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Just keep driving it, and one day soon you will come across PC Plod and his ANPR, I am sure he will take great pleasure in telling you that the car is not insured.
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thank you very much for that Brian - unequivocal. It would seem the (2 different) chaps I've spoken to (at Churchills ) aren't sure themselves and they've been passing duff advice. I'll probably insure it myself on an additional temporary vehicle basis, whilst daughter is still in provisional licence mode and she hasn't insured it herself.
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David, you might want to look into the possibility of learner driver insurance, there are a lot of companies who underwrite this type of risk, and often a lot cheaper than you think.
The road risk for the learner is normally between 7AM and 12PM, and because they must be accompanied by a qualified driver, the premiums are not as astronomical as solo drivers. As an instance, the chap up the road insured his 17 year old son's fiesta for £390 P.A. and it may work out a lot cheaper than temporary insurance Brian |
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20th June 2019, 06:45 | #66 |
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brian - i ended up getting temporary cover ( just for me ) as an additional car on my existing policy. It was surprisingly cheap .
Interestingly, the third person I spoke to at Churchillls mentioned the other vehicle must be either SORN or Taxed and Insured - unlike his 2 colleagues whom i spoke to earlier. |
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I am changing over cars and having checked my new car did not have tax or insurance yet went to tax it before swapping the insurance over it worked?
This surprised me as I thought you needed insurance and mot to tax a car. It's all swapped over now. It does seem wrong that you can swap a private plate over instantly but VED (road tax to me) and sorn is to the nearest month. With odd 5 day no further transaction s online for the VED. Strikes me very much of sharp practice. |
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You shouldn't be able to do that.
I wonder if the DVLA database checked the insurance details and the previous owner's insurance was still showing as valid? |
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