DVLA do something right!!
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I've just bought a cheap car that i knew had been written off and repaired (1995 Rover 218 SD). The accident damage wasn't severe, it had been hit by a motorbike and needed a new wing, door, windscreen and bonnet. The damage was severe enough to not be worth doing. Anyway, the guy i bought it off runs an accident repair shop and had got hold of all the bits off another written off car (been rear ended) and had repaired it very cheaply. I then bought it off him for the princely sum of £500 and registered it taxed and insured it and have been driving it around for the past 6 weeks. This morning i got a call from the local BiB saying they'd been asked by the DVLA to check the car for road worthiness and make sure there were no stolen parts etc. BiB came round and ran a full vehicle check with all of the indentifying numbers (chassis engine number etc) and thoroughly checked over the entire car to make sure everything was ok. In the end he was perfectly happy and said he'd report that to the DVLA. I was quite happy as i'd had a full background check and inspection done for free. 
How common is this? The BiB didn't seem too impressed spending half is morning doing this although he was very poilte and professional
Strange thing is the V5 came back about a month ago....
How common is this? The BiB didn't seem too impressed spending half is morning doing this although he was very poilte and professional
Strange thing is the V5 came back about a month ago....
From DVLA site
The Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) has been introduced to help reduce vehicle crime. It is intended to deter criminals from disguising stolen cars with the identity of written off or scrapped ones. When an insurance company writes off a car, the registration document (V5 logbook) is surrendered to them and destroyed. The insurance company will then notify DVLA that the vehicle has been written off.
If a vehicle is subsequently repaired with the intention of returning the vehicle to the road, DVLA will no longer issue a new registration document or vehicle excise duty license until the car passes a VIC. The VIC is designed to help confirm that the vehicle being returned to the road has been repaired following accident damage and has not been stolen.
Presume Ins Co did not do a full write off and informed DVLA they had paid out so marker put on file. When reactivated through re tax they would inform local BiB to inspect, hence V5 before inspection.
DVD
The Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) has been introduced to help reduce vehicle crime. It is intended to deter criminals from disguising stolen cars with the identity of written off or scrapped ones. When an insurance company writes off a car, the registration document (V5 logbook) is surrendered to them and destroyed. The insurance company will then notify DVLA that the vehicle has been written off.
If a vehicle is subsequently repaired with the intention of returning the vehicle to the road, DVLA will no longer issue a new registration document or vehicle excise duty license until the car passes a VIC. The VIC is designed to help confirm that the vehicle being returned to the road has been repaired following accident damage and has not been stolen.
Presume Ins Co did not do a full write off and informed DVLA they had paid out so marker put on file. When reactivated through re tax they would inform local BiB to inspect, hence V5 before inspection.
DVD
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