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Sat 14 Mar 2015 14:09
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - conman

Hello one of previous questioners ask why there are not many private sellers and you said because the government have made it harder for the private individual to purchase a car now off another private individual.

Please correct me if this is wrong, but there are 2 ways for private people to buy within the law.

1. the present owner drives the car to the new owners address, there it can be SORN, or taxed.

2. the easiest way is make sure the person selling the car will let you use the internet. Then just tax the car before driving it away, it is now so easy to tax online. Your insurance company should be informed ( as had always been the case).

3. The no no's are you can't sorn it then drive it home, drive it home without taxing it, because the seller has to notify the DVLA incase the new owner gets caught on camera or has an accident or parking fine as these would come back on the old owner.

Please comment if I have missed anything.

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Sat 14 Mar 2015 14:31
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - skidpan

The only change is the simple fact that the tax (or VED - whever you call it) cannot be transferred to the new owner regardless of what the seller may say.

So before you drive away you must tax it regardless of it being taxed or on a SORN. Post Office, internet, think you can even do it by phone. All you need is a credit or debit card and the V5C.

As said above you must also insure it before you drive it, no difference there.

Its all simple enough, did it in October just after the new rules came in, took about 1/2 an hour all in.

In truth it took longer to insure it over the phone.

Edited by skidpan on 14/03/2015 at 14:33

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Sat 14 Mar 2015 14:31
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - bathtub tom

The seller has to notify DVLC by snail mail. Plenty of time to drive it home and renew the VED at the new owners convenience.

The new owner will have to have insurance of course.

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Sat 14 Mar 2015 14:35
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - skidpan

The seller has to notify DVLC by snail mail. Plenty of time to drive it home and renew the VED at the new owners convenience.

Possibly true but if you get pulled and plod discovers you have just bought the car and not taxed it you will get a nice fine.

The law is clear enough. If you break it don't come on here moaning.

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Sat 14 Mar 2015 17:39
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - jamie745

Practically speaking though, why would you get pulled over by Plod?

They can't just stop you randomly for no reason. So long as the computer says everything's top notch and you're driving like a normal person they should have no need to look at you.

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Fri 20 Mar 2015 13:24
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - Cyd

Practically speaking though, why would you get pulled over by Plod?

They can't just stop you randomly for no reason. So long as the computer says everything's top notch and you're driving like a normal person they should have no need to look at you.

And that's if you even see a Plod on the road .........

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Fri 20 Mar 2015 14:36
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - Andrew-T

And that's if you even see a Plod on the road .........

Ah, but it's the ones you don't see ....

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Fri 20 Mar 2015 14:50
any - Buying Secondhand Cars. Easy !!! - pd

There is some misunderstanding here. The VED does not get cancelled from the date the DVLA receive the V5 - it gets cancelled from the date of transfer.

So, if the seller puts 20/3/15 as the date in the V5 and posts it off on the 24th, the DVLA processes it on the 28th it will get cancelled back to the 20th.

Therefore, if the new owner goers though a camera on the 22nd it will eventually come out in the wash they were not taxed and could potentially get a fine.

So, technically, the most time you get is the actual day you buy it.

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