Oh FFS
More legislation won't stop them driving without insurance/MOT/tax morons! This will directly effect me as I have an MR2 that I want to shift soon, so I now have to cash in the tax before selling. It's just another money making scheme.
Just try and sell a motor without tax! I presume that this will effect dealers as well as every new car purchase now means you have to buy tax.
Keep it on private land and sell it with the tax
I don't see where it says that makes any difference.. it seems that if you're keeping it on private land then your choices are;
1) Taxed, MOTd and insured
2) SORNed
On public land your choices are;
1) Taxed, MOTd and insured
2) Crushed
Unless I'm misunderstanding things, but the DVLA seem to indicate the only alternative to insuring the vehicle is declaring it SORN (which means it has to be on private land)?
this is exactly what they're saying, it no longer matters where it is, if it is taxed and mot'd, it MUST be insured
otherwise, if you dont want it to be insured you have to declare it SORN, which as highlighted, means cashing in any tax, leaving the common predicament of making cars harder to sell
(well, from early 2011, but doesn't say exactly when)