test driving a sorn car

Iceweasel

Even if your insurance does specifically on the certificate allow 'driving other cars' if you read carefully it says not belonging to the insured - so it's only other peoples' cars - not other cars that you own.

Captaincodpiece

megthedog wrote: »

Thanks so much lungboy. The car is taxed until September but researching on the Internet it says if it's not insured it has to be sorned and the tax handed in. As we all have insurance which covers us third party on other vehicles I just wondered whether this would be sufficient

No the car needs to be insured.

mattyprice4004

davetrousers wrote: »

The OP never mentioned SORN in their original post. Tax is not the query, insurance is.

You don't read thread titles then?

Captaincodpiece

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

You don't read thread titles then?

Dave's an exception to most men. No brains in his trousers.

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Captaincodpiece wrote: »

It ain't sorn'd then. So needs to be insured.

That's correct.

Under CIE (Continuous Insurance Enforcement) Regulations, you can no longer keep an uninsured vehicle taxed.

heartbreak_star wrote: »

I didn't think a vehicle could be taxed and SORN'ed at the same time?

HBS x

It can't.

[Deleted User]

davetrousers wrote: »

The OP never mentioned SORN in their original post. Tax is not the query, insurance is.

If the car is uninsured, then it has to be SORNd, which will automatically cancel the VED.

Failing to SORN an uninsured vehicle, is a an offence.

[Deleted User]

megthedog wrote: »

The car is taxed until September

It's not taxed until September.

The moment you declare SORN, the VED is cancelled, and any complete months are automatically refunded to you.

You may still physically have a Licence Disc in the window, but it is no longer valid.

force_ten

megthedog wrote: »

Instead of negative replies (obviously SORN is alien to me) has anyone got anything useful to suggest please, as obviously I'm trying to do everything legally & above board.

What i did with my last car was transfer my insurance to my new car and then when it came to selling the old car I rang the insurance company and added my old car to my insurance for a period of one week

this allowed me to take the car out for a test drive and I also delivered the car to the new owner

it cost me very little to add a second car to my insurance for a short period and could be the answer to your problem, give your insurance provider a ring and ask them if this is an option

mgdavid

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

It's not taxed until September.

The moment you declare SORN, the VED is cancelled, and any complete months are automatically refunded to you.

You may still physically have a Licence Disc in the window, but it is no longer valid.

Bob read the (whole) thread. It is taxed until September. SORN is not declared.

force_ten

the law has changed and the new legislation is called continuous insurance enforcement, this means if the car is taxed it needs to be insured

this states that If a vehicle is between registered keepers or registered as ‘in trade’ with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), it is excluded from continuous insurance enforcement.

if you are selling the car and not using it is it not between registered keepers even though it is not declared as in trade

www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/uninsured-vehicles

to stay within the law you have to keep the car insured or put it off the road and declare sorn and cash in the tax