Online Vehicle Checks
From E30 Zone Wiki
Two very useful sites for checking out information:
http://www.askmid.com - you can use this site to check that your car is showing on the insurance database.
The DVLA lookup to check that your road tax/SORN is still in date.
http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/ (click vehicle enquiry on left hand side)