Help! Car sold with wrong reg plates!

Lum

You could solve this problem for about £20 by ordering some plates online. Not exactly moneysaving, but at least you'll have a usable car.

Mark_Hewitt

nikiziggy wrote: »

Ideally I'd like to give the car back, and go elsewhere, but have no idea what to do or how to go about it.

You aren't going to be able to give the car back just because they've gotten the plates one letter wrong, so forget that right now!

If you have the V5C then loads of places will make up plates for you Halfords etc, just go and get them done, it only takes about 10 minutes. - yeah I know it'll cost you, but it's worth it just to get things sorted quickly.

And I wouldn't worry too much about the no insurance thing - it would take a police officer having a VERY bad day to do you if you were actually on the way to pick up new plates! If you want to feel safer about it, ring up whereever you are going first to tell them you are coming then if stopped the police officer can verify where you're going.

Mark_Hewitt

Lum wrote: »

You could solve this problem for about £20 by ordering some plates online. Not exactly moneysaving, but at least you'll have a usable car.

Yep, I've done this before and they don't need to see the V5C, you just need to tick a box to say these are 'show' plates, but as long as you choose a legal font then it doesn't matter.

NeverAgain_2

niki,

You are right, you are being fobbed off.

They know you are 40 miles away, so couldn't care less about you.

But remember, you have bought what is hopefully a good car, not what is obviously a rubbish garage.

Get the plates sorted however you can and move on.

nikiziggy

Thanks everyone, will order my own, and try and get the money back from them.

Lum

Do your current plates have the dealership's name on them?

If so just take those with you to the small claims court.

nikiziggy

Yup the current plates do have their dealership name and postcode on. I think that's law now, isn't it? I won't drive the car til the plates are put right,

"It prevents speed cameras and ANPR from reading the plate it is an offence of attempting to pervert the course of justice. An ANPR camera will pick it up in seconds that the number is not valid triggering the Police to stop you there and then"

Just my luck, at the moment, that this would happen, especially as I know that they're not right!

fivetide

Mark_Hewitt wrote: »

Yep, I've done this before and they don't need to see the V5C, you just need to tick a box to say these are 'show' plates, but as long as you choose a legal font then it doesn't matter.

Not quite right. Usually these 'show plates' will be lacking the BSU number and the postcode of the place that put them together so technically not legal. Would be hard pressed to get done for it but I have known cars fail an MOT for it as it means the sale of some more plates.

I'd go to a dealer round the corner and have them made up on the spot rather than order possibly illegal ones online.

The concerning thing which seems to have dropped off the radar is the service history. Does the V5 say who owned it before? Might be worth checking out as that sounds well dodgy and could be a combo of fraud/over paying for a car with history it doesn't have.

5t.

Kilty_2

fivetide wrote: »

Not quite right. Usually these 'show plates' will be lacking the BSU number and the postcode of the place that put them together so technically not legal. Would be hard pressed to get done for it but I have known cars fail an MOT for it as it means the sale of some more plates.

I've bought > 10 sets of plates on eBay without documentation that came fully marked with name, postcode and BSAU markings.

Strider590

nikiziggy wrote: »

Also, since this problem, I've noticed the service book is merely stamped, no mileage recorded, no signature or job numbers. (sold with full service history)
I've tried to call the company that stamped the book, no one answers. And on google maps it is a residential property 2 minutes from the car sales.

Yeah, so it's probably a falsified service history.... Bet it's the same colour ink on the stamp each time too.

Dodgy car dealer, I think i'd be pretty p1ssed if I were you.