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[Donatello]

Just sold our car but in my haste I forgot to take ANY of the V5 myself to send off and just signed it and they took it away.

I now realise I am suppose to send a bit away and they just keep the new keeper slip? What can I do? HELP!!!

[StottyZr]

Report the car stolen

Ring them up and ask them to send there part off or meet them to get it back? Its up to you to send off the slip but in the worst case scenario you'll still be fine.

[Goldmember1]

In my younger days I did this when selling the ex's Ka about 15 yrs ago.
Best and easiest option is write a letter to the DVLA stating that from the date it was sold you are no longer the owner of vehicle xxxx reg number xxxxx , date it , name and address it , and sign it. I took the letter to my local DVLA office and they were happy with that.

HTH

[ShampooEfficient]

Goldmember1 said:

In my younger days I did this when selling the ex's Ka about 15 yrs ago.
Best and easiest option is write a letter to the DVLA stating that from the date it was sold you are no longer the owner of vehicle xxxx reg number xxxxx , date it , name and address it , and sign it. I took the letter to my local DVLA office and they were happy with that.

HTH

You can post the letter too, and just make sure you get a confirmation one back.

[mobile chicane22]

wait and see if the letter of change of owner arrives from the dvla ( give it about 3 weeks ) if this dosent turn up phone them and ask why not, Post does get lost / stolen from time to time.

A cautionary tale my friend sold his wifes car without doing the v5 ( he just gave it to the new owner ) they stopped getting the speeding and parking tickets 18 months after they sold the car and a lot of leters to prove they had sold it.

We even got a speeding ticket for an old astra we sold 8 months previously even though we had sent of the docs and recieved the letter from the dvla informing us of this 2 weeks after we had sold the car, luckily ( for us ) a copy of the letter and a strongly worded one of our own soon got the speeding ticket removed.

[sim16v]

mobile chicane22 said:

wait and see if the letter of change of owner arrives from the dvla ( give it about 3 weeks ) if this dosent turn up phone them and ask why not, Post does get lost / stolen from time to time.

A cautionary tale my friend sold his wifes car without doing the v5 ( he just gave it to the new owner ) they stopped getting the speeding and parking tickets 18 months after they sold the car and a lot of leters to prove they had sold it.

We even got a speeding ticket for an old astra we sold 8 months previously even though we had sent of the docs and recieved the letter from the dvla informing us of this 2 weeks after we had sold the car, luckily ( for us ) a copy of the letter and a strongly worded one of our own soon got the speeding ticket removed.

Write a letter now explaining details of sale, but V5 was missplaced.

That will guarantee a reply from DVLA, saves months of problems!

[Efbe]

sim16v said:

mobile chicane22 said:

wait and see if the letter of change of owner arrives from the dvla ( give it about 3 weeks ) if this dosent turn up phone them and ask why not, Post does get lost / stolen from time to time.

A cautionary tale my friend sold his wifes car without doing the v5 ( he just gave it to the new owner ) they stopped getting the speeding and parking tickets 18 months after they sold the car and a lot of leters to prove they had sold it.

We even got a speeding ticket for an old astra we sold 8 months previously even though we had sent of the docs and recieved the letter from the dvla informing us of this 2 weeks after we had sold the car, luckily ( for us ) a copy of the letter and a strongly worded one of our own soon got the speeding ticket removed.

Write a letter now explaining details of sale, but V5 was missplaced.

That will guarantee a reply from DVLA, saves months of problems!

phone them first, and get them to send the letter out to you. puts it on record quicker