How do i keep both cars

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XantiaDaveEire
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How do i keep both cars

Post by XantiaDaveEire »

My silver Xantia is just siting around while i get some money together to get her ready for the Nct (mot),thing is the tax is up in 2months but i dont want to pay €600 quid tax just to keep her siting around,so is there anyway i can stop the tax :?: ..I previously got a form but the only way the tax could be stopped was if the car was off the road forever or scrapped etc :roll: ..so how do owners on here of more than one car justify keeping so many cars?Do you just have to keep them mot"d and taxed :roll:
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Post by Toby_HDi »

Over here we can declare SORN. This is free but HAS to be renewed yearly, like tax. You can decide to renew the tax at any point during SORN and the car can be driven. I'm not sure if there is a similar system in Eire or not

We do have to keep them MOTd and taxed. Insured too, thats what almost made me decide to sell the Activa last week. It's just a case of if you're prepared or not to pay money to indulge in a love of cars.
Toby


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Post by citronut »

whilst declaired SORN they must be kept off the road

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Post by Toby_HDi »

Yes, thanks for that Malcolm. Silly of me to leave that bit out.
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Post by Paul-R »

If a car is SORNed then it doesn't need to either MOTd or insured.
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Post by citronut »

absolutley right Paul, between us we will get all the relavant info across,

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Post by lexi »

Hi Dave

Some of the systems over in Old Ireland seem a bit strict compared to here. I had a 4.2 Diesel which I took over to Ireland when fishing. The local guys told me it was prohibitively expensive to have a car that size over there due to the tax.
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