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Lease - Buying my lease car .workaround - Aero1234

I lease a car. From new. Now 4yrs old and end of lease. I am retiring. I want to keep the car however uk tax laws say I can't buy it. But a mate can. So one of my mates buys it. I lend him the money, v5 goes in his name for a week then he sells it for a £1 to me. I know this means I'm 3rd owner...but I know the vehicle.

Is this legal ? The lease just states that I cannot buy it from lease company.

[Thread also running in Motoring forum so locking this one - mod]

Edited by Xileno on 28/08/2021 at 18:38