learnedmylesson

I hope someone can advise. My husband brought his car to France when he moved here permanently in 98 and didn't change to French plates. At the time it was still possible to insure UK cars with French insurance agents, and he was under the (mistaken) impression that as long as he put the car through the CT regularly, being a French resident he didn't have to pay UK road tax. He continued in this way until 2003 when the car broke down and he stopped using it, at which point he suspended his insurance policy until the car could be repaired. It has taken until now to repair the car, and we are now trying to get it legally back on the road. However, in the interim, the insurance agent has cancelled the policy, and won't reinsure the car until it is reregistered with French plates. The problem is that he hasn't paid road tax now since 2000... The second problem is that apparently from 01/07/05 we need to surrender a new type of logbook (a V5C?) to the prefecture, and this is only available from the DVLA.... Who will then nobble us for the 5 year tax liability. The car is definitely not worth paying a 5 year tax bill on, but we don't know what else to do about it. Any suggestions would be gratefully received!