Cheapest way to move a car?

ste_bla · 21 May 2010 at 11:07

This is our about our second car..

Have an old clio which wasnt worth putting through an MOT due to rust/suspension/brakes needed doing (roughly £400 of stuff and body work sucks). Now been given another clio which has sat still for 2yrs, obv no mot or tax. It runs okay actually (body work is really good) after a new battery however will need new pads/dics and a new/replacement rad, a service and 2 front tyres.

So was thinking of making a good one out of the two using the old one for spares (rad) and tyres (2 new ones about 2 months before stopped using it) and getting new brakes, plugs, oil, etc (roughly £100) however how do i get it home?

If i got day insurance would that allow me to drive it to an MOT which it will fail and then drive back to the new home allowing me a week to repair before getting MOT'd or as no tax would I not be able to do this?

Alternatively would I be able to tow it with another car or does it still need its own insurance?

Sorry if bit confusing!

Shimmyhill · 21 May 2010 at 11:13

If its on the highway it needs insurance so towing would still require insurance. If its on a trailer then it woulnt need insurance.

Bicepo · 21 May 2010 at 11:15

If you are just scrapping the remains of the left over car some scrapyards will collect it from you depending on its worth. Might be worth a punt

Jez · 21 May 2010 at 11:23

I personally would use (scam) the AA into doing it for me, make the scene look like a breakdown and get it relayed home.

DM · 21 May 2010 at 11:24

Jez said:
I personally would use (scam) the AA into doing it for me, make the scene look like a breakdown and get it relayed home.

I was just going to suggest that

Jez · 21 May 2010 at 11:27

DiamondMark said:
I was just going to suggest that

Got to be the best way? I would have thought that a day insure policy might be a good idea to keep bases covered. AA wont check MOT etc though.

Dogbreath · 21 May 2010 at 12:13

Jez said:
Got to be the best way? I would have thought that a day insure policy might be a good idea to keep bases covered. AA wont check MOT etc though.

It would be rather obvious that the tax disk is 2 years out of date though.

a1ex2001 · 21 May 2010 at 12:15

Dogbreath said:
It would be rather obvious that the tax disk is 2 years out of date though.

Lateral thinking, slip one in from another car?

ste_bla · 21 May 2010 at 12:37

Defiant83 said:
If you are just scrapping the remains of the left over car some scrapyards will collect it from you depending on its worth. Might be worth a punt

Will do that with the old one however we have old one here and new one 12~ miles away which is one needing to be moved now!

Will try Rac as have any car personal cover i think! What would i say the fault is though??

Jez · 21 May 2010 at 12:41

ste_bla said:
Will try Rac as have any car personal cover i think! What would i say the fault is though??

Worth a shot, i guess you will need to disable the new car in order to make it look like a breakdown.

You are the one who has the mechanical knowledge to combine 2 cars into one working one though, you decide how to actually create the scene

I'd suggest you would need to put a working battery in it so that it at least looks like it was being driven as a starting point.

ste_bla · 21 May 2010 at 12:45

Jez said:
Worth a shot, i guess you will need to disable the new car in order to make it look like a breakdown.

You are the one who has the mechanical knowledge to combine 2 cars into one working one though, you decide how to actually create the scene I'd suggest you would need to put a working battery in it so that it at least looks like it was being driven as a starting point.

Yeah just wondering what they would be willing to tow ie need to work out what they cant sort out on side of road and would be willing to take home for me rather than fixing.. hmm

Jez · 21 May 2010 at 12:48

Surely as a customer you can insist that you do not want it fixed there and then, and want it towed home so that <your specialist mechanic may look at it>/<insert reason>?

Dave L · 22 May 2010 at 06:33

I don't think you can be as fussy as that - as a tow home drops their "fixed at roadside" scoring.

DM · 22 May 2010 at 09:38

All you have to say is the brake pedal went to the floor and you no longer have any faith in the brakes.

Job done, they have to recover you.

Lethagized · 23 May 2010 at 03:07

I did something like this not so long back. I Went to buy a non runner which was located behind a garage that had taken a look at it and diagnosed it with no compression. I was buying the car for the good body panels which was the same colour as mine and some other desirable parts to fit on my own car . Because both of the cars were the same car AND colour, i took the number plates off mine (taxed insured and motted), put them on the non runner car (sorned) and called the AA.

They asked a few questions over the phone, i told them the cambelt had snapped and it will require a flatbed and winch. They picked it up no problem and drove me and the car 40miles back using the 'RELAY' service.

I originally called the RAC, and they flat out refused to take it because the car was deemed as 'at a place capable of fixing it'

HTH