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Car Insurance VS SORN when selling privately

Hello,

My mom is selling a car, her insurance runs out tonight at midnight (but i still have all day so im not panicing too much). I know that it must have constant insurance or be declared SORN with the new rules.

Her auto-renewal quote is £189 for 12 months with RAC (fully comp up to 5000miles), we called them up to try and get a laid-up 0 mile insurance and was quoted £225.

Does anyone have any advice on getting a zero mile / permanently garaged / off road insurance?

My other option is to SORN it, (ive only just got a new 6month tax disc aswell to sell the car with). If I was to SORN it luckily I have private land to offer a test drive, however, if someone buys the car they wont be able to drive away until their insurance certificate comes through a theyll need it to re-tax the car.

This new law is really annoying me!! Hope some can help.

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To sum up I need insurance for ZERO miles, so I can avoid declaring SORN so when purchased the buyer has no hassle of getting it taxed.

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Thanks, hope someone can understand and help!
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  • serena
    serena Posts: 2,387 Forumite
    Exactly the same situation here. We've just insured for a month, for £50, as an additional car on an existing policy.
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  • tobybowes
    tobybowes Posts: 409 Forumite
    Even £50 is expensive for 1 month, its just crazy...
    I was going to just insure it but then also realised the insurance cancelation costs
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