Gave DVLA a 'quick' call yesterday (took over 6 minutes to get past the wall of robot telephonists asking me to choose the right options!!!!).

Finally got a human (a welsh one, not sure if that counts?) explained to her I SORNed the Sierra over a year ago - and did I need to renew it annually? She said I did, and after lengthy explanations about why I wanted to keep a 'dismantled' car without scrapping it - she renewed the SORN there and then!

Indeed, assuming the V5 is in your name/address you should have got a reminder by post.

I just got mine and updated over the web in less than 30 seconds, with an email confirmation just in case the paper one doesn't turn up.

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Originally posted by iank
Indeed, assuming the V5 is in your name/address you should have got a reminder by post.

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Yes, just to add - during the conversation she informed me that the original SORN acknowledgement was sent to the previous owner and she assumed that so was the 12 - month reminder!

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Originally posted by stevegough
Gave DVLA a 'quick' call yesterday (took over 6 minutes to get past the wall of robot telephonists asking me to choose the right options!!!!).

Finally got a human (a welsh one, not sure if that counts?)

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and also if you buy a car thats allready sorn it needs to be reapplied for in your name

I still get reminders for cars I tore apart years ago, I really should get round to telling them they no longer exist!

when you pay the £80 fine you dont ever forget about it