New car SORN for three days?

[Tamworthbay]

I have just bought a 318i and don't want to tax it until the 1st of September. If I send in a SORN it won't arrive until after and the muppets there will cancel the tax. Has anyone left it a few days under the new system? Just wondering if I need to send them a letter saying was SORN for three days just in case they decide to fine me as it's one big fat profit making machine. Anyone had a similar experience?

[bub2006]

Me personally I'd leave it if the car was taxed before you bought it. Good case for argument because how can they charge twice?

[garbaldy]

I just bought an Audi and waited for the v5 to sorn it, so for two weeks it stated untaxed with keeper change on the doovla site.

No fine yet.

[lisbon_road]

Can't you SORN it online?  

[NorfolkNWeigh]

You can do everything online now, even change of keeper. I did it this morning, it finishes with ' you can now destroy the front page of the V5c'

Knowing how good Doovla are I think I'll wait till I get the acknowledgement letter and my tax refund till I take that drastic step.

 

In other news I taxed a car over the phone the other day , logbook hadn't come through and we'd lost the green slip- No problem says a bird that sounded suspiciously like Nessa off Gavin and Stacey, just couldn't do it monthly had to be 6 months on a card.

[Six-cylinder]

Sorn seems like a good idea if you don't need your new car straight away, so you don't have to pay tax for a full month and only use the for a few days. I like that.

[garbaldy]

Can't you SORN it online?  

 

 

I tried sorning mine from the green slip but it wouldn't let me just said call or post a form, fook that so as soon as the v5 came through it sorned straight away on line,

[Tamworthbay]

Yup, you can only SORN by post or phone for some weird reason.,it's a big con designed to make you forget so they can fine you. That why I was wondering what to do as it's only four days.