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DVLA - 'ere, wos goin' on?

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Orcade-Ian:
A few of us have been getting letters from DVLA asking 'Is your vehicle still off the road?'  I declared SORN over a year ago on my C50 LAC (almost bugger all VED)  which, according to their own information lasts indefinitely or until I either tax or sell it - so why are they wasting our money asking again?  Anyone know what they are up to?  No wonder it's taking longer for them to carry out important tasks.

Ian

Johnny4428:
That’s interesting Ian, I was confused just got a notification through for one of the C90s that I sorned an year ago.
What a complete waste of resources.

SteveD CB500K0:
Me too.

I wondered for a moment that they’d changed the rules (again) and had to SORN every year.

The letter was a full page which told me precisely nothing concerning the bike identified in the title…


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Orcade-Ian:
I really can't get my head around this 'new process'. I can only think that they are hoping that someone reacts and taxes a vehicle previously sorned (who made that a verb??) so they get some money for nothing.  That's surely rather doubtful as anyone savvy enough to declare sorn and not just leave a vehicle taxed shouldn't fall for it.  It will be interesting to see if anyone with a tax exempt historic class vehicle gets one of these reminders, where the DVLA stand to gain nothing.  Just how 'green' is sending out all of these pointless letters?  That reminds me, must get an mot on our gas guzzling 3.9 litre V8 MG  :)

Ian

fogrider:
My guess is they are checking who is still alive and/or still own that vehicle.  Tens of thousands of vehicles over the years have been scrapped without DVLA being notified. Dead numbers they could sell or allocate.
If you get such a letter, ensure you reply and tell them it's a treasured possession or you MAY LOSE the reg. number !

Thanks for the nudge, I'll dig out some old V5's of my long term (non happening ) projects and see about re-sorning them.

Regards, Terry.

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