MOT/SORN Insurance

[woodzup]

Hi There,

I've been neglecting the Rover for a while but now the sun is (almost) out, have decided to crack on with the project.

Unfortunately the MOT has expired and the car has been SORNed for over a year now. Does anyone know the legality of driving the car to the MOT? Am I right in thinking that you can't un-SORN the car until you have an MOT?

To additionally complicate matters, I'm not insured on the car at the moment (3.5V8 + 22yr == £££!), I expect that I'll need to be covered travelling to the MOT station, just wanted to check that I do need to shell out before I get it back on the road...

Thanks for your help.

Tom

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[David]

Afraid so. If I remember correctly you will need an MOT, log book and insurance before you can 'tax' your car.

You will not need the v10(?) form if you have the new style registration document (the one with lots of colured boxes) but you do need it if you have the older style registration document. Confusing isn't it!

the form is available as a download from teh dvla site.

[Phil Nottingham]

Provided the car is insured properly you can drive to and from a pre-booked MOT appointment though you may still be committing an offence if the car is unroadworthy and of course then the insurance is void!

[glennr]

The point of committing an offence would obviously be impossible to impose if you have pre booked it in for an MOT. If you're car had failed it's MOT then it must of been illegal to drive anyway It's one of these things that needs to be looked at with some common sense as the law is somewhat non lucid at times.

[Geoff Arthur]

There is no legal issue as long as the driver is insured to drive the car and the MOT is pre booked. Get a friend to drive it under their third party other vehicle cover. It may be subject to a SORN but it is still legal to drive to an MOT. If it fails, it is legal to drive home for repairs unless the MOT station declares it as dangerous in which case you would need to get it recovered on a trailer. This is a limited risk if you prepare for the test properly. Incidentally there is no distance limit that you may travel. Earlier this month I drove my Coupe from storage in Hampshire to my new home in Cornwall for a pre booked MOT having asked the DVLA for guidance in advance. It passed happilly anyway.

[woodzup]

Thanks chaps, advice much appreciated. Looks like I'll be shelling out for that insurance

Cheers,

Tom

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[RichardF]

I have noted in my insurance "fine print" that the ability to drive someone else's car under my insurance will limit the cover to third party but, more importantly, the cover is only available and hence legal if the subject car to be driven holds its own insurance cover anyway; presumably by the owner.

Richard
Southampton

[Phil Nottingham]

Many renewals are deleting driving other cars anyway as this is being withdrawn due to abuses eg more than occasional/emergency use

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Tom

Are you looking at Classic Car insurance?, much cheaper than insuring it through Direct Line or such.
I am with Footman James, very reasonable, (but I am 51)

Cheers