DVLA - For Sale Purposes - is it real?
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So im looking at a BMW M135i at the moment and the vendor tells me it has 1 registered owner. He is a private seller and had an C63 AMG before that somebody gave him the M135i for and some cash. He then only told DVLA it was 'For Sale Purposes' and therefore didnt have to register as an owner but only provide his information should tickets etc. be incurred. He also said his insureres have been informed of the same.
is this a real thing as I cant find any information online - but I assume this is how traders get around having to add a new owner every time they buy and sell a car?
is this a real thing as I cant find any information online - but I assume this is how traders get around having to add a new owner every time they buy and sell a car?
The only way he can do what has been described is if the car is down as being in the trade, i.e. the bit of the V5 for selling to a trader has been filled in to put it into his name.
No, it won't affect you in terms of getting your name on the V5 if you buy it and it might just be he's being a cheeky sod and trying to keep an owner off the V5 by mis-registering it. But straight away it rings alarm bells if someone who is blatantly acting as a trader is claiming that they're not.
No, it won't affect you in terms of getting your name on the V5 if you buy it and it might just be he's being a cheeky sod and trying to keep an owner off the V5 by mis-registering it. But straight away it rings alarm bells if someone who is blatantly acting as a trader is claiming that they're not.
Leedssurveyor said:
its still under BMW warranty - wont affect that will it?
Indeed - it affects nothing. If the seller has the car for selling purposes then he IS a trader. You therefore have the usual consumer rights associated with buying from a trader. (which does NOT include any sort of 'warranty').
Whether it matters is another question. If you are only 'expecting' a private sale with little comeback you have lost nothing, and the reality is that if there are issues, the BMW warranty may be the path of least resistance.
If there are real issues that the BMW warranty won't cover (poor previous repairs making the car un-roadworthy as an example), then you may choose to use the addition rights you have to get redress, By the sounds of if, it'll take legal assistance to make the seller meet his legal obligations, which he is either ignorant or unwilling to accept.
Personally I look at the seller of any car as much as the car itself and I would walk. There are other cars out there which aren't be sold by chancers...
Edited by OverSteery on Tuesday 11th October 15:27
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