Buying a car just for the numberplate,Sorn & Uninsured

[okie592]

The story goes, i would like to buy my first car back for its numberplate. I know the car is sorn and uninsured atm and i know where it is.

If i was to buy it, how do you go about changing the plate from the original car to my current one.

To do this does the currently uninsured car have to be re insured? or can i buy it take the plate from it and then scrap the car

( its a 15 year old corsa, so i dont want to tax it and pay to insure it when its going to go right to the scrap yard in the sky)

[Toaster Pilot]

Needs to be MOTed for certain.

[okie592]

Toaster Pilot said:

Needs to be MOTed for certain.

why?

[justanotherJC]

Toaster Pilot said:

Needs to be MOTed for certain.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/PersonalisedR... implies that both donor and receiving vehicles must have MOTs...

[Toaster Pilot]

There you go, that's "why".

[cahami]

To transfer the registration number, both vehicles must be:

•registered at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
•available for inspection
•of a type that needs an MOT or heavy goods vehicle (HGV) test certificate
•currently taxed
However, if the vehicle that currently has the registration number is not taxed, you can still apply to transfer provided:

•there is no break between the date the tax disc runs out and the start of the SORN
•the tax disc run out no more than 12 months before the date you apply

From direct.gov

[TheEnd]

I've transfered a plate off my car after it failed the MOT.
There is a time period "window" that you can do this, but there is also a chance that they'll want to do a quick ID check on the plate donor.

[okie592]

how strange that it needs a mot. how can you check a cars status without having the refrance?

What does it mean by "there is no break between the date the tax disc runs out and the start of the SORN"

[TheEnd]

it is "of a type that needs an MOT"

The tax disc is the important bit, it has to be either currently taxed, or within a year of it running out.

[okie592]

TheEnd said:

it is "of a type that needs an MOT"

The tax disc is the important bit, it has to be either currently taxed, or within a year of it running out.

surely all cars are within a year of their tax running out though?

[benzito]

What's the plate??

[Toaster Pilot]

TheEnd said:

it is "of a type that needs an MOT"

The tax disc is the important bit, it has to be either currently taxed, or within a year of it running out.

... then why would you need to

Also enclose for both vehicles:
the registration certificate or the new keeper supplement with a completed V62 ‘application for a vehicle registration certificate V5C'
a test certificate – needed for cars and motorcycles over three years old, and heavy goods vehicles over one year old

[Sir Bagalot]

Donor car doesn't need to have a current MOT as you get a 6 or 12 month window (can't remember which)

[TheEnd]

Toaster Pilot said:

TheEnd said:

it is "of a type that needs an MOT"

The tax disc is the important bit, it has to be either currently taxed, or within a year of it running out.

... then why would you need to

Also enclose for both vehicles:
the registration certificate or the new keeper supplement with a completed V62 ‘application for a vehicle registration certificate V5C'
a test certificate – needed for cars and motorcycles over three years old, and heavy goods vehicles over one year old

Can't see the wood for the trees!

The reason is because they'll sort you out a new MOT which you'll recieve in the post with the now different reg number!

[TheEnd]

okie592 said:

surely all cars are within a year of their tax running out though?

There will be a few Morris Minors sitting in fields with awesome plates on that have been laid up before SORN came about.