4 changes in owner in 7 months

[Robertb]

Looks like some kind of scam or fraud to me, possibly money laundering.

One quick ownership change would be reasonable, that many clustered together looks suspect. Layering funds.

Would be interesting to see if the other cars the fella is selling are also subject to multiple ownership changes.

[Trevor555]

OP run a mile, then another.

50 press ups, then another two miles..

[type-r]

Robertb said:

Looks like some kind of scam or fraud to me, possibly money laundering.

One quick ownership change would be reasonable, that many clustered together looks suspect. Layering funds.

Would be interesting to see if the other cars the fella is selling are also subject to multiple ownership changes.

That's a great call re: money laundering. Be interesting to see who the owners were, in particular the type of names.

I wasn't going to mention this but its more relevant now - the seller is Albanian, young, early 20's. I know many will see thay as a HUGE red flag but again while I'm conscious of Facebook classified being a rife with fake ads with, salvaged vehicles being repaired and flipped, private traders and with loads of Eastern Europeans active etc I always like to give people the benefot of doubt.

Checked the other car he has for sale by running it through the Autotrader new sale engine and it came back as 2 owners and HPI clear. So no apparent pattern perhaps.

[J1990]

Rare car? Nope
Bargain price? Nope
Any reason not to run a mile and buy one of the other hundred examples? Nope

[bennno]

OP looking forward to seeing follow up thread on this car, i'm guessing

'Can i return a car with an expensive issue to a trader pretending to be a private seller, who wrote sold as seen on the receipt'.

Or

'I've brought a car that needs a new x thats going to cost xxxx, can I claim costs back off the private seller who i think was a trader'

In short if its not in the guys name, insured and taxed by him and owned for 6 months + with a few thousand miles covered then avoid.

[Dave200]

J1990 said:

Rare car? Nope
Bargain price? Nope
Any reason not to run a mile and buy one of the other hundred examples? Nope

Agreed. OP seems to have had his head turned by a 1500 saving which could easily be wiped out. Spend the extra money and enjoy less stress.

[type-r]

Well the good news is, I've found a much better the car - petrol and only 39k for only £1700 more - which is even more of a bargain(!!) And hopefully less long term concerns about mafia after me or the car breaking down (well less risk hopefully). Guy is legit (spoke to him on the phone, selling on behalf of his daughter who is a teacher), car looks to be in similar excellent condition (from pics) than the one I was looking at, SAME high spec too!

To give an idea, I've been looking at this particular model for 2 months but with no luck. Very few on the market - Auto boxes are like hen's teeth and this particular year (2016) had a improved auto gearbox. My search was even more so when limited to the top line model - which included half leather seats, pan roof and sat nav. This model looked much better IMO than the facelift 6 months later, which added plastic trim around the wheelarches!?

Will reveal the car if I buy it tonight.

[Trevor555]

type-r said:

Guy is legit (spoke to him on the phone, selling on behalf of his daughter who is a teacher)

.

Clarify that.

Are you paying her?

Heard this before from people, easy to say "her surname's different because she married"

Are you at the address on the V5?

Are you paying the person on the V5?

Check Dvla tax checker, when was last V5 issued? Is it still taxed?

Do all these checks to weed out potential traders selling a car, and simply claiming they're "selling on behalf of"