Selling a "SORN"d car?

[cheeky_chops]

My parents want to sell their renault megane coupe - its a 97/P with 57000 miles and very well looked after. Its been living with them since they retired to Spain 10 years ago, but they bought it back last year for my brother, stuck it in his garage and he has now decided he doesnt want it.

So its sitting in a garage, SORN'd, no insurance. They are over in a couple of weeks so my old man want to insure/tax it to sell, but given its prob worth a grand tops, it seems crazy IMO to spend £200+ on it.

Whats the experience here? Sell as "SORN" or tax/insure to get abit extra?

[With these feet]

Personally I'd get it put on your insurance for a few days, book it in for an MOT to see if it passes.
Take it home and stick it back in the garage. Cost = MOT/ few days ins.

Advertise it as is - with fail or 12 months. Let the new owner tax it as its simply handing money away on a cheap car.
I sold my car a few weeks ago and the new owner got £120 of rent with it....

[RoadRat99]

What about MOT?? If they planing to sell on SORN,me as a buyer Ill like to test drive it before i part off with my cash.
So if is SORN,uninsured,no MOT(??)is illegal to be on the road so no test drive.
I don't think they will find allot of buyers to buy without test drive it

[HedgehogFromHell]

Weird, we're about to deploy on operational tour and we've all been told by a dvla advisor that even if a vehicle is SORN, it still needs to be insured?

[SonicShadow]

HedgehogFromHell said:

Weird, we're about to deploy on operational tour and we've all been told by a dvla advisor that even if a vehicle is SORN, it still needs to be insured?

http://www.mib.org.uk/Motor+Insurance+Database/en/Continuous+Insurance+Enforcement/default.htm

If the car is SORN, then it does not need to be insured. It obviously must be off the road though. There is a lot of confusion around the CIE stuff.

[Badgerboy]

HedgehogFromHell said:

Weird, we're about to deploy on operational tour and we've all been told by a dvla advisor that even if a vehicle is SORN, it still needs to be insured?

Unsurprisingly, the DVLA chap has it wrong. Your car MUST now be insured, unless it has declared SORN in which case you don't require insurance. (Obviously it needs to be off road)