Buying a SORN car

[Spy Bee]

I've just sold my car and so want to buy another one. A couple I have looked at are SORN. Could I buy it and drive it home and then tax it next month - or is there no flexibility in the off road thingy?

[Nomad]

I've just sold my car and so want to buy another one. A couple I have looked at are SORN. Could I buy it and drive it home and then tax it next month - or is there no flexibility in the off road thingy?

 

I would phone the DVLA and ask them mate, I went with my brother to get a car from wales and drove it home with no tax and I was shitting it all the way as I wasnt sure if It I was allowed to or not.

[dirty_sanchez]

According to the absolute letter of the law, you cannot drive a car with no tax on it under any circumstances. If you were to buy a car today, you should backdate the tax to December 1st. I had this exact same problem and phoned the DVLA to ask them. Basically I was buying a SORN car on like 27th or 28th of a month and pointed out that there was no way I'd have all of the relevant paperwork in time to buy my tax that month. The woman said that there was absolutely nothing I could do and I would have to wait until the next month before I could pick the car up.

[Spy Bee]

That stinks! The car I want is over an hours drive away too!

[Nomad]

You might be allowed to put it in the back of a Loader and transport it, thats assuming you know someone with one so it dont cost a bomb.

[dirty_sanchez]

Yeah, that's your other option. I think you even need tax to tow a car on the public roads, so you can't even get a mate to give you a tow.

[Spy Bee]

Think I'll just drive it and play dumb if stopped!

[dirty_sanchez]

Your best excuse is going to be "but I can't tax it until the paperwork comes through the post". However, if you get caught by a camera, you're fucked, so you should probably just drive it home and then leave it parked off road.

[Spy Bee]

Oh yeah i don't mean drive it around allthe time. I mean just for the purpose of buying it and getting it home.

[Antynwa]

Drive the car

Fuck the consequences

[Spy Bee]

Yeefuckinghaaaa!

[Flying Pig]

Clone a number plate from a similar car/colour/model and hope that ones taxed.

[manwiththestick]

I too will have this dilema as i have just bought a car which i need to collect in between xmas and new year but it has no tax, think i'm just gonna play dumb. It has full MOT and i will be insured, can't see the problem myself as long as i can prove that i'm just taking it home and not using it every day whilst untaxed.

[dirty_sanchez]

I think your insurance is invalidated if the car isn't taxed.

[manwiththestick]

I think your insurance is invalidated if the car isn't taxed.

 

What i was trying to say is that if i can prove that i've transfered my insurance from old car to new car and i am purely driving the car from the previous owner to my driveway and as long as i prove i then purchase back dated tax at the earliest possible time, i cant see an issue.

[Spy Bee]

What i was trying to say is that if i can prove that i've transfered my insurance from old car to new car and i am purely driving the car from the previous owner to my driveway and as long as i prove i then purchase back dated tax at the earliest possible time, i cant see an issue.

 

Unless you have a crash!

[William_Ulsterman]

DS is right. Your fucked insurance wise if you have not got a current MOT and valid tax.

 

The only leeway is when you are driving to and from the MOT centre, you are allowed to drive with no tax or MOT but the insurance must be valid.

[Nomad]

Clone a number plate from a similar car/colour/model and hope that ones taxed.

 

Im sure if hes going to make the effort to find a car the same make/colour/model he cold probebly look at the front window to see if its taxed :whistle:

[Kopite]

I think your insurance is invalidated if the car isn't taxed.

 

Not necessarily according to the good folks at the DVLA. My car is currently SORN, however it will need some work doing to it.

 

I called DVLA and asked them how can I get it from my mum's to the garage without breaking the law (and without towing it). They told me that as long as the vehicle is only going between the garage and my mum's, and that I have a documented pre-appointment with the garage then the car can be driven on the highway without breaking the law. However the car needs to have a valid MOT and be insured.

 

If I was you Adam, I'd call DVLA to check. Then get the name of the person you spoke to and a reference number if possible in case "Plod" do stop you.

[havarantagain]

little awkward loophole, if you have a friendly garage you can bribe, you borrow their red plates and if stopped say its being transported to be serviced by said garage. Not quite legal as on their plates you have to be named on the garages insurance policy.

Better than taking a straight risk as the dvla cameras are everywhere these days.

[Spy Bee]

little awkward loophole, if you have a friendly garage you can bribe, you borrow their red plates and if stopped say its being transported to be serviced by said garage. Not quite legal as on their plates you have to be named on the garages insurance policy.

Better than taking a straight risk as the dvla cameras are everywhere these days.

 

I live next to a garage and the guy is my mate. Good tip!

[Thants]

Could someone buy me a car please?

[Red Phoenix]

 

Someone had to.

 

Can someone rep Spy Bee for the avatar aswell please? Gotta spread it and that char makes me piss.

[Stu Monty]

I'm getting me a CERN car.

 

I'm gonna be one bad, particle-colideh, motherfucker.

[Tossed and blown]

DS is right. Your fucked insurance wise if you have not got a current MOT and valid tax.

 

The only leeway is when you are driving to and from the MOT centre, you are allowed to drive with no tax or MOT but the insurance must be valid.

 

You require road tax to validate your insurance, not MOT. I got pulled for no MOT at a routine check and they weren't all that bothered, just said get it done and drop it in the kop shop