Best way to transport uninsured car

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Herzlos wrote: »

For little more than £30 you can probably find someone locally with a car trailer who'll move it half a mile for you. Check local papers for recovery firms for instance, or local scrap yards, car workshops, plant hire places or even friendly farmers.

I wouldn't bother with any insurance/MOT scheme to drive it yourself; the consequences of it going wrong are far too severe.

I agree with this. Put an ad request on Gumtree, local Facebook selling type groups etc, someone with a trailer will do it locally for £30 of folding in the back pocket.

Bantex_2

Dismantle the the car and take it bit by bit.

mared_2

how did you get on? thought this was a very interesting question. I got nicked on the way to an MOT..had to pay a release fee even tho I had stopped to call the garage for directions!!

PS Total cost for my little excursion....£250 ++ a load of time.

Jamie_Carter

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Have you got a mate who would drive it on his third party?

The car has to be insured to be on the road. The third party cover that a mate might have, only makes up for the fact that they aren't named on the insurance policy for the car.

andy111

mared wrote: »

how did you get on? thought this was a very interesting question. I got nicked on the way to an MOT..had to pay a release fee even tho I had stopped to call the garage for directions!!

PS Total cost for my little excursion....£250 ++ a load of time.

Was the vehicle properly booked in for the MOT?
Did the garage deny it?

Did the police ring the garage or visit?

PasturesNew

I'd walk the route between the two - and the surrounding roads, looking for somebody that had a suitable looking trailer in their front garden/driveway - then knock on their door and ask if they'd take it for me.

Next step would be to get quotes from local garages to move it.

Then, price depending, make a choice.

londonTiger

There needs to be insurance on the car for someone to be able to use their third party cover for it.

You could get a towing contractor that normally extract unauthorised parked cars to move it. But I think there's a "getting out of bed" minimum amount so they're probably going to want at least £100 for it.

The hardest part of the job is lifting and unloading - the actual driving is not much of an issue for them (apart from time).

PasturesNew

mared wrote: »

I got nicked on the way to an MOT..had to pay a release fee even tho I had stopped to call the garage for directions!!

PS Total cost for my little excursion....£250 ++ a load of time.

Legally, I always understood that if you "had booked the MoT in at the garage and were driving STRAIGHT there (e.g. not dropping somebody off somewhere, not doing a school run en-route, not popping into the shop for milk) and if you were insured (of course) then it's not nickable.

Mark_Mark

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

The car has to be insured to be on the road. The third party cover that a mate might have, only makes up for the fact that they aren't named on the insurance policy for the car.

No it doesn't, you only need third party cover.

If what you say is true trade insurance is worthless.

Mark_Mark

londonTiger wrote: »

There needs to be insurance on the car for someone to be able to use their third party cover for it.

You could get a towing contractor that normally extract unauthorised parked cars to move it. But I think there's a "getting out of bed" minimum amount so they're probably going to want at least £100 for it.

The hardest part of the job is lifting and unloading - the actual driving is not much of an issue for them (apart from time).

Since when have you been the insurance oracle?