Can I drive this car?

tanith

I have a car on my driveway that's sorned off the road. Now my bil wants to buy it and he is going to tax and insure it this week and then I was going to drive it up to him , is it ok for me to drive it even though I can't send off the logbook for change of ownership till I see him and get him to sign as the new owner? It has a current MOT by the way.

If its not ok how do I manage this? as he lives an hour away and I don't want to have to do the journey twice

custardy

tanith wrote: »

I have a car on my driveway that's sorned off the road. Now my bil wants to buy it and he is going to tax and insure it this week and then I was going to drive it up to him , is it ok for me to drive it even though I can't send off the logbook for change of ownership till I see him and get him to sign as the new owner? It has a current MOT by the way.

If its not ok how do I manage this? as he lives an hour away and I don't want to have to do the journey twice

if you have insurance and its taxed then I see no issue.

Giddypip

tanith wrote: »

I have a car on my driveway that's sorned off the road. Now my bil wants to buy it and he is going to tax and insure it this week and then I was going to drive it up to him , is it ok for me to drive it even though I can't send off the logbook for change of ownership till I see him and get him to sign as the new owner? It has a current MOT by the way.

If its not ok how do I manage this? as he lives an hour away and I don't want to have to do the journey twice

If it is taxed, MOT'd and YOU have your own insurance, then there is no reason that you cannot drive it. Name on logbook does not matter.

tanith

Thanks peeps I was starting to think I'd get pulled over on the M1 , but thats put my mind at rest.. I have my own insurance .

s_b

tanith wrote: »

Thanks peeps I was starting to think I'd get pulled over on the M1 , but thats put my mind at rest.. I have my own insurance .

Be careful insurers dont like 2 insurance policies showing on the same car and often refuse to let new owner insure till first insurance has been removed,i would phone your insurer up to confirm you would be covered for the journey rather than asking on here

AdrianC

One moment...

Your BiL is going to insure it in his name. No problem.
He's going to tax it in his name, using the V5C/2 doc ref. No problem.
YOUR insurance... Is that for THIS car? Or is it the "driving other cars" clause of a policy on another car? If it's DOC, then PROBLEM. It's still your car on the V5C, so you'll almost certainly not be covered under the DOC.

straighttalker

It's also of paramount importance when the date of transfer is.

If your brother in law is going to tax it, you're going to need to post date the date of transfer when he signs it to the day it was taxed. Otherwise, the DVLA system will think you're taxing it and when he is put down as the subsequent registered keeper, the tax will be cancelled and you'll receive a refund and he'll have to tax it again.

SilverSaloon

get your BIL to pay the extra £20 or whatever it will be to add you onto his new policy on the car fora couple of days to cover the transport of it. it will need to be taxed anyway before you make the journey and to do that it will need to be insured (and MOT which you say you already have)

Easist thing to do is he travels to you on the bus/train/walk/plane/hoverboard and drives the car away on his own insurance after taxing it etc etc

AdrianC

Nope, you forget that the new keeper taxes it using the V5C/2 doc ref, rather than the main V5C doc ref - they're different.

straighttalker

I didn't even know there was a difference in references! Good point.

tanith

Now I'm confused oh my god I wish I'd never bothered with this.. thanks everyone I'll have to investigate further