Thrustyjust Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 David,what do you Sorn notification?.I queued for 45 mins for the guy behind the Reading DVLA,just to put it in a inbox and then give me the relicencing form,which I have at work all filled in for the end of Feb.Tell me they have f**ked up as usual and am expecting a fine. Quote
ChrisG Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Did mine today the same as Barry, just took it to the local Post office, ticked the box, he scanned it and gave me a receipt, job done. Quote
Blatman Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Yup. There is no "trick" to SORN. When you get thereminder from the DVLA, tick the box for SORN, then go to teh Post Office, get it scanned in. Job done. In 12 months time (assuming you don't tax it in the mean time) you'll get another "normal" road tax reminder. Tick the Sorn box (assuming it's still off the road), get it scanned at the PO, job done..... To tax a SORN'd car, go to the Post Office, fill in a car tax form, produce your insurance, and MOT like you would normally (and I'd have my V5 handy just in case), give 'em some money, get a tax disc. No need to queue at a local VRO or anything.......... Simple...... Quote
Thrustyjust Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 That's if a post office near where I work can be bothered to sell tax discs and are open on a Wednesday and all they said was 'DVLA round the corner,go there' Quote
Bananaman Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 1p/Liter Easy to collect *Less ing arround at the post office *Make the insurers issue insurance certificates to be displayed like a tax disk with some kind of chip that can be read buy a simple machine that police etc can scan them with. *Confiscate/sell/distroy uninsured cars & fine + 200hrs hard labour for the offenders. Just an Idea 'Teflon Tony' are you whatching Quote
Blatman Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Sorry............hadn't thought that anyone would be trying to do it at a PO that didn't sell tax discs........... Quote
david.c Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 David,what do you Sorn notification?. If you do it as soon as the tax reminder comes it's as simple as Blatters says. However my tax had expired at the end of September, so I had to fill in a V890 form (obtainable from P.O. that does tax) and send it off. Just recieved the confirmation back this morning. David Quote
DENNISTHEMENACE Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 scrap road tax and put 5p on a litre of fuel. fair to everyone! Just one downside to this otherwise excellent idea. Applying for road tax requires you to produce insurance and current mot. No road tax means one check less for the unscrupulous to drive uninsured and without mot. I know that some people without tax may not have isurance/mot anyway but no rad tax will just increase the numbers of illegal drivers IMO. Quote
Thrustyjust Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 I was led to believe that no road tax meant your insurance is worth jack sh17 anyway.... Quote
7SE Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Applying for road tax requires you to produce insurance and current mot. No road tax means one check less for the unscrupulous to drive uninsured and without mot Of course the gov't could fund the 3rd party ins'ce for everyone by an increased Road Tax fee and make MOT certificates displayable on the w/screen like tax disks. The upside being that no-one (who is taxed) is uninsured, the downside being that 45 yr old Nissan Micra drivers will be subsidising 19 yr old Nissan Skyline drivers - there is never an ideal solution The pricing of car insurance in the UK is the most sophisticated in the world and generally means that someone pays a price comenserate to the risk that they represent. As owners of 'specialist' cars, I think that we get a pretty good deal Quote
KIERAN Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Mine was off the road in December and un-taxed oh and un-sorn. taxed in start of Jan and last week got a letter basically saying that i was lucky not to get a fine oh and fill in this form for last month (SORN) upps, was very luck and it was close. becaust the strict rules came as from 2004 i just escaped as was end of 2003. Kieran Quote
Buzz Billsberry Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Just a warning, I managed to mislay relicensing form and did not SORN Westy straight away.It is now taxed but just received a £25 fine. The DVLA is giving zero tolerance, the day after the tax expires is the start of the 'offence'. Hope this saves someone a few quid. Rich No offence but it serves you right and it should be the following day as well.The fine should go up £25 a week until u pay the fine and the licence fee. if u don't pay with in the month then u should be banned from driving for a month plus 2 penalty points on your licence plus court cost. DRIVING IS A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT NO EXCUSE PAY YOUR TAXES 'Cause at the end of the day u ain't INSURED and if anyone who runs into me and the insurance is invalidated due to no MOT or TAX will be dealt with personally Unless its my company car then it ain't my problem and they'll walk away with all their teeth and limbs intacked... see compassion Buzz Quote
ROC Posted January 29, 2004 Author Posted January 29, 2004 Ok, sorry we are not all as perfect as you, I made it quite clear that is was all my mistake. The posting was not in the form of a moan, just a warning to fellow owners. Rich. Quote
Eccentric_Rich Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Buzz is writing b*****k* (again), if you've got car insurance your car is insured whether or not it's taxed, MOTed, driven with bald tyres, defective lights, being drunk whilst driving or whatever. It's an urban myth that your insurance is invalidated if you're not perfect like Buzz!! Richard. Quote
adhawkins Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Um, I'm not 100% sure, but I seem to remember a clause in insurance that says if you're driving illegally, then insurance doesn't cover you at that point. Could be talking through my , but I'm fairly sure I read that somewhere... Andy Quote
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