use of someone else's car

gre

I use a friend's car, I'm on the insurance, and I pay some money every month towards maintenance, tax and petrol.
On the statement of affairs, if you have use of someone else's vehicle they want to know the reg, owner's name and value of the car.

Why do they want to know this? Is his car at risk at all?

Thank you in advance. you're all very helpful here.

dalip

No it is not at risk but a) if you do not put it down,the you will not be allowed any allowances for said car in your I&E, b) they check with DVLA so you are telling prokies it will come to light.DX


Sorry not saying you are tellng porkies just the way it works.

gre

my main concern was why they'd want to know the value of the car, since it isn't mine. As long as the owner isn't bothered by the OR that's fine with me!

thanks for your help

dalip

Not sure myself either gra:o

peachyprice

gre wrote: »

my main concern was why they'd want to know the value of the car, since it isn't mine. As long as the owner isn't bothered by the OR that's fine with me!

thanks for your help

Maybe so they have it on record, for when some busy body phones the OR and says 'I saw Mr gre driving around in a red Ferrari today, why haven't you taken it' they can answer without having to contact you :rotfl:

philnicandamy

You may laugh! that happened to me not long after i'd gone BR a few years ago....concerned "neighbour" went mental when I turned up in a brand new 07 Nissan (OR not interested as it was a motability vehicle)

dalip

peachyprice wrote: »

Maybe so they have it on record, for when some busy body phones the OR and says 'I saw Mr gre driving around in a red Ferrari today, why haven't you taken it' they can answer without having to contact you :rotfl:

Love it swob:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T

peachyprice

Have you seen my penis red Ferrari D, I call it the swobmobile

dalip

peachyprice wrote: »

Have you seen my penis red Ferrari D, I call it the swobmobile

:eek:what you have a penis.... i thought you were a girlie:o

mighty_reds

dalip wrote: »

No it is not at risk but a) if you do not put it down,the you will not be allowed any allowances for said car in your I&E, b) they check with DVLA so you are telling prokies it will come to light.DX


Sorry not saying you are tellng porkies just the way it works.

How will DVLA know if you use a friends / someone else's car? I'm not encouraging dishonesty just interested in your reasonings.

DVLA know if you've got a driving licence and if you have a car registered in your name, but you don't need to notify DVLA if you are using someone else's car, or not that I am aware of.

I would imagine the only people who would have a record indicating whether you use a particular car would be an insurance company, and even then, you could be named driver on someone's policy, but that doesn't prove you use the car, it would suggest you do, but you could have stopped using the car or no longer have access to it and the policy holder just hasn't updated their policy.

beentheredonethatstilhere

What Dalip means MR is that the OR will check with the DVLA if you own any cars. So people can't just say that their car is their fathers car as it is worth £5k and they don't want to get rid of it.