SORN for 1 week?

virgin_moneysaver

Sold my car on Fleabay on the w/e - picking up our new car tomorrow when the insurance will t/f to it - have been contacted by the buyer to say he can't collect the car I sold until next Tuesday - this means it will be sat on my drive for a week uninsured - which is now against the law. Directgov say nothing about a grace period in this instance & if I SORN it, they will acknowledge in 4 weeks which by that time they probably will also receive the change of ownership details. Has anybody else come up against this problem & what is the answer, do I or can I get insurance for 7 days?

wealdroam

virgin_moneysaver wrote: »

Sold my car on Fleabay on the w/e - picking up our new car tomorrow when the insurance will t/f to it - have been contacted by the buyer to say he can't collect the car I sold until next Tuesday - this means it will be sat on my drive for a week uninsured - which is now against the law. Directgov say nothing about a grace period in this instance & if I SORN it, they will acknowledge in 4 weeks which by that time they probably will also receive the change of ownership details. Has anybody else come up against this problem & what is the answer, do I or can I get insurance for 7 days?

Why not ask the current owner, i.e. your buyer, if he would like to insure it?

keystone

Put a car cover over it. Then the DVLA ANPR vehicle can't read the plate and if they can't read the plate they can't check it against the database. Boys in blue won't be interested in it anyway if its not on't road. Simples.

Cheers

virgin_moneysaver

Is that the only way that the DVLA find out about uninsured cars? - or have they access to some sort of database that lets them know when insurance lapses on a particular vehicle

dodders

If you declare the car SORN you don't need insurance and Yes you can insure the car from 1-28 days ,try Ecar

Gloomendoom

dodders wrote: »

If you declare the car SORN you don't need insurance and Yes you can insure the car from 1-28 days ,try Ecar

But he will have to surrender the tax disc. Which means that the new owner will have to get that sorted before he drives the car away.

I thought these new rules weren't supposed to inconvenience the law abiding majority.

virgin_moneysaver

as suggested I've emailed him to check when he's starting the insurance - otherwise I'm gonna have to fork out for a weeks insurance - not happy:mad:

Gloomendoom

virgin_moneysaver wrote: »

as suggested I've emailed him to check when he's starting the insurance - otherwise I'm gonna have to fork out for a weeks insurance - not happy:mad:

That will cost you. If the new owner doesn't want to insure it straight away, why don't you just SORN it, hand the tax disc in and let the new owner worry about the tax. That's assuming the tax wasn't included as part of the deal. Even if it was, it might be cheaper for you to SORN it anyway, hand the disc in and knock a few quid off the price of the car to compensate.

wealdroam

virgin_moneysaver wrote: »

as suggested I've emailed him to check when he's starting the insurance - otherwise I'm gonna have to fork out for a weeks insurance - not happy:mad:

It's not your job to insure it. You've sold the thing.

Surely it's the new owner's responsibility to insure it?

Send him another email reminding him that he needs to insure it from tomorrow.

spiro

The key question here is - has he paid for the car? If he has its down to him in case anything happens to it, if he hasn't its down to you unless you are prepared to take the risk of anything happening and you then not being insured and therefore paid out. Simples

Invalidation

Its isnt your car any more, you arent responsible for it. let the new buyer worry abouyt it as long as you have sent the V% off with the date of sale.