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Puddleduck

Puddleduck

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The SORN notification has just been done and takes effect from 1st November.

I already have withdrawal symptoms.
 
Oh strange feeling, but now it's planning time for next years adventures. :)
 
So true Carol. And next April (all being well) Martin will have taken his early retirement and we will be away a lot more.
 
We are keeping ours on the road this year. Hope to still get out and about :)

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Hi
Did you do your Sorn online ? Husband has been trying to do one for our car online and has not been successful because we want the Sorn to start from 1st Nov when we go away .They will only do it from the 1st of October when we still need the car . Is he doing something wrong ?
 
Hoping ours will still be used over the winter....and got BreweryDave's meet to go to at the end of November :)
As it's our first winter, we might be in for a shock! Haha
 
When I had a boat I found I didn't like fitting out time. I then realised the the cause of fitting out was laying up. I stopped laying the boat up for the winter. I have applied this same theory to caravans and now motorhomes. I use them all year round, there's nothing nicer than sitting up in bed with a tea looking out at the frost :sleep:
 
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Yes were the same. All year round.
It might be minus temps outside. But with the Webasto diesel heating were toasty warm inside.
We find plenty village pubs in out of the way places like this, ( up at Ralph's cross ) that let you stay overnight in the quiet car parks.
No hook up but we don't need it.
We've regular places we go in boggy rainy weather, icy snowy days, or cracking the flags days , that aren't campsites. As well as little sites that open year round too.
That's buster rolling around in the snow on the bottom picture. At sunset.
 
Cobweb said:
Hi
Did you do your Sorn online ? Husband has been trying to do one for our car online and has not been successful because we want the Sorn to start from 1st Nov when we go away .They will only do it from the 1st of October when we still need the car . Is he doing something wrong ?
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Yes I did it on line. It is SORNed from 1st November, well that is what it said on the web page but isn't confirmed on the email from them. As we won't be using again this year anyway the actual date doesn't matter to us. I had to use the BETA system as the standard system wasn't working.

I used the code from the renewal notice as the tax was due at the end of the month anyway. Not sure if that makes a difference. Otherwise put in the SORN on the 31st October or the last day you use the car.

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mmmm i dont sorn, everything ready (well Nearly) to go if required we were up near nantwjch bridgemere last november, so may go somewhere again, depending on knee op :)
 
it may be that the sorn doesnt kick in till the 1st of the month after you do it as tax isnt refunded till then im no expert on this so dont rely on this just my thoughts
 
Hymer sorned now until the snow starts in the Alps, then whopeeeeeeeeee :imoutahere: down hill ski`s on.
 
Puddleduck said:
The SORN notification has just been done and takes effect from 1st November.

I already have withdrawal symptoms.
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Know the feeling, but it's work rather than the time of year that prevents us using the van.:cry: Roll on third and final retirement.(y)

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We have sorned but may go off twix christmas and newyear depends on weather but maybe head for the highlands .
 
This was a handy thread. We are off to Goa for 3 months and it hadn't occurred to me to SORN Herman so I will do now (y)
 
Goshawk said:
mmmm i dont sorn, everything ready (well Nearly) to go if required we were up near nantwjch bridgemere last november, so may go somewhere again, depending on knee op :)
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I sorned mine last year and still awaiting knee op. to be fair she wanted work done that I did not see as being worth it for a short time. got anemia now so op put off again getting right fed up cos spring will soon be here
 
Puddleduck said:
Yes I did it on line. It is SORNed from 1st November, well that is what it said on the web page but isn't confirmed on the email from them. As we won't be using again this year anyway the actual date doesn't matter to us. I had to use the BETA system as the standard system wasn't working.

I used the code from the renewal notice as the tax was due at the end of the month anyway. Not sure if that makes a difference. Otherwise put in the SORN on the 31st October or the last day you use the car.
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Make sure your insurance company knows!! They can kick off big time if you don't inform them and you have to claim for anything.
 
Tootles said:
Make sure your insurance company knows!! They can kick off big time if you don't inform them and you have to claim for anything.
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Good call, I will do that when the SORN takes effect.

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what's all this scorn stuff get out and use it it's better for the van and you
bill
 
We always use ours all year round, maybe only for day trips if its really cold, but in 7 years we've never sorned it.
 
Cobweb said:
Hi
Did you do your Sorn online ? Husband has been trying to do one for our car online and has not been successful because we want the Sorn to start from 1st Nov when we go away .They will only do it from the 1st of October when we still need the car . Is he doing something wrong ?
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I had exactly the same problem myself today.
However, can I point out that although they are stating that the SORNwill take effect from the 1st Oct. The vehicle will still have valid tax until the end of this month.
Under those circs, your vehicle can still be used on a road because it is legal to do so.
It is typical of the simplisic approach of DVLA. They have no idea on how to set up their website.

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Correction from above .

I've just received my written confirmation that our car has been SORN'ed.
It says (Quote)
|This confirms that we have updated our record to show you have SORNed the following vehicle.
Da de dah etc.
Your SORN starts on 1st OCT.

This vehicle must not be used or kept on a road while the SORN is in force. Failure to tax and insure or SORN your vehicle may result in a fine or prosecution.

Please see over where it continues We will automatically issue you with a refund of Vehicle Tax for any of the remaining months.

It goes on but that is of no interest to me as it doesn't apply.

I'll lay my cards on the table at this point and state that I'm looking at this from my antecedent history of wearing a big hat, big boots, bending at the knee saying "Warm night, Warm night" I did 'The Job' for thirty years, all in uniform and all at the sharp end so I know my way around the vaguaries of Traffic Law.

So can someone explain to me how I can declare a SORN on the 25th of the month and authority taking it into their head that I should have the SORN starting on the 1st. It doesn't make sense and is pure bad law.
From what I have read, it would seem that my use of a vehicle on a road at any time since the 1st creates an offence of using a m/Vehicle on a road when a SORN was in place.
Further to that and in the knowledge that the tax on the vehicle doesn't get cancelled and refunded by DVLA until midnight tonight, I would seem to have commited an even greater sin by driving said car on a road, AFTER I have declared SORN.

If this is the case, can some smart alec at Swansea explain to me how I am supposed to declare SORN to them, without losing a months tax.
Nowhere on the form I have been sent does it say that I can continue driving the vehicle until the end of the month.
 
This is what i got back from them:

THIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - PLEASE DO NOT REPLY AS EMAILS
RECEIVED AT THIS ADDRESS CANNOT BE RESPONDED TO.

Confirmation of Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)

Thank you for using DVLA Vehicle Licensing Online.
Your SORN has been successful.

The SORN will be valid until you tax, sell, permanently export or scrap the vehicle.

Any refund of vehicle tax due will be automatically issued to the name and address on our records. If you pay by Direct Debit your Direct Debit will be cancelled.

Vehicle Registration Number:
Reference Number: 1133 etc
Application Made On: 26/10/2014 13:18:55

You may wish to save or print this email confirmation for your records.

The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet virus scanning service supplied by Vodafone in partnership with Symantec. (CCTM Certificate Number 2009/09/0052.) This email has been certified virus free.
Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes.
 
Well in the last 10 minutes I have just SORN'd KN08i (Nobby) with effect from Nov 1st. I have only used it once since February in Brugge because of the house Renovation so there is no way I'll be using it again before the New Year.

Did it all on line, worked a treat.........Griff
 
I wonder how you managed to get yours to start on Nov 1st and they didn't give me a choice but assumed I wanted mine to start on Oct 1st. Baffling
 
Puddleduck said:
The SORN notification has just been done and takes effect from 1st November.

I already have withdrawal symptoms.
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I never realised that ducks went into hibernation. ... could you not migrate like some other species?;)

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