SORN a car that's abroad?

Last year when going on holiday to France I trailered a second car to leave there for a restoration. The second car would ether of been taxed or had a SORN declaration. If taxed this would have expired...

Does the new 'continuous insurance' mean that my wife can drive her new car whilst her old one is prepared for sale?

The item in the recent issue of the Telegraph on the DoT issuing an uncompromising formal warning to drivers to "get insured ahead of a new crackdown" has provided me with topical food-for-thought. My...

Should I SORN my old motorcycle that hasn't been taxed since 1999?

I have an old motorbike registered in 1994 but not taxed since 1999 (I think that was the last date it was taxed). I bought it in 1999 to do track days on and have never used it on the road since. I don’t...

Do I need to SORN my old vehicles which are all in long-term storage?

I am the owner and registered keeper of various old vehicles in storage: two old Lancias in lock-ups, one being 1973 and free of VED, a 1936 Ariel Red Hunter motorbike in bits in my office basement and...

Can you clarify what the new 'continuous enforcement' insurance rules mean?

I refer specifically to an item under the heading 'Suffolk Punch' on Saturday 23 April 2011. Please advise the title of the legislation said to be launched recently to come into force this Spring. I have...

Do I have to SORN my classic?

I have owned a classic car which has been off the road since before SORN was introduced. I have never needed to declare a SORN on it in the past. I understand there are are now new regulations, so do...

New SORN regulations?

Any comment on the new legislation re all vehicles have to be taxed unless SORN'd? Scenario: I buy another car but have not yet sold my 'old' car. It's taxed & MOT'd and sat on the drive, not in use....

Unused car

Our son has been at university in America and for the past four years his car has stood on our driveway. Apart from the obvious problems of getting it back on the road, a friend tells me that there is...

Should my partner have been fined for not SORNing his vehicle?

My partner has received an £80 fine for having no tax. He hadn't SORNed the vehicle. The car hasn't run for years and hasn't been driven since before the tax ran out in 2006. The vehicle has since been...

I sold a bike which I've owned for years but have realised wasn't SORNed - do I face any repercussions?

I have unwittingly sold a bike which I believed I had both registered in my name and declared as SORN seven years ago (having sent the relevant forms off). The DVLA have now written to me as the new owner...