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hughpinder - 13/1/16 at 11:38 AM

I am giving my old car to my nephew.
Unfortunately it is not currently on the road, so I need to MOT,tax and insure it so I can drive it over to him. What is the cheapest way to insure it to get it in for an MOT (tomorrow) and drive it from Lincoln to Chester (Saturday)? I will tax it in his name so that he can keep the road tax.
Thanks
Hugh

tegwin - 13/1/16 at 11:57 AM

Take out a policy with someone like direct line and then cancel within the 14 day cooling off period?

shindha - 13/1/16 at 12:16 PM

Get your nephew to insure it in his name and add you on for the day or two (usually works out cheaper for a week) on to his policy.

owelly - 13/1/16 at 06:06 PM

I've used Aviva short term insurance to move cars about but a lot of these types of policies don't let you tax a vehicle. As suggested, get the new owner to register, tax and insure the car in his name with you as a named driver, unless you already have a policy that covers you to dive a vehicle not belonging to you, in which case, just make sure you and the new owner have signed the V5.

DAN@ADRIAN FLUX - 13/1/16 at 07:47 PM

Hi,
Please feel free to give us a try for insurance if you like. If you wanted to PM me some contact details I'd be happy to arrange for one of my quotes team to give you a call back to discuss the best options available.
Regards,
Dan.

nick205 - 14/1/16 at 11:16 AM

Working from memory here, but I used to insure SWMBO as a named driver on her car as the car was registered in my name - IIRC it was the cheapest way to do it. It may be worth insuring the car for your nephew with you as a named driver for a week to allow you to move it.

hughpinder - 14/1/16 at 01:07 PM

Thanks for the ideas chaps. Unfortunately insuring it for my nephew isn't possible yet as he is not old enough until his birthday in a few weeks.I will transferred the car to his name so the road tax can continue in his name. Will look at the direct line/adrian flux options now (couldn't get the MOT until tomorrow anyway so a little more time!)
Thanks again
Hugh

DAN@ADRIAN FLUX - 19/1/16 at 05:07 PM

Hi,
Did you manage to get it sorted in the end?
Regards,
Dan.

hughpinder - 19/1/16 at 05:20 PM

hi Dan
Yes thanks for your efforts. Unfortunately I had left it quite late to get the details on here, and ended up going with tempcover.com as I could sort it instantly online, but will definitely get back to your guys when I'm looking again.
Glad I taxed it - drove past two ANPR vans on the way over!
Regards
Hugh