Getting car with no tax / MOT / insurance to Garage ...
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Good Morning All.
Asking some advice here.
I've been storing a car for smoe friends who went to Australia for a couple of years. A 2011 Audi A1. It's been sat on my driveway for just inside 2 yrs, I've ran it occasionally and driven it up down the drive to eep it moving.
They're coming back in a few weeks and have asked me to MOT / Service it for them - I've booked it in with my local garage, however I need to get it there.
I don't think i can legally drive it there, despite it being booked in as it has no Tax nor insurance.
Garage can collect it, but charge a lot of money to bring breakdown truck 5 miles up the raod for it, I understand why they need to charge, but friends are on a budget so trying to avoid it.
Can I legally tow it behind my car?
Any other options you can think of to get it there?
Cheers.
Tim
Asking some advice here.
I've been storing a car for smoe friends who went to Australia for a couple of years. A 2011 Audi A1. It's been sat on my driveway for just inside 2 yrs, I've ran it occasionally and driven it up down the drive to eep it moving.
They're coming back in a few weeks and have asked me to MOT / Service it for them - I've booked it in with my local garage, however I need to get it there.
I don't think i can legally drive it there, despite it being booked in as it has no Tax nor insurance.
Garage can collect it, but charge a lot of money to bring breakdown truck 5 miles up the raod for it, I understand why they need to charge, but friends are on a budget so trying to avoid it.
Can I legally tow it behind my car?
Any other options you can think of to get it there?
Cheers.
Tim
No other garages near where I am - rural Scotland. I have a good relationship with these guys so will be sticking to them. Yeah they can send a man out and he'll drive it over on trade plates, but theres a charge for this.
I CAN't drive it there, even if it's booked in as no insurance.
My question is - can I tow it behind my road legal car?
I CAN't drive it there, even if it's booked in as no insurance.
My question is - can I tow it behind my road legal car?
No one will insure it as it's SORN. Easy to get temp cover if taxed, butt impossible if ssorn, and cant tax it until it has MOT. Chicken and Egg situation!
No storage bill to add it to - they're mates. Didn't cost me anything anything to look after it for them, trying to keep costs down.
Neighbour is a traffic cop - i'll have a chat with him tonight!
No storage bill to add it to - they're mates. Didn't cost me anything anything to look after it for them, trying to keep costs down.
Neighbour is a traffic cop - i'll have a chat with him tonight!
Morning all.
Thanks for the input. In the end I got 1 hr's insurance through "Cuvva" a mobile phone app, and drove it to the MOT centre(Where it was booked in - without tax / MOT obviously!)
I then left it at the garage for 24 hrs after it passed it's test while my friends (From a wifi terminal in Changi Airport!) taxed and insured the car, then i was able to drive it on my piolicy (3rd party only) and meet them off their flight at the airport and hand over their car to them.
All worked out well in the end and cost me a grand total of £7.10!
Cheers!
Thanks for the input. In the end I got 1 hr's insurance through "Cuvva" a mobile phone app, and drove it to the MOT centre(Where it was booked in - without tax / MOT obviously!)
I then left it at the garage for 24 hrs after it passed it's test while my friends (From a wifi terminal in Changi Airport!) taxed and insured the car, then i was able to drive it on my piolicy (3rd party only) and meet them off their flight at the airport and hand over their car to them.
All worked out well in the end and cost me a grand total of £7.10!
Cheers!
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