Selling a car - can they take car away same day?

l-cooper9

pinkteapot wrote: »

Just out of curiosity OP, where did you advertise the car?

Need to sell a car of a similar value to yours and, having never sold a car, I don't know whether local paper, Auto Trader or eBay is the best route... Sounds like whatever you used has worked!

Hi,

I advertised it on Autotrader, if selling a car for £999.99 or less its only £9 as apposed to the £25/30 to advertise it.

Thanks everyone for your help, I will keep you posted with what happens tonight.

Laura

[Deleted User]

I sold an old banger last year. Buyer handed over cash, signed the V5, I gave him the V5 tear off slip and he drove off. Who cares if he has insurance or not. Not your problem once you have sold it.

zzzLazyDaisy

l-cooper9 wrote: »

Has anyone ever let the viewer / potential buyer take the car for a test drive without you being in the car?
I only ask as It may be just me at home (which being female i dont feel comfortable going in a car with strangers). My partner is hoping to be home, if not my parents can come over but not sure if I can just let them take car for test drive of their own if they leave there car with me? Anyone had good/bad problems with this?
I know i should have arranged it another time when both at home but I didnt want to put the viewer off by saying no not today not tomorrow etc.

Yes, my daughter-in-law did this. The person was a 'friend'. He didn't return the car. It was eventually traced but by that time had been trashed and abandoned. The insurance didn't pay up because she had given him permission to take the car.

I'm not saying that your viewer would do this, but I wouldn't let a stranger drive off with my car.

zzzLazyDaisy

fivetide wrote: »

Again,

write a reciept that says something like:

Recieved £xxxxxx for vehicle [reg plate + description]

Date:

Time:

Signed: [vendor] [buyer]


5t.

Also state on the receipt 'SOLD AS SEEN'

Lum

Rover_Driver wrote: »

It is the user that is required to be insured, not the car itself - s.143 Road Traffic Act 1988. Once the new owner takes possession, they are responsible for insurance.

Strictly speaking it is an offence to let the new buyer drive off without insurance, though it is almost never enforced against private sellers. This is why a lot of dealers offer 7 days free insurance.

The defence is to argue that you informed the buyer that you would not hand over the keys without them confirming that they are insured and that they then informed you that they were insured. Of course unless you feel like lying to a copper or a judge it might be wise to actually do this!

Rover_Driver

Lum wrote: »

Strictly speaking it is an offence to let the new buyer drive off without insurance.

What offence?

vax2002

No its an offence to allow a vehicle to be used on a public road without insurance.
Once the registration has been transfered and that is what you do when you "sell" a car (google trust law) you are not responsible for someone else using it without insurance.
To be honest, this whole are is a mess of criss crossing legislation that needs sorting.

Rover_Driver

Registration has nothing to do with insurance, once ownership has changed, the new owner is responsible for insurance.

There is the offence of permitting no insurance, but as the old owner no longer has any responsibility for the vehicle, they have no authority to permit or deny anything the new owner may do with it.

vax2002

Ownership never changes, transfer of register keeper changes, break the rules and they will soon show you who "owns" the vehicle by "seizing" it.

fivetide

Rover_Driver wrote: »

Registration has nothing to do with insurance, once ownership has changed, the new owner is responsible for insurance.

There is the offence of permitting no insurance, but as the old owner no longer has any responsibility for the vehicle, they have no authority to permit or deny anything the new owner may do with it.

Exactly!

Remember "the registered keeper may not be the owner of the vehicle"

5t.