HELP - buying a uninsured & SORN car and drive it away ?

[7s2000]

Hi, please help. Google is not helpful.
How to buy a uninsured SORN car and drive it away the same day?

idea 1: at the spot, get insurance cover over the phone/internet, print it out, bring it with the V5 to the post office, get it taxed then drive it away.

idea 2: at the spot, get insurance cover over the phone/internet, then buy road tax online using previous owner's documents, hoping that the insurance database has been updated instantly. Then ask previous owner to mail you the disc when he receives it

idea 3: just bring the V5 to the post office with the owner and see if we can tax it. Once tax is sorted it's easy to get insurance.

idea 4: impossible. DVLA sucks.

Thanks in advance guys

[7s2000]

illmonkey said:

You no longer need a cover note for tax at a post office.

Go with the seller to the PO, buy the tax with the V5 and MOT, pay for car and drive home. (insurance sorted over the phone). You can also tax a car on the new keepers slip and MOT too. I've done it.

Thank you. Just came back from the post office and she asked me to ring DVLA to ask instead - if the car iS UNINSURED & SORN, can we still buy tax disc at the PO with only the V5 and MOT? My doubts are if their system at the PO will decline it if car is uninsured?

[7s2000]

Thanks all. Car is roadworthy with MOT but just uninsured & SORN. The pain is I cannot test drive the car *legally* before buying it...