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[lugnutt]

if one sorns a car and takes it of the road does it still have to be insured?

 

[tofo]

if one sorns a car and takes it of the road does it still have to be insured?

No a SORN is a declaration TO THE GOVERNMENT
that you won't use it on the road

To return to the road it would need tax test and insurance
That lifts the SORN

 

[Stretto Boy]

No.

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[pappajohn]

No, but......
If it isn't insured it MUST be sorned and a refund on remaining tax claimed, assuming the tax is still current.
Even though it's off the road (hopefully) by virtue of no insurance its an offence not to sorn.

 

[lugnutt]

thank you my car is up for renewal tax ect nexst week at a cost of £800 last year it done 700 miles only goes to morrisons an back i paid £2700 for it and i took it back and was offered £700 in part ex tryed we buy any car and was £290 for it think ill ues it as a locker

 

[pappajohn]

You only need to declare sorn once no matter how long it's off the road, until it's taxed again, it used to be annually.
Up until last week I had a car stood in the back yard for well over 5 years on continuous sorn.
We used it as a dog shelter for the last 2 years then treated them to a 6' x 4' garden shed..

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[denisejoe]

The only time you can take a SORNed vehicle on the road is to take it for a pre-booked MOT.

Denise

 

[Allan & Loren]

Sorry to rain on your parade but I think you'll find that if you SORN the vehicle the government still insist that it is insured third party. Why, I have no idea but someone at DVLA will give you some stupid reason I'm sure!

 

[Silver-Fox]

The only time you can take a SORNed vehicle on the road is to take it for a pre-booked MOT.

Denise

And it needs to be insured

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[Silver-Fox]

Sorry to rain on your parade but I think you'll find that if you SORN the vehicle the government still insist that it is insured third party. Why, I have no idea but someone at DVLA will give you some stupid reason I'm sure!

Not the last time I had one on SORN

But I could be wrong it has been known

 

[tofo]

Insurance not required from dvla website

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/uninsured-vehicles

 

[Allan & Loren]

Not the last time I had one on SORN

But I could be wrong it has been known

I've prob ably been given duff info. Never SORN a car so no experience just hearsay.

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[Allan & Loren]

Insurance not required from dvla website

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/uninsured-vehicles

THe man with the correct answer. Learn something new every day!

 

[Silver-Fox]

THe man with the correct answer. Learn something new every day!

 

[bellabee]

I know someone who bought a brand new BMW with their redundancy money. Shortly afterwards, they got a new job, which supplied a company car - so they SORNed the BMW and cancelled the insurance. Guess what? They came home one day and the BMW had been nicked - never to be seen again!

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[Stretto Boy]

Sorry to rain on your parade but I think you'll find that if you SORN the vehicle the government still insist that it is insured third party. Why, I have no idea but someone at DVLA will give you some stupid reason I'm sure!

No, you don't have to insure it at all if you declare SORN and obviously don't take it on to the public highway. (Sorry, just noticed this has been addressed in an earlier post!). However, it is sensible to insure against fire and theft (see the sad tale of the BMW above) and many insurers don't offer this as as a stand-alone product but only as part of a third party, fire and theft policy.

 

[Parrot Face]

On a recent trip a guy told me that when you Sorn a vehicle the insurance isn't valid.....that can't be true can it?

 

[Figaro]

Most insurance companies offer off road (sorn) cover as far as I'm aware. Mine certainly does anyway. Covers theft, fire, accidental damage whilst stored. No road cover obviously.

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[John & Joan]

Comfort (AVIVA) require the vehicle is taxed and MOTd for their insurance.

 

[chaser]

Surely you would have to be insured to take it for a test