OT deSORNing

Just a FOAKQ:

There's a heap of rust pretending to be a car on my driveway.

I need to get it back on the road.

It needs tax, MOT, insurance and deSORNing. The question is, in what
order?

Tax and deSORN is presumably the same thing? I've trogged around the
DVLA site for a bit and rung them, "Sorry all our 220 lines are busy
at the moment..." (Are they bollocks - they're 'avin' a tea break) but
can't find anything on deSORN, so I'm assuming all I have to do is
take the SORN form to the post office when I want to tax it again?

If that's the case, then I'll need an MOT before the tax, and also
insurance.

But how do I get an MOT without tax, and how do I insure something
without an MOT?

Is it just a case of having the paperwork on the car seat when you go
for the MOT and hoping that the ONE time you're driving illegally you
don't get pulled over, (but just knowing you will because of the
guilty expression on your face) and doing a bit of fast talking?

Shirley there must be some recognised way of doing this? Other people
must have been in the same situation...

 

You're allowed to drive a car on SORN to an MOT testing station.

So, the order in which I do it is:

Insurance, MOT, tax (which also de-SORNs it).

Sometimes I can miss the insurance bit until I have an MOT, as I tend to
put SORNed vehicles in Katie's name and drive them on my 'vehicle not
owned by the insured' cover on my insurance.

 

Insurance, MoT, Tax.

Have you ever seen an MoT tester look for a tax disk, or an insurance
company ask for an MoT certificate?

Millions of people - which is why you can legally drive to & from a
pre-booked MoT test in an untaxed vehicle.

 

MOT before tax. Insurance is irrelevant.

You're allowed to ride it to a pre-booked MOT. You can't ride it back
if it fails.

By phoning the insurance company and giving them money. They don't
care if it's got an MOT.

 

OK, ta.

*That's* a good idea. Thanks.

 

I believe the regulations allow you to take it there *and* back - so
long as the failures don't make it dangerously unroadworthy.

 

Disclaimer: The legality of this is slightly dubious - I've seen various
claims saying that other vehicle cover is only valid if there's a valid
insurance on the vehicle, however, my policy doesn't actually say that.

 

Ah-hah. I think "pre-booked" may be the one little thing that was
stopping my brain from being happy. (Apart from the obvious of
course)

Ta for the info.

 

It is quite an important "little thing" - make sure they note your reg
no. when you book to be on the safe side. A copper might take your word
for it, but the insurance company won't if you wipe out some kid on the
way to the test - you have to think of the cunting children.

NP.

 

I've never seen this on my own certificates and if it is the case, it
would make a lot of instances where people may need to drive it, pointless.

 

If I were you, I wouldn't put your car in Steve's wife's name.

 

My mot tester keeps bollocking me for having my tax disc partly obscured by
the windscreen wiper when it's in the park position, but he never makes me
move it.

Being in the middle of an insurance claim right now, i have been asked for
my mot certificate by the insurance co.. also the car we hit's soliciters
for whiplash are asking for it,
they want it to prove (or disprove) the vehicle was roadworthy at the time
of the rta, and if i can't produce one, i'll be giving them a valid reason
to refuse the claim, (i have one btw, less than 2 months old, so that's them
told to **** off, but they're now trying the 'was the vehicle kept in a good
condition' thing to try and reduce the payout for repairs.

 

Tell him to go and **** himself, it's nothing to do with him.

In fact, I told a copper at the Dartford Tunnel to "**** off" when he
bitched about the position of my tax disc. He should have made sure
the barrier stayed down if he wanted me to show any (false) respect.

 

I don't think he could make you move it even if he wanted to. You don't
need tax to get an MoT, so it's got sod all to do with him.

Well obviously they may ask for it during a claim, but that's got
nothing to do with the OP's question.

 

Krusty said...

I got punted off my RD400 while going for an MOT after the bike had been
off the road for 2 years and yes plod did check to see if it was pre-
booked.

I also explained the situation to the insurance co and after an
engineers inspection they didn't have a problem with the fact it had no
tax or MOT.

 

Leo scribbled:

*ding* or the last tax/SORN demand.

Book an MOT. Get that done. Get insurance. Get tax when you have the
cover note.

Probably not the right way to do things but thats what I did.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Leo amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Insurance, so you can drive to to the MOT station, then get tax.

 

Only to a _pre-arranged_ MoT test, n'est-ce pas?

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Good point, well made.

I'm reconsidering.

In fact, after due and fair consideration, I'll probably put it under
Krusty's name, then try and hit as many children as I can on the way
to the MOT.

 

Zan (CBR1000F) - www.zanziba.prodigynet.co.uk/Pictures said...

They did with me. As long as the bike's road worthy there should be no
problems.