going anywhere! Does anyone else agree that it's a little unfair?
No!
What if someone crashes into your car and gets killed?
If it is proved that you were negligent, are you able to pay the considerable damages resulting?
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Sell it quickly before the tax runs out??? I'd personally give the car a wash and brush up and either take it to a local dealer for cash or bung it in an auction to get it out of the way.
teabelly
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It depends what it's worth, how desperately you want to sell it.
Solutions:
1) Tell the local dealer to take it, PDQ, and sell it for anything he can get.
2) get short-term insurance, tax it, sell it with the tax or get a refund
3) Scrap it. Get the Council to remove it, or pay a scrapman.
4) Move it to a friend's place, off the road.
5) Take an enormous risk, and do nothing, or an even bigger risk and declare SORN.
But why on earth are you in this position? Didn't you know the rules when you got your new car and let the tax lapse on the old one?
Fair or not, the rules are there and have been well-publicised. Doing nothing and just letting things happen is not an option nowadays.
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