Selling a car with no MOT, who's responsible?
Discussion
I am selling a car with no MOT, it went in for an MOT and failed on a few things, I have no inclination to fix it up or re-MOT it, even if fixed the cars value is minimal anyway.
I have a prospective buyer lined up and he is aware of the MOT failure and sheet is included, I am not sure if he does buy it how he has planned to remove it? I have a used car sales invoice which states "Sold as seen" and in the notes I have put in "no MOT".
In the sales invoice should he buy, I will include a time of sale.
Should buyer purchase car and drive away and get stopped who is in the blame?
I have a prospective buyer lined up and he is aware of the MOT failure and sheet is included, I am not sure if he does buy it how he has planned to remove it? I have a used car sales invoice which states "Sold as seen" and in the notes I have put in "no MOT".
In the sales invoice should he buy, I will include a time of sale.
Should buyer purchase car and drive away and get stopped who is in the blame?
Alfa GTV said:
...and in the notes I have put in "no MOT"...
I wouldn't put that - I'd put something along the lines of:"Vehicle failed MOT on xxth of xxxx and rectification works haven't been carried out"
Or something similar. The reason for this is that it's not just a car that has no MOT, it's a car that has failed it's MOT and by putting something similar in, I can't see how you'd be to blame.
doogz said:
I'll probably be corrected on this, but as far as I'm aware, regardless of who owns the car, the driver is responsible. You don't get points for having no MOT, but obviously if any of the failures are picked up upon, they might issues points and a fine for these things.
I agree, which means you are correct.Be careful, clear issue a receipt, copied, stating the car is sold as unroadworthy & for spares.
I once sold a Golf GTI where the MoT had expired, the buyer & his mate spent ages going through it, identifying work etc. Car & Buyer left.
A week later I had a phone call where the buyer wanted his money back, he had taken the car to a local VW specialist to do all of the work - obviously not going to be economical. He pointed out that the car should have been sold in a roadworthy condition, after taking much legal advice, despite the car being sold without a MoT, it was illegal for me to sell in an unroadworthy condition.
Money refunded, car sold again but this time as spares, local lad with the skills did a good job in getting it back on the road.
I once sold a Golf GTI where the MoT had expired, the buyer & his mate spent ages going through it, identifying work etc. Car & Buyer left.
A week later I had a phone call where the buyer wanted his money back, he had taken the car to a local VW specialist to do all of the work - obviously not going to be economical. He pointed out that the car should have been sold in a roadworthy condition, after taking much legal advice, despite the car being sold without a MoT, it was illegal for me to sell in an unroadworthy condition.
Money refunded, car sold again but this time as spares, local lad with the skills did a good job in getting it back on the road.
graham22 said:
Be careful, clear issue a receipt, copied, stating the car is sold as unroadworthy & for spares.
I once sold a Golf GTI where the MoT had expired, the buyer & his mate spent ages going through it, identifying work etc. Car & Buyer left.
A week later I had a phone call where the buyer wanted his money back, he had taken the car to a local VW specialist to do all of the work - obviously not going to be economical. He pointed out that the car should have been sold in a roadworthy condition, after taking much legal advice, despite the car being sold without a MoT, it was illegal for me to sell in an unroadworthy condition.
Money refunded, car sold again but this time as spares, local lad with the skills did a good job in getting it back on the road.
Internet legal advice, fella down the pub legal advice, or proper proffessional in exchange for money legal advice? I once sold a Golf GTI where the MoT had expired, the buyer & his mate spent ages going through it, identifying work etc. Car & Buyer left.
A week later I had a phone call where the buyer wanted his money back, he had taken the car to a local VW specialist to do all of the work - obviously not going to be economical. He pointed out that the car should have been sold in a roadworthy condition, after taking much legal advice, despite the car being sold without a MoT, it was illegal for me to sell in an unroadworthy condition.
Money refunded, car sold again but this time as spares, local lad with the skills did a good job in getting it back on the road.
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