Uninsured Car Question - Legality

[matt21]

Dull question I know but hey, here goes...

Bought a new car last week off a friend, drove it home on third party through my insurance, as they still had it insured. They have now uninsured, yet I cannot insure until I shift the old one, currently on ebay.

Where do I stand legally...can I do this? Car is off the road, but uninsured and taxed. This scenario must happen often, is there a grace period which will allow me to do what I am doing.

Thanks, and trying to keep legal!

Matt

[matt21]

Viperz888 said:

Agree completely with B'stard Child, I have 2 cars right now, as I needed to buy the new one before selling the old one due to work and my insurer wants a crazy amount for a week of having them both insured as I am a young driver. Hopefully it will go in the next few days.

But if I were to get a refund on the tax, surely that takes a few days (for post and for DVLA to lose the disc etc) so there must be some kind of grace period.

Very silly rule imo.

exactly, this is my point.

ref. the driving home. fair point. but to be fair, I was not the legal owner at this point. As it was through a friend no money was exchanged and as such the V5 was only completed 4 days later.

But going forward will bare this in mind!