SORNed

[Arzedby]

Makes sense to SORN for now, and to do it before the end of the month else would have to pay for April. Can be un-SORNed in a matter of minutes online anyway, except for the first 5 days after SORNing, but I can't see anything changing in the next 5 days.

 

[Geo]

I thought trade plates can be used for road tests? so I'm just checking the brakes, gearbox, engine etc. I'm not stopping anywhere just doing a circuit to warm things up and clean the rust off the brakes.

You still need an mot certificate and a trade insurance policy to use trade plates, vehicles on sorn can not be used on the road till taken off sorn ie taxed.
Trade plates are nothing more than a universal tax disc these days and offer nothing else. You cant borrow them or lend them out.

 

[busbuddy]

i assume you do esential work

yep, 3 out the 4 in our household will be working throughout, unfortunately for me the 4th is now at home until at least easter picking paint colours and new furnishings for those days when i have spare time

 

[Lanerboy]

vehicles on sorn can not be used on the road till taken off sorn ie taxed.

This is not correct i have customers who bring cars to my garage daily using trade plates that are all on sorn whilst they are for sale. I have trade plates and they cover us for an untaxed vehicle and you also do not need to register a vehicle in your name if selling the vehicle whilst using trade plates

 

[Nixdorfer]

You still need an mot certificate and a trade insurance policy to use trade plates, vehicles on sorn can not be used on the road till taken off sorn ie taxed.
Trade plates are nothing more than a universal tax disc these days and offer nothing else. You cant borrow them or lend them out.

This is not correct i have customers who bring cars to my garage daily using trade plates that are all on sorn whilst they are for sale. I have trade plates and they cover us for an untaxed vehicle and you also do not need to register a vehicle in your name if selling the vehicle whilst using trade plates

Done a bit of searching
You can drive a vehicle on Trade plates if its been registered as trade by sending the yellow v5 section off. You also don't need to sorn it then, probably what the sales guy does. But if is sorned then you are only really covered to drive it to and from an MOT station. Also read if you actually own the vehicle rather than being one for sale or in for repair etc then it doesn't technically cover you.

Theres always a way once this lot blows over then will tax it again anyway but pointless paying 3-6mths tax to sit there. Its on private land and indoors, MOT'd and insured on my traders so the rest is covered.

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[DavidG58]

Call me soft or daft , but the country has virtually bankrupted itself to help either us or our kids get through this mess

if everybody that could, SORNed everything, the government will have to find a few more millions it doesn’t have

I think we can stand to the few pounds that we have actually already paid out in our part of the war effort

just my way of handling things

 

[Holly's mum]

Just SORNed ours too
DVLA is going to be busy once the lockdown is lifted

 

[joka250]

While most insurance policies will cover while on SORN not all do so check small print.

 

[two]

Before you SORN, I suggest you nip down to the fuel station and fill up with diesel (so long as you're not petrol). Filling to the top will reduce condensation in the tank and possible problems when it's time to start up again (next year?).

 

[BishBosh]

Just out of interest how much tax is refunded if you sorn a recently purchased motorhome like me when it’s new from last October? So 6 months refunded?

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[BishBosh]

Ok, looked it up and it seems like £22 per month.

 

[two]

I think you'll only get a refund for the number of whole months remaining. They'll ignore any extra days.
Too late now, SORN before the end of April.

 

[bigtree]

Straight from gov.uk

When you can drive your vehicle
You can only drive a vehicle with a SORN on a public road to go to or from a pre-booked MOT or other testing appointment. You face court prosecution and a fine of up to £2,500 if you use it on the road for any other reason.

 

[Toe toe]

Just done something I never, ever thought I would - have SORNed the motorhome . It seems so final, but better have the money in the bank rather than sat in storage doing nothing. Never mind, if I manage to get through the next 12 weeks not working, due to having to care for my 90 year old mother who has lung cancer and COPD, I will be dropping another day at work later in the year so we will have 5 days each week to travel.

I sorn ours twice now online and it's still showing taxed is that the same for you we have not had an email confirming it either

 

[Silkcut1105]

sorned yesterday so i dont lose this month aswell

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[68c]

Tried to SORN van, DVLA website would not do it. Succesfully SORN a car and two motorbikes OK. Had the V5 since October 19, had to downrate it and change tax class, this entailed paying six months tax up front. Perhaps that is the reason, anyone else had that problem?

 

[Richard n Ann]

I sorn ours twice now online and it's still showing taxed is that the same for you we have not had an email confirming it either

When I tax ours it can take up to 5 days for it to show on the database, so it's probably the same for SORNing.

 

[Makingtrax]

Give the motorhome a 15 minute drive along the dual carriageway and back every couple of weeks to help the tyres settle into a new position and get the engine up to temperature.

Is nobody else doing that? Is that not necessary?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Give the motorhome a 15 minute drive along the dual carriageway and back every couple of weeks to help the tyres settle into a new position and get the engine up to temperature.

Is nobody else doing that? Is that not necessary?

No, ours stands for 5 months a year. Every year ?

 

[68c]

When I tax ours it can take up to 5 days for it to show on the database, so it's probably the same for SORNing.

Its been taxed since November, but true probably just slow DVLA. Annoying to lose another months tax money.

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[Makingtrax]

No, ours stands for 5 months a year. Every year ?

How do you protect the tyres?

 

[Richard n Ann]

How do you protect the tyres?

I don't, they're fine ?

 

[Vipar]

Usually the only things tyres suffer from is direct Sunlight