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bobi61 said:I am really lucky I have a garage that has a access road that is gated and locked so no issue re security I was thinking do I start it back it in and out etc etc every month say ??
bobi61 said:....... do I start it back it in and out etc etc every month say ??
911UK said:if the car is going to off the road
depends on how secure the car is going to be, i.e. in a garage or outside, ideally the former
- leave it in gear with the handbrake off, with the wheels chocked
- have the battery attached to a trickle charger
- will assume the anti-freeze concentration is fine
- stick it on a SORN and get a tax refund
- cover the car even if it's inside a garage
I have three cars currently SORN'd and fully insured and I've never heard of this. Cars sat in garages eliminate the road risk aspect reducing the insurer's risk so I'd have thought they'd be more than happy to insure a car that goes nowhere whilst charging for a full, "road-going" policy. Of course, policies are also available for cars in storage at reduced rates without road-risk.neil_911 said:I'm pretty sure if you SORN a car now the Insurance is no longer valid.....
Has to be a different type of policy I think. I looked into it last year and read something in the small print that made me just keep it taxed as it was less hassle for a few months tax rebate.
I don't think that's even the case any more - it used to be that to tax a car it had to be MOT'd and insured, but now it seems the government's decided they'd rather just have the money than have a mechanism in place to prevent uninsured drivers - lack of a valid tax disc used to be a flag to PC Plod that no tax is in place and that often went hand in hand with no Insurance but now there's no tax disc many uninsured people simply take their chances with ANPR detection. From what I can tell the only thing that will stop you taxing your car online is if there's no valid MOT.Lex said:As I understand it a car has to be insured, if taxed.