my link was broken from the copy + paste from CP, so ive amended it.
here was my reply to the debate that went on, and it sums up my feelings about it
the problem with this is, you may get a tax rebate of 15 quid, but its costs 66 quid + to retax
you then have to buy another full insurance policy and you cannot tax a car under shortterm insurance, that means you have to a pay a large deposit for the policy.
so to run your track car for a trackday would be circa
66 quid for tax (if its under a 1.6)
insurance deposit which can be as much as 25% so for arguments sake, 1000 pounds, so 250 quid
so a total of 316 pounds!
of which at the end of the weekend you lose a months worth of tax, and have to pay a 50 quid cancellation fee of the insurance policy!, so effectively costing you circa 65-70 to make your car legal for the weekend.
I'm really annoyed by this, if an owner wishes to run the risk of having an uninsured car, parked off the road, or even taxed but parked on the road outside thier house, then it should be thier at thier own perogative.
i have three cars, and for me its best just to switch it for whichever car i use at the time, i cant drive three cars at the end of the day. and if one were to be stolen from my drive, insured or not, i probably wouldnt claim, as it would make my existing high premium, even higher!
the state of affairs in our countries makes me want to stick all the cars on a boat and emigrate to canada