Time to SORN the car (again)

[Pastor Of Muppets]

The spinner of plates said:

A1VDY said:

Although UK weather is generally st there are still dry days during the winter months. Putting a car away for months on end doesn't do them any good.

Fully agree!

But then neither is driving on roads covered with highly corrosive grit salt, I would rather have the negatives of them sitting in
my dry garage for a couple of months a year than having their undersides covered with that crap.

[Jaguar steve]

Pastor Of Muppets said:

The spinner of plates said:

A1VDY said:

Although UK weather is generally st there are still dry days during the winter months. Putting a car away for months on end doesn't do them any good.

Fully agree!

But then neither is driving on roads covered with highly corrosive grit salt, I would rather have the negatives of them sitting in
my dry garage for a couple of months a year than having their undersides covered with that crap.

There's that of course, because older cars like mine are pretty good at rusting anyway without me helping it along with a liberal application of road salt and in my case it's a smudge over £30 a month the Grubberment isn't squeezing out of my wallet too.

It's a win win.

[Alias218]

Mines been on SORN since Oct. 1st. 6 months on, 6 months off. Keeps the muck and salt off the car. I only drive it when dry so don’t see much point taxing it during the winter, even if the roads weren’t liberally seasoned!

Under a car cover (boo, hiss and so on), battery removed, chocked etc. etc.

Still, I managed 2,000 miles this year!

[Bobtherallyfan]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I've never been a SORNER (although I was tempted this year. Do you need to get different insurance, or (I presume) the insurance companies aren't bothered as you are less likely to have a shunt.

I notified LV last time and they said there was no need to tell them, but I guess other insurance companies might be different.

[LuS1fer]

I had a late taxing, due to Covid so had until 1st December. However, I SORN'd it at the end of October as the rain has been relentless. It's only about £25 but that's a bottle of spiced rum.

[Mr.Jimbo]

Got mine back from the bodyshop just as COVID kicked in in March/April so mine never came back off SORN this year

Did manage to get back over (live abroad) in August, but no point bringing it out for 1-2 months.

Shame as it looks extra shiny and nice, but suppose the upside is as it's garaged it's staying that way I suppose.

[Pan Pan Pan]

I think we will just have to accept that 2020 was a sh*t year for a lot of us, and that by paying tax to the government, they will have a few pennies to help deal with the problem of CV19.
As someone said at least we (well hopefully most of us) will have next year to look forward to.
I day dreamed a situation, where we had organizations, which recognized that many people had paid them large sums of cash for (effectively) nothing in 2020), and will make adjustments to what we have to pay next year in recognition of this. Then I woke up!
But to be fair, one of my insurance companies have recognized this, and have stated that if I let them know how many miles I have (not) covered this year, they will make an adjustment to next years premium, to reflect this , (which can of course be verified by referring to the MOT certificate in the case of vehicle over three years old). .

Edited by Pan Pan Pan on Wednesday 4th November 10:20

[SweptVolume]

I SORN'd my XK last time, but have a funeral to attend about 50 miles cross country on Thursday, so am hoping lockdown will immediately clear the roads and give me a good chance to stretch its legs.

After that journey, though, I can't see any great reason to use it for the foreseeable.

[TCX]

Pan Pan Pan said:

I think we will just have to accept that 2020 was a sh*t year for a lot of us, and that by paying tax to the government, they will have a few pennies to help deal with the problem of CV19.
As someone said at least we (well hopefully most of us) will have next year to look forward to.
I day dreamed a situation, where we had organizations, which recognized that many people had paid large them sums of cash for (effectively) nothing in 2020, and will make adjustments to what we have to pay next year in recognition of this. Then I woke up!
But to be fair, one of my insurance companies have recognized this, and have stated that if I let them know how many miles I have (not) covered this year, they will make an adjustment to next years premium, to reflect this , (which can of course be verified by referring to the MOT certificate in the case of vehicle over three years old). .

No your tax will go towards illegal immigrants,cost of Brexit,wasted money on PPE from government mates,test n trap that doesn't work.....great value

[anonymous-user]

I've never SORNed a car. I don't know why in 2020 people still think their car is going to dissolve in a shower of rain.

If I had a car that wasn't being used I'd sell it.

[NDNDNDND]

rockin said:

I've never SORNed a car. I don't know why in 2020 people still think their car is going to dissolve in a shower of rain.

If I had a car that wasn't being used I'd sell it.

Not sure if serious.

I SORN'd my two toy cars yesterday - one 26 years old and one 35 years old. I avoid driving them in rain and won't let them near salt. I managed to get a quick hoon in both on Saturday morning before the rain came and then SORN'd the pair of them. Driving them in salt would likely shorten their lives and lead to an expensive repair. We have newer cars which can be used in winter.

[Jaguar steve]

rockin said:

I've never SORNed a car. I don't know why in 2020 people still think their car is going to dissolve in a shower of rain.

If I had a car that wasn't being used I'd sell it.

It's always useful to have a choice of cars though but if one or more of them aren't going to be used for a few months then why hand money to the government unnecessarily for something that's just going to be sitting in the garage?

It takes just a few moments to SORN and re tax vehicles again on line and in my case saves me well over a hundred quid every year and that sits very nicely with my strategy of avoiding taxation wherever possible.

[Tomm3]

I don't understand it either. If I've not driven the "spare" car for 3 days I'm missing it.
I respect others' choices but it makes no sense to me not to enjoy the drive over a winter. Plenty of dry, salt-free days.

[vikingaero]

Bought a new family bus (Passat Estate) in January. Now most years the family bus would do 25k per annum on going out, holidays, gymnastics events etc etc. From Jan to now it's done under 1k. Doesn't help that I've confiscated my Mums car as she has cataracts and I have that 4 other cars to motor around in.

[ddom]

One more month and all the toys will be SORN'd, modern daily is more than up to the task of being used in the crappy weather. Probably should have already done it but there's still a few days left of salt free roads. Winter is always the time to upgrade bits and bobs anyway, so not a dead loss.

[Bobtherallyfan]

rockin said:

I've never SORNed a car. I don't know why in 2020 people still think their car is going to dissolve in a shower of rain.

If I had a car that wasn't being used I'd sell it.

Clearly you don't drive an MX5......they start dissolving if rain is forecast.

[Jefferson Steelflex]

ddom said:

One more month and all the toys will be SORN'd, modern daily is more than up to the task of being used in the crappy weather. Probably should have already done it but there's still a few days left of salt free roads. Winter is always the time to upgrade bits and bobs anyway, so not a dead loss.

Same for me, I'll hang on until Dec and then SORN my 997 for 3 months. I'll use that time to refresh a few parts, the car isn't going to disintegrate if not used but it's nice to use the time wisely.

[Riley Blue]

DailyHack said:

That's why I love having a tax exempt classic, no need to worry about SORN'ing every winter, or even MOT now - just take it out whenever you want.

Presumably you're still renewing its VED every year, even if the amount payable is zero?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Bobtherallyfan said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I've never been a SORNER (although I was tempted this year. Do you need to get different insurance, or (I presume) the insurance companies aren't bothered as you are less likely to have a shunt.

I notified LV last time and they said there was no need to tell them, but I guess other insurance companies might be different.

[Alias218]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Bobtherallyfan said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

I've never been a SORNER (although I was tempted this year. Do you need to get different insurance, or (I presume) the insurance companies aren't bothered as you are less likely to have a shunt.

I notified LV last time and they said there was no need to tell them, but I guess other insurance companies might be different.

Likewise, I gave Admiral a bell to see if they had a mechanism for insuring cars not on the road 365 days a year. They don’t. In any case, they weren’t fussed either.

I suppose from their point of view, they can charge for a full years worth of risk, rather than 6 months worth (and then 6 months greatly reduced risk).