Hi all i do live in rented accommodation and the driveway is maintained at public cost. I didn't renew the sorn when i brought the car as i stupidly thought that when you buy a car on sorn its like a tax disk and you either buy tax for the vehicle or re-sorn it when it runs out.

Hi all after you was so much help about the vehicle being impounded i wondered if you would be able to help me out with this one. I have received a fine from the DVLA for £54 for not having the vehicle licensed even though it was on sorn and on my driveway, as i found out whilst arguing with the DVLA and the local council when the car was impounded the driveway does not belong to me it is there as access to my garage. The reason i need your help is because i feel that it is unfair that i am being punished for the same offence twice as the car is impounded and about to be crushed as i cant afford the release fees and the fact that i have just received the fine through the door. I phoned the DVLA and mentioned this to them but they said this is a completely different offence and that it is not them that have impounded the vehicle yet i have also received a letter from them as well stating that if i do not pay the release fees to the impound the vehicle will be crushed. Im not sure what i should do as i have only owned the car for 2 weeks and did not have a logbook to tax the vehicle also it had not MOT and i know you cant claim that you did not know but i honestly didn't know that it was not my drive and that you can tax a car via the green slip of the logbook. Please can you advise me as to what i should do whether to pay the £54 and take it as a maaive loss and be punished twice or to let it go to court and see if i can win there. Please help. Many Thanks. Stuart.

Hi all im affraid i need some more help as now they are saying that although i still own the vehicle i am not allowed to take the stereo out of it. It is a stereo that i brought seperately from the car so it is not original but they still say it is part of the car, has anybody got any ideas???? many thanks. Stu:mad:

I didnt know that you can tax a car with the new keepers slip and i also didnt know that you have to transfer the sorn over when you buy a car as you dont have to transfer the tax over to your name when you buy a car. It sounds as though i havent got a leg to stand on and i have to take this as a lesson thanks for all your help anyway.

Hi all, I have been reading some of the posts on this site and was unable to find one that applys to my situation so decided to ask for help and to see if anybody else has been in the same boat. I have brought a car about 2 weeks ago with no tax but it is on sorn, the car was parked on a driveway that is attached to my garage at the rear of my property. I have looked at my deeds and the driveway does not belong to me although it is attached to my garage and it is where i leave my car at night. One day in the week my car was removed from my driveway by a company called E.L.V.I.S. which is part of the northampton county council and northamptonshire police, i was not notified that they were coming to remove my car and they never came and knocked the door to tell me they were taking the car they just loaded it on the lorry and left. After alot of people saying they had nothing to do with the removal of the car i finally found the people that took it and have since been in contact with them. They state that because the driveway is maintained by the council that the car is on the public highway and that they are within there rights to tow the car even though i have only had the car for 2 weeks so i have no log book and no way to tax the vehicle. I gave E.L.V.I.S. a ring and they said that i can appeal but the the appeal would land on his desk and he sees no problem with what they have done. The impound want £100 plus a refundable £160 when i take a tax disc to them plus £21 per day for the car being kept in the impound. Is there anything i can do or do i just have to take it as a loss and let them get away with it. Please Help. Thank you. Stu.