Whats the proceedure if you buy a car with no V5.
Get a V62 and send it off with £25
apply for a copy and hope its not been stolen.
why does it not have one btw? normally it would not be a sensable thing to do as how do you know it even belongs to the person you payed?
quote:
What paperwork should I look at?
If the seller does not have the car's V5 registration document, walk away. Accept no excuses about the V5 being 'in the post' or 'lying around somewhere'. If it is not present the car may be stolen. Examine the V5. Hold it up to see it has a watermark. Is the car registered to the person selling the car, and at the address you and the car are standing in front of? If not, why not? The car's number plate must match the document's registration number. The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the V5 should match the vehicle's. You will find the VIN stamped on a metal plate in the engine bay, under the carpet stamped on the doorsill, or sometimes etched on a window. If the numbers look scratched, or an old plate's screws and rivets are brand new, call the deal off immediately. Cars more than three years old must have a MoT certificate. If the car's mileage is lower than the MoT's it has been 'clocked'. Check previous garage bills and look through any service history. Gaps in servicing should ring alarm bells. Mileages in the service history should increase gradually and not be higher than the mileage on the car odometer.
Mr Whppy. A HPI check should show that up? or not?
quote:
Originally posted by Thinking about it
Mr Whppy. A HPI check should show that up? or not?
Its common for cars to go through auctions with no V5. Sometimes an oversight by the dealer trading in several cars at a time. I think in those cases
there is a little protection for the buyer, im sure even if cars are auctioned they have to declare if the cars are Cat D, stolen recovered etc.
Buying privately with no V5 is a little more risky - unless a deal that cant be missed id walk away. That said there will be cases where this is a
genuine mistake - eg when a non car person is selling a car for a family member who is recently deceased and cant find it. In this case id be HPI
checking and getting a signed reciept etc and asking for proof of ID. Hopefully there will be other docs present that normally only an owner would
have.
Could be genuine, I have bought cars where the owners couldnt be arsed to send there half of the log book of to the dvla. I have then sold them on not
having the v5.
As said its around £25 and a six + week wait to get the v5 back.
For interest, the v5 is not a formal statement of the legal owner, merley the registered keeper.
A signed reciept for the purchase of the vehicle is proof enough to claim overnership of the vehicle.
Not that it helps much without a v5!
I won an auction on ebay 5 months ago and still have not got a V5. The seller could not find it when I arrived with the trailer to collect it, so he
insisted that I take the car but not pay until he supplied the document. I have contacted him many times and he recently informed me he had got a new
one but for some reason he has not sent it. I have contacted the DVLA to inform them it is being stored off road but as I am not the registered keeper
they cannot accept the sorn. I recently informed the seller I was going to apply for the V5 but he said not to and he would sort it out when he
returned to the UK. It seems a shame to waste £25 when he has already paid for a new one. Plus I still havent paid him yet!. If I knew what was going
to happen I would not have taken the car, but its now stripped and the shell cut up in readyness for disposal so I cant even take it back.
Its not dodgey as a police officer 'friend' has checked it out, just may be a fine outstanding as the current owner did not re register the
sorn.
I have obtained a few cars and been without the V5 for various reasons since the new rules have been in place,within the last 2 years. The hpi system isn't fool proof,thats why they insure/cover your money.There service is very very good though.They stand by what they say and will compensate you in the event of a problem.If you can find the new keepers slip,copy it and apply for the V5 with the V62 and its free.If not then your down to paying the fee. When selling, Its quite important now days to make sure a car is properly re-registered.Its all to do with the fines and ANR cameras and cloning i'm afraid.Make sure you post the paperwork registered post to the Dvla and you get a confirmation letter. Hope this helps
quote:
Originally posted by Bigheppy
I won an auction on ebay 5 months ago and still have not got a V5. The seller could not find it when I arrived with the trailer to collect it, so he insisted that I take the car but not pay until he supplied the document. I have contacted him many times and he recently informed me he had got a new one but for some reason he has not sent it. I have contacted the DVLA to inform them it is being stored off road but as I am not the registered keeper they cannot accept the sorn. I recently informed the seller I was going to apply for the V5 but he said not to and he would sort it out when he returned to the UK. It seems a shame to waste £25 when he has already paid for a new one. Plus I still havent paid him yet!. If I knew what was going to happen I would not have taken the car, but its now stripped and the shell cut up in readyness for disposal so I cant even take it back.
Its not dodgey as a police officer 'friend' has checked it out, just may be a fine outstanding as the current owner did not re register the sorn.