Written Off Car SORN weirdness
Discussion
Back in the summer a guy crashed into my daughter's Ka, breaking the bumper and not much else. Admitted liability no probs there. Insurance guy came out and declared the car and insurance write off as repairs to cost more than value of car etc. Car still perfectly drivable so daughter glues bumper back together and car passes MoT, carries on driving. Insurance settlement comes through, and she asks what to do with the car now. Insurance say "whatever you like, we don't want it" so she carries on driving the taxed and newly MoT'd car. Insurance company renew insurance at appropriate time. She's now gone off to University and has left car in Gran's garage, and asked me to get it SORNed.
DVLA won't let me SORN it, saying some stuff about change to vehicle status. Is this because of the insurance write-off thing? I've never written a car off before (at least not so that it wasn't very obviously written off). What goes on in this situation? I can't find anything on the DVLA site about this.
DVLA won't let me SORN it, saying some stuff about change to vehicle status. Is this because of the insurance write-off thing? I've never written a car off before (at least not so that it wasn't very obviously written off). What goes on in this situation? I can't find anything on the DVLA site about this.
If it was written off it would have been give a class of write off such as cat a b c or d.
If its cat c then it needs a vic test (vehicle identity check).Once done you can apply for a new log book from the dvla and it will show its a cat c on it.
Then you can tax it or declare it sorn.
If its cat c then it needs a vic test (vehicle identity check).Once done you can apply for a new log book from the dvla and it will show its a cat c on it.
Then you can tax it or declare it sorn.
Yes, I was being a bit rhetorical there.
I can easily see that replacing the bumper support metalwork, fitting a new bumper and respraying to match at a Frod main dealer would work out to be more than the car is worth. But pulling some metalwork back into shape, a bit of epoxy resin and 5 minutes with a rattle can would probably do equally as good a job as a repair, and cost a tiny fraction of the amount.
I find it annoying that insurance companies seem intent on writing off older vehicles.
I can easily see that replacing the bumper support metalwork, fitting a new bumper and respraying to match at a Frod main dealer would work out to be more than the car is worth. But pulling some metalwork back into shape, a bit of epoxy resin and 5 minutes with a rattle can would probably do equally as good a job as a repair, and cost a tiny fraction of the amount.
I find it annoying that insurance companies seem intent on writing off older vehicles.
Gaspode said:
pulling some metalwork back into shape, a bit of epoxy resin and 5 minutes with a rattle can would probably do equally as good a job as a repair, and cost a tiny fraction of the amount.
Which is exactly how I introduced my 19 year old daughter to the fine art of the bodge... Yertis said:
Back in the summer a guy crashed into my daughter's Ka, breaking the bumper and not much else. Admitted liability no probs there. Insurance guy came out and declared the car and insurance write off as repairs to cost more than value of car etc. Car still perfectly drivable so daughter glues bumper back together and car passes MoT, carries on driving. Insurance settlement comes through, and she asks what to do with the car now. Insurance say "whatever you like, we don't want it" so she carries on driving the taxed and newly MoT'd car. Insurance company renew insurance at appropriate time.
Will a V62 work for taxing the car at the PO?or how far through the DVLA SORN on line can you get?
as quoted in other threads
DVLA's big computer may have a view on what is a relevant vehicle
legislation said:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2742/made Schedule 4 which defines SORN, and specifically to Part 1 Section 1(1)
[i]“the required declaration” means a declaration made to the Secretary of State by
a person surrendering a vehicle licence
or
the keeper of a relevant vehicle to the effect that (except for use under a trade licence)he does not for the time being intend to
use or keep the vehicle on a public road
and
will not use or keep the vehicle on a public road without first taking out a vehicle licence (or if appropriate a nil licence) for the vehicle[/i]
You can SORN any relevant vehicle [i]“the required declaration” means a declaration made to the Secretary of State by
a person surrendering a vehicle licence
or
the keeper of a relevant vehicle to the effect that (except for use under a trade licence)he does not for the time being intend to
use or keep the vehicle on a public road
and
will not use or keep the vehicle on a public road without first taking out a vehicle licence (or if appropriate a nil licence) for the vehicle[/i]
DVLA's big computer may have a view on what is a relevant vehicle
I've got a Cat C that hasn't had a VIC. So far I have found that I don't receive tax reminders anymore and also I cant tax the car online.
The only way to tax it is at the Post office. You could try filling out form V890 and see if they will sorn it for you that way at the Post Office.
The only way to tax it is at the Post office. You could try filling out form V890 and see if they will sorn it for you that way at the Post Office.
shushu said:
I've got a Cat C that hasn't had a VIC. So far I have found that I don't receive tax reminders anymore and also I cant tax the car online.
The only way to tax it is at the Post office. You could try filling out form V890 and see if they will sorn it for you that way at the Post Office.
Thanks, I'll give that a try.The only way to tax it is at the Post office. You could try filling out form V890 and see if they will sorn it for you that way at the Post Office.
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