Hi all,

I have just brought a Octy vRS so will sadly be selling my Fab vRS but I'm not too sure what to do.

I have just taxed it until Sept next year

I want to get it cleaned up (seats) etc etc so I can get best price for it.

Due to work and family life I expect this will take me a couple of weeks

In the mean time I am thinking of SORN'ing it and claiming my tax back, and then when I advertise it tax it again for 6 months which from what I understand will automatically de-SORN it.

All this means I will get £25 from the tax (after re-taxing it)

So is it really worth it?

Any thoughts? it just seems dead money to sit there for a month or so before I sell it

Plus coming up to xmas will anyone buy a car? Another argument for SORN

BUT lol, what are chances of someone buying it while it is SORN and un-taxed on the bases that I will tax it for 6 months when they buy?

Sorry for the essay, opinions welcomed

Most people will want a taxed car.

you have an added complication now as well. Any currently taxed car must have a valid insurance policy attached to it, even if the car is out of use. So if you keep it taxed you will need 2 insurance policies, one for the octy and another for the fabia. This is a new requirement that came in a few months back.

But what will happen will I get a fixed pen through the post or have I actually got to be out on the road and spotted by an ANPR?

DVLA site

Having read all of this, I am fuming!

Yet again the DVLA screw the lid tighter on the honest motorist.

BUT -

Points to remember

To summarise if your vehicle is on the road it must be taxed and insured at all times or you may face a penalty.

The fab will be on my drive away from eyes.....will I be fined?

Either way the best thing is to SORN it but how the hell I am going to be able to sell a car that is SORN, I'm not, so I'm going to have to pay twice for insurance.

RUbbish

No, they just sent it thru the post when it flags up tax but no insurance

I would expect that anyone looking to buy the car would want a test drive. If you SORN it then it cannot legally go on the road and as I understand it, it is the driver that will get the fine if caught.

This is the problem now the rules have changed, it's fully ballache. (I'm in the same boat, car in garage, taxed but not insured, wanting to sell next month)

The dvla and there bright ideas again, but as per usual all they do is make things difficult for people that abide by the law

I thought even SORN vehicles needed insurance now?

Only if its taxed does it need insurance.

I thought even SORN vehicles needed insurance now?

So all cars have to be insured? Even track cars etc? lol

SORN vehicles do not require insurance. Taxed cars do..

Before you could have a vehicle that was taxed, and perhaps sat on your drive without insurance, but now if it's taxed it needs to be insured..

So all cars have to be insured? Even track cars etc? lol

If your car is SORNed it does not need insurance.

Most people I know who have built trials cars from old LR's have sent their V5's back to DVLA saying the car has been scrapped. End of problem.

If they have wanted to keep the LR for future restoration or somethinh, they renew the SORN each year. NONE OF THEM HAVE INSURANCE.

I SORN'd my Polo for a bit, and tried to insure it against theft as I knew it would be left on the driveway for a few months and for the sake of the £120 or whatever it costs, I'd be mad not too.

The insurance firm wouldn't touch an un-taxed car, so it seems the two things go hand-in-hand and could be worth considering if you were planning on keeping a TPFT policy running.

Don't forget - when you come to sell it, if it's not insured in its own right, then any test drives etc will be illegal (unless you/they get day cover).

It really is aload of rubbish!

Trig, are you saying you could not insure a SORN vehicle?

I do know there reason behind it but if you dont bother to insure the car in first place then i carnt see them been that bothered about getting a fine for it,

Its just to try and do the police's job for them but it wont stop the problem of uninsured cars on the road

are you saying you could not insure a SORN vehicle?

There are several insurance companies that do "Laid Up" insurance, often advertising in the Classic car world.

It really is aload of rubbish!

Trig, are you saying you could not insure a SORN vehicle?

With Admiral, yes. I don't doubt others will insure them, but I have no idea who they would be. It was only going to be for a month or so till we'd cleared the garage, so figured we'd ring up, change it to TPFT and not FT. Told them it was SORN, and they said no.

Given the short time frame and the area the car was being kept in, it didn't really seem worth the hassle of looking any further.