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Strange Car Buying Experience
I went to see a 5 year old vehicle to buy at an independent garage today. When I asked for the paperwork, I was shown a V5, MOT and some patchy service history. The thing that I am not able to comprehend is that the V5 did not show the previous user details despite the dealer telling me it was owned by a lease company first and the current owner is the second registered keeper. The DVLA registration document further stated that this car was registered as used but the date of registration and date of manufacture were the same (sometime in 2008). There are Irish plates on the car (e.g CNZ 1234).
Can someone please shed some light on how this could have happened and if when bringing vehicles from NI, cars get re-registered in England wiping out any history from the past.
I am not fully convinced I should buy the car and warning signals in my head are screaming 'scam'!
PS: I also did a detailed MOT history check and there was only one record, and thats for the MOT carried out in 2012 during possession of the current registered keeper/owner. I was expecting there to be one in 2011 and the second one in 2012.
Can someone please shed some light on how this could have happened and if when bringing vehicles from NI, cars get re-registered in England wiping out any history from the past.
I am not fully convinced I should buy the car and warning signals in my head are screaming 'scam'!
PS: I also did a detailed MOT history check and there was only one record, and thats for the MOT carried out in 2012 during possession of the current registered keeper/owner. I was expecting there to be one in 2011 and the second one in 2012.
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If in doubt ALWAYS walk away!
There will be other cars!0 -
I think Northern Ireland first MOT is at year 4.0
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Can't vouch for what the system is like in Northern Ireland, but if something seems funny or the dealer isn't answering your questions with a proper answer - walk away. There's plenty more cars out there.0
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Reregistering in Northern Ireland is a well known (lawful) loophole to disguise the number of owners - it is of course quite possible that the dealer is telling the truth0
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If in doubt ALWAYS walk away!
There will be other cars!
Thanks, I think I intend to do that.johnnyreggae wrote: »Reregistering in Northern Ireland is a well known (lawful) loophole to disguise the number of owners - it is of course quite possible that the dealer is telling the truth
Interesting. I wonder what use is a HPI check then and it could also shield any past accidents or insurance write offs?0
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