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it means that the seller does not have documentation for the car, and does not want to apply for it.
perhaps it is stolen, or repaired scrap.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-log-book (V5C)
perhaps it is stolen, or repaired scrap.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-log-book (V5C)
I'm looking for a legit reason why they are saying this. Who in their right mind would advertise a stolen car(s)
for sale, you can see the number plates in the pics, not difficult to find out quite a bit of info about the cars
status.
for sale, you can see the number plates in the pics, not difficult to find out quite a bit of info about the cars
status.
Anyone can buy a number plate. Can you see the chassis number too?
If you are in any why interested in buying the car why not contact the seller & ask the question ?
As said (post #5) there could be a perfectly innocent explanation. If not, maybe it should be reported to Trading Standards.
As said (post #5) there could be a perfectly innocent explanation. If not, maybe it should be reported to Trading Standards.
Yeah true plus it could have been cloned. I don't think I would ever buy a car without seeing the log book and checking that the vin and engine numbers match.
I contacted him on gumtree early this morning like i had planned to, just was curious if this V5C thing was legit
I asked him why he didn't have it and I would need to see it before we proceed. His reply below was garbled..
Yeah i havent got to but I’ve got the form for application, if will be interested in buying I can apply for it on my name or straight on yours
Later on he sent a message saying it's sold now and the add disappeared I'll keep an eye out for him see, sure I've seen 2 or 3 similar adds so will see if this is regular.
I asked him why he didn't have it and I would need to see it before we proceed. His reply below was garbled..
Yeah i havent got to but I’ve got the form for application, if will be interested in buying I can apply for it on my name or straight on yours
Later on he sent a message saying it's sold now and the add disappeared I'll keep an eye out for him see, sure I've seen 2 or 3 similar adds so will see if this is regular.
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does it? I thought you could apply yourself, and tax insure it and do a hpi check?
You can apply for the V5.yourself. You can tax and insure it yourself. You can't tax it until you have the V5 though and that can take up to six weeks plus, you won't be able to check whether the person you are buying it from is the registered keeper. You can however only hpi check the numberplate and said, that could belong to a legit car. The hpi guarantee wouldn't cover you if the car turns out to be cloned. Pretty sure it doesn't cover you if you have no V5 or pay cash for it either.
Of course you can buy it, but if you don't understand the potential implications of buy a car with questionable/missing documentation and provenance, evidenced by the fact that the op needs to ask on a forum means that he shouldn't buy it unless he loves a gamble.
It might be perfectly ok, the seller might invite him to his home (the local waste ground caravan site), give him a full official receipt (on the back of a fag packet) and explain how his pesky kids have been messing about and scratched all those bar codes and numbers off the windows and dashboard.
Saw one the other day, a guy had part-exed his Range Rover for another one, found out it was stolen, contacted the sellers and asked to buy back his original car for a relative - they met up and he brought the police along - seller got nicked and he got his car back.
https://west-midlands.police.uk/news/fraud-victims-praise-we-recover-stolen-car-sting
I think it might be because he's not a "proper" trader, so if he applied for a V5C, the car would show up as having had an extra keeper? I've a feeling a bona fide dealership has a way of applying for a V5C, but without them showing up as the registered keeper?
I don't think bone fide dealers have the V5 - the person selling to them will fill in and send off the yellow (trader) section on the V5 which doesn't add another keeper to the tally.
