Car Taxed and off the road but not SORN?

[ctid]

I've just bought a new car but am still in the process of selling my old one. I've switched my insurance policy over and my old car is sat on my drive taxed but not insured.

When I was switching the policy over, the guy on the end of the phone warned me that the DVLA now fine you if your car is taxed but not insured? Do I have to cash in the tax and declare it SORN? I'm hoping to have it sold in the next couple of weeks and declaring it SORN would complicate things somewhat.

Cheers for any advice

[ctid]

Thanks for that

[ctid]

saaby93 said:

ctid said:

When I was switching the policy over, the guy on the end of the phone warned me that the DVLA now fine you if your car is taxed but not insured?

Without naming and shaming how do we find out which insurer is giving out such useful information?

It was my broker rather than my insurance company. He was just advising I check it out rather than saying it was gospel He was just trying to be helpful!