Picked up our new XC40 on Saturday with the 5 day drive away insurance, been checking since to try and obtain insurance but car still isn’t showing.
Any ideas how long it should take as currently unable to be insure?
How long to appear on insurers database?
Go to www.gov.uk to check the tax status with the registration.
I understand that, as long as you have the Certificate of Insurance for the 5 day drive away insurance, you are OK. You can be stopped by the police, but that's all you need. I'm in the same boat. I phoned Volvo Insurance 24 hours after the insurance started and after checking on ASKMID and they told me that they don't usually bother to register short term insurance policies on the MID.
Cheers,
Ron
XC40 B3 Plus Automatic
Fjord Blue
Ron
XC40 B3 Plus Automatic
Fjord Blue
Depends how often your insurer updates their databases with DVSA. If it doesn't appear the insurer can add it manually.
T4 Auto AWD R Design March 2019
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Seems to be highly unpredictable.
I was trying to get quotes on a prospective purchase - registration Not Known. So I tried the registrations of a bunch of others from Selekt of the same model. Some were known, some weren't.
Some registered 9 months ago, not known. Some registered 2 months ago were known. [shrug]
Had the same snag as the OP in that when I tried to register for my free Drive-Away insurance, the reg wasn't known (Q: why do they make you apply for a full year of coverage from Volvo Insurance in order to get the Drive-away cover? - surely pointless).
So I registered with generic make/model and then phoned. Got a really helpful person who put the registration on the policy, extended the Drive-away to 5-days (looks like it's only 24-hours unless you explicitly ask for it to be extended), and finally emailed me the Certificate of Insurance.
I was trying to get quotes on a prospective purchase - registration Not Known. So I tried the registrations of a bunch of others from Selekt of the same model. Some were known, some weren't.
Some registered 9 months ago, not known. Some registered 2 months ago were known. [shrug]
Had the same snag as the OP in that when I tried to register for my free Drive-Away insurance, the reg wasn't known (Q: why do they make you apply for a full year of coverage from Volvo Insurance in order to get the Drive-away cover? - surely pointless).
So I registered with generic make/model and then phoned. Got a really helpful person who put the registration on the policy, extended the Drive-away to 5-days (looks like it's only 24-hours unless you explicitly ask for it to be extended), and finally emailed me the Certificate of Insurance.
MY2020 R-Design
I had no issues with my Sept 2019 model.
5 day insurance was 5 days not 24 hours. Got my own insurance via the usual comparison sites. First year £230, this year slightly cheaper. Fully comp, legal, protected NC, my and wife. No issues.
5 day insurance was 5 days not 24 hours. Got my own insurance via the usual comparison sites. First year £230, this year slightly cheaper. Fully comp, legal, protected NC, my and wife. No issues.