Yes the car is still registered, although it's off the road. The only way a car is not registered is when it's scrapped or taken abroad. SORN means the car is "frozen" for a period of time, but will eventually be driven on public roads again.
Thanks for this... the car is abroad, but not declared SORN or abroad. I live in Bosnia, who won't allow it to be imported. I drive it in the UK / EU for a few weeks a year under legitimate UK insurance having had the car taxed and MOTed. I buy separate insurance for Bosnia. The whole thing costs 2K to do, I'm looking for a cheaper way forward with this car.
I'm wondering if I could get a new MOT (when I come to the UK in a few weeks), buy road tax and insurance as before, but then when I get the car back to Bosnia (out of the EU) declare the car SORN,get a refund on my car tax, suspend the insurance (only unfreezing it when I re enter the EU/UK). This would save a good amount of money, but the Bosnian insurers would need to be satisfied that the car is UK registered (hence the original question) and MOTed - I don't think they'd care to much about the fact that I wasn't paying UK road tax.
Thanks for this... the car is abroad, but not declared SORN or abroad. I live in Bosnia, who won't allow it to be imported. I drive it in the UK / EU for a few weeks a year under legitimate UK insurance having had the car taxed and MOTed. I buy separate insurance for Bosnia. The whole thing costs 2K to do, I'm looking for a cheaper way forward with this car.
I'm wondering if I could get a new MOT (when I come to the UK in a few weeks), buy road tax and insurance as before, but then when I get the car back to Bosnia (out of the EU) declare the car SORN,get a refund on my car tax, suspend the insurance (only unfreezing it when I re enter the EU/UK). This would save a good amount of money, but the Bosnian insurers would need to be satisfied that the car is UK registered (hence the original question) and MOTed - I don't think they'd care to much about the fact that I wasn't paying UK road tax.
What do you reckon to my idea's veracity?