Need your help :) (new boy)

if i was too buy a land rover and not insure it till a month say.. what would i have to do with regards to keeping it on my drive or in my garage? i mean would declaring it SORN have to be done or what would happen if i wasnt to do this?

Dave

:welcome2: SORN only applies to rd tax but if its not insured you still need to keep it off rd.........

if it not taxed and you dont sorn it you will be hit for back tax

say if its taxed but not insured, what should i need to do? or nothing? i just dont want the police seeing it on my driveway and having a wonder , i know they shouldne but dont wanna risk it now

if you buy said land rover how do you propose to get it home without insurance?

oh ive got a trailer i have use of if i need to, the old man will tow it back to the house with it

You may keep it on your drive, garage, private ground taxed and uninsured if you wish. You must declare it sorn if you want to keep it offroad and untaxed. The law says you need insurance to drive it on the road so that if you hit something one someone you are covered, you dont even need to have it insured legally against theft or fire, so it if it is not to be on the road then no insurance needed.

Obviously if anything happens to it you are goosed, you would probably be as well getting it insured simply to sit in a garage, some of the LR/classic insurers will do that for you, it is insured to be locked in a garage or sit on a drive, but if you reckon there is not much chance of it getting nicked from your garage then dont bother with it. Also, if may be cheaper for someone older and more experienced to insure it, EVEN although its not even going to be driven. Madness!

weverall said:

say if its taxed but not insured, what should i need to do? or nothing? i just dont want the police seeing it on my driveway and having a wonder , i know they shouldne but dont wanna risk it now

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they'll not be interested if its on your drive, it would mean putting down they're speed guns coffee and donuts ffs

weverall said:

oh ive got a trailer i have use of if i need to, the old man will tow it back to the house with it

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On tow, it will more than likely still be driven from a legal standpoint, and so needs insurance. If not driven whilst being towed by way of an A-frame/dolly, it will more than likely be illegal still unless the frame/dolly is of the braked variety, and very few are.

Suitable trailer or flatbed truck are the only real legal alternatives.

byway-basher said:

On tow, it will more than likely still be driven from a legal standpoint, and so needs insurance. If not driven whilst being towed by way of an A-frame/dolly, it will more than likely be illegal still unless the frame/dolly is of the braked variety, and very few are.

Suitable trailer or flatbed truck are the only real legal alternatives.

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read post 6 he says he has a trailer

leave it on the drive uninsured old bill cant touch it.If it gets nicked or tourched youll have to pay.No biggy.

baggyjim said:

read post 6 he says he has a trailer

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Yeah I got that, I just mis-read it as have trailer OR the old man will tow it back

I hate night shifts, never seem to be properly awake.

baggyjim said:

read post 6 he says he has a trailer

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What do you think of your octavia 4x4, neary bought one about a year ago. Bought an A3 quattro instead.

same car - difrent name - int it?

Not quite A3 is 3.2 runs on petrol . The skoda runs on diesel i thimk.

SCOTSMAN said:

Not quite A3 is 3.2 runs on petrol . The skoda runs on diesel i thimk.

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The 2.0 tfsi is better than the 3.2 - more power (to weight) - shoulda gone for the S3! (that's what they put in em at 265 BHP)