Moving a SORN donor 5 miles?

[Rik178m]

Legally you can't tow it on a rope. Aslong as its not touching the road ie on a trailer then your fine. But 5 miles is a very short trip if you get what I'm saying. tow trucks are going to be expensive I would have thought

[AshG]

i know people that have on several occasions towed non tax'd, non-mot'd cars with another car from gatwick to dover without any trouble. they accidentally tape the on tow sign in a way accidentally covers the numberplate so the anpr cameras dont cop them.

how ever you do it make sure the number plate is covered even if its on a trailer as the anpr cameras will send you a nice fine.

[MightyMouth]

I did say legal hehe, There are no cameras from there to here, all a and b roads and its less than 5 miles but my luck I would pass a mobile tax stop thingy or something. Would my car be legal to tow a sierra on a trailer?

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by AshG

i know people that have on several occasions towed non tax'd, non-mot'd cars with another car from gatwick to dover without any trouble. they accidentally tape the on tow sign in a way accidentally covers the numberplate so the anpr cameras dont cop them.

how ever you do it make sure the number plate is covered even if its on a trailer as the anpr cameras will send you a nice fine.

I have towed a shed load of cars to the breakers with my A frame.

Also some long distance trips as well.

Rover 400 from Birmingham, Vauxhall corsa also from Birmingham. Ford fiesta from Swindon. Triumph vitesse form Dorset.

All of them all the way to cornwall. All with exeption of the fiesta had no documentation.
Passed dozens of Patroll cars & plenty of ANPR cameras. No interest shown by any of them.

I bought my Mazda down to Cornwall from Essex on a trailer behind my Citroen BX estate. That was a bit hairy. Bloody 22hr round trip

[MightyMouth]

Anyone know the average cost to hire a transporter trailer?

Anyone near Hinckley got a trailer they will loan me? Beer tokens?

[deezee]

Originally Posted by MightyMouth

Anyone know the average cost to hire a transporter trailer?

Anyone near Hinckley got a trailer they will loan me? Beer tokens?

Car Transporter Trailer hire can be had for around £75 for 24hrs, or £150 for a week. Maybe less if you haggle. I've been looking into the whole trailer thing, cos all the cheap donor cars are without MOT and Tax.

[jasongray5]

Why not book it in for an MOT near your house, you pick it up and drive towards the MOT station, And say it breaks Down, right outside your house?

[SeriesLandy]

When I went to go and get my donor it was about 50minutes away. I got insurance (£20ish) but it didn't have tax, it did have an mot. I did try and get tax from the post office but they wouldn't take my faxed copy of the insurance.
I didn't get stopped but if I did I had it "booked" into my mates gargage just incase and would have said it was sold without an MOT.