SORN & insurance
Discussion
Rick101 said:
Just made the SORN declaration, I had paid tax until May so should be due a refund.
Re insurance, I'm fully comp, I think it expires on about 20/12/14.
Do I need to do anything or can I let it just expire on the due date?
Thanks
Yes - refund should be sent in the post to RKRe insurance, I'm fully comp, I think it expires on about 20/12/14.
Do I need to do anything or can I let it just expire on the due date?
Thanks
You can do as you like - cancel insurance let it run out whichever suits
If it's a summer car laid up for the winter - consider the risk of no cover as opposed to laid up cover which can be quite cheap and is purely based on value of the vehicle
TooMany2cvs said:
You can have a vehicle SORNed but insured, no problem.
You can have a vehicle SORNed and uninsured, no problem.
You cannot have a vehicle untaxed or unSORNed.
You cannot have a vehicle taxed and uninsured.
Agreed with one exception - option 3 can happen legally - you can have a vehicle untaxed and unsorned - one of mine is exactly thatYou can have a vehicle SORNed and uninsured, no problem.
You cannot have a vehicle untaxed or unSORNed.
You cannot have a vehicle taxed and uninsured.
My RS2000 has been off the road since 1998 but I still got contacted for the SORN quite a few years ago, so I have to update it each year now. How far back do you have to go before you wouldn't have been bothered by SORN? I think at one point I was concerned that I'd lose the reg number, so maybe it was me who initiated the SORN, but I can't remember now.
OldSkoolRS said:
My RS2000 has been off the road since 1998 but I still got contacted for the SORN quite a few years ago, so I have to update it each year now. How far back do you have to go before you wouldn't have been bothered by SORN? I think at one point I was concerned that I'd lose the reg number, so maybe it was me who initiated the SORN, but I can't remember now.
When they introduced the V5C, then when they changed the colour of it, they only sent new ones to cars they knew/believed to still be alive - basically, they used it as an excuse to winnow out the long-dead-but-nobody-bothered-telling stuff. So, at that point, you probably nudged DVLA. They don't seem to have quite joined up the dots on SORNing those, though. I know I've got one that's been off the road since before SORN, although I bought it after, and I've nudged them (hardish) a couple of times about V5Cs - yet they still don't seem to bother about SORNing.OldSkoolRS said:
My RS2000 has been off the road since 1998 but I still got contacted for the SORN quite a few years ago, so I have to update it each year now. How far back do you have to go before you wouldn't have been bothered by SORN? I think at one point I was concerned that I'd lose the reg number, so maybe it was me who initiated the SORN, but I can't remember now.
You were very unlucky sir, or they've changed the bleeding rules yet again/making it up as they go which is what we expect from DVLA.I had a motorcycle that had been off the road since 1986, when I bought it and attempted to sorn it they told me it couldn't be done.
It is actually now sorn, having been rebuilt it has been taxed, and is now just laid up for the winter.
It's not really a problem as I just go online and declare it SORN for another year when I get the reminder.
The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
OldSkoolRS said:
It's not really a problem as I just go online and declare it SORN for another year when I get the reminder.
The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
You won't get a reminder anymore. Like a rescue dog, SORN is for life now unless you tell DVLA otherwise.The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
rovermorris999 said:
OldSkoolRS said:
It's not really a problem as I just go online and declare it SORN for another year when I get the reminder.
The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
You won't get a reminder anymore. Like a rescue dog, SORN is for life now unless you tell DVLA otherwise.The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
That actually makes sense, most unlike rules on vehicle ownership/use these days.
Are you sure ?
Is it forever unless you sell it then the new owner needs to re sorn, or have they become really really sensible ?
Nigel Worc's said:
rovermorris999 said:
OldSkoolRS said:
It's not really a problem as I just go online and declare it SORN for another year when I get the reminder.
The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
You won't get a reminder anymore. Like a rescue dog, SORN is for life now unless you tell DVLA otherwise.The bigger problem is that I never seem to get any closer to getting round to working on it as the last time I did I cut my face with an angle grinder. I have charged up the battery though and almost got it started earlier today, I think the petrol is stale.
That actually makes sense, most unlike rules on vehicle ownership/use these days.
Are you sure ?
Is it forever unless you sell it then the new owner needs to re sorn, or have they become really really sensible ?
SORN is now a once only process - it ceases to be SORN if ownership transfers or if re-taxed
Ruined a revenue stream for DVLA so now they are having to work harder at other revenue streams or existing ones
Nigel Worc's said:
Really ?
That actually makes sense, most unlike rules on vehicle ownership/use these days.
Are you sure ?
Yep, it changed last December.That actually makes sense, most unlike rules on vehicle ownership/use these days.
Are you sure ?
[quote]Is it forever unless you sell it then the new owner needs to re sorn, or have they become really really sensible ?
TooMany2cvs said:
Nigel Worc's said:
Really ?
That actually makes sense, most unlike rules on vehicle ownership/use these days.
Are you sure ?
Yep, it changed last December.That actually makes sense, most unlike rules on vehicle ownership/use these days.
Are you sure ?
[quote]Is it forever unless you sell it then the new owner needs to re sorn, or have they become really really sensible ?
TooMany2cvs said:
Fortunately, I don't know that one. How...? You raging muppet!
Yes I am a muppet! It was a wire cup brush thankfully (well that's better than a cutting disc
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