CANT CHECK MOT HISTORY ONLY STATUS ?
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Hi
hope someone can help I have recently put a deposit down on a new vehicle the car had a private registration on it. The chap has said he has put his reg on retention and gave me a generic registration to day.
But when I do a search on the new reg it states nothing is registered to this registration on the .gov mot history checker and with my insurance company but. If I do a search on his private reg they are able to find the car.
But if I do a vehicle STATUS CHECK on the new registration he has given me the car is found with the same tax expiry and mot expiry dates and the correct performance and specs of the car
I'm just a bit confused and wondering if it takes a certain amount of working days to fully transfer over all of the vehicles history and update the VRN searches
So I can insure my new car when the log book reaches the seller
🙌 😀 thanks hope someone can help 😀 🙌
hope someone can help I have recently put a deposit down on a new vehicle the car had a private registration on it. The chap has said he has put his reg on retention and gave me a generic registration to day.
But when I do a search on the new reg it states nothing is registered to this registration on the .gov mot history checker and with my insurance company but. If I do a search on his private reg they are able to find the car.
But if I do a vehicle STATUS CHECK on the new registration he has given me the car is found with the same tax expiry and mot expiry dates and the correct performance and specs of the car
I'm just a bit confused and wondering if it takes a certain amount of working days to fully transfer over all of the vehicles history and update the VRN searches
So I can insure my new car when the log book reaches the seller
🙌 😀 thanks hope someone can help 😀 🙌
I think there are various databases, and they don't all get updated at the same time.
Years ago, I had a private registration on a 964 model 911. I also owned a 996 model 911 turbo.
I decided I wanted to sell the 964, so I transferred the private reg to the turbo - and notified the insurance companies. The following day, I had an accident in the turbo.
When the assessor came out to check the damage on the car, he was making some very odd statements - things like making sure that "old cars like this" had agreed valuation. Although he was clearly looking at the damage on the turbo - it eventually became clear that he was talking about the 964 (which was ~13 years older).
We sorted that out - however, when the bodyshop were making the repairs they had the problem that the insurance company refused to pay - because they were saying the prices were wrong for the parts. Again - they were checking against a 1989 964 and not a 2002 996 turbo. A phone call sorted it again.
The irony is - the insurance company that the turbo was with had never ever insured my 964. Despite that, they seemed entirely happy to repair it - rather than the car that was actually insured with them - because whatever generic database they were using for the registration said it still belonged to a 1989 911. The whole thing was a tad bizarre.
Years ago, I had a private registration on a 964 model 911. I also owned a 996 model 911 turbo.
I decided I wanted to sell the 964, so I transferred the private reg to the turbo - and notified the insurance companies. The following day, I had an accident in the turbo.
When the assessor came out to check the damage on the car, he was making some very odd statements - things like making sure that "old cars like this" had agreed valuation. Although he was clearly looking at the damage on the turbo - it eventually became clear that he was talking about the 964 (which was ~13 years older).
We sorted that out - however, when the bodyshop were making the repairs they had the problem that the insurance company refused to pay - because they were saying the prices were wrong for the parts. Again - they were checking against a 1989 964 and not a 2002 996 turbo. A phone call sorted it again.
The irony is - the insurance company that the turbo was with had never ever insured my 964. Despite that, they seemed entirely happy to repair it - rather than the car that was actually insured with them - because whatever generic database they were using for the registration said it still belonged to a 1989 911. The whole thing was a tad bizarre.
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