Trade plate rules

leftinamess

Hi all,

Is anyone up on trade plate rules?

Is it acceptable for a car dealership to send you out on a test drive on one trade plate displayed in the front windscreen of the car without anyone with you from the supplying dealership?

Hintza

Probably not, but live a little dangerously.

Angry_Fanboy

hintza wrote: »

probably not, but live a little dangerously.

I giggled.

arcon5

Not all trade policies require the dealer to be in the car.

tight_scotsman

leftinamess wrote: »

Hi all,

Is anyone up on trade plate rules?

Is it acceptable for a car dealership to send you out on a test drive on one trade plate displayed in the front windscreen of the car without anyone with you from the supplying dealership?

You lucky begger a test drive on your own. red line every gear test the acceleration, cornering ,braking. jeremy clarkston style lol

Nilrem

tight_scotsman wrote: »

You lucky begger a test drive on your own. red line every gear test the acceleration, cornering ,braking. jeremy clarkston style lol

LOL

I don't know, when I test drove the model we eventually bought the dealer let me take it out without anyone from there in the car, and I was in my twenties.

Mind you at the time I did have both may parents (one on crutches*) with me, and left a more expensive car on their forecourt


Re the op.

I'm not sure, but I'm fairly sure the dealer plates have some quite strict conditions applied to their use, in part because people did used to abuse them a lot, although as arcon5 says, it could depend on the policies the dealer uses.



*It was important she could get in it comfortably.

forgotmyname

Dont forget to shout powerrrrrrr whilst doing it.

Had a dealer do the same to me. Wasnt sure if he wanted me to steal the car?

Sally_A

leftinamess wrote: »

Hi all,

Is anyone up on trade plate rules?

Is it acceptable for a car dealership to send you out on a test drive on one trade plate displayed in the front windscreen of the car without anyone with you from the supplying dealership?

Trade plates should be displayed front and rear, and you don't have to have a member of staff from the dealership in there
with you, but you should not stop on the test drive, as it should be one continuous Motor Trade journey - and the dealership must have Unaccompanied Demo cover too, if they are relying on your Driving Other Cars extension on your private car policy, they are taking a major risk, as are you - many private car policies are now doing away with this "extra". Even if you are bessie mates with a car salesman, you still need to make sure Unaccompanied Demo is included on their insurance.

I have too many that say they'll only let a car go out unaccompanied, because they know the prospective purchaser, they are more worried about the car being nicked, I'm telling them the prospective purchaser has no cover, and they can be done for an IN12, and the driver for an IN10. It is an uphill struggle, but I will persevere.

Chopper_Read

Sally_A wrote: »

Trade plates should be displayed front and rear, and you don't have to have a member of staff from the dealership in there
with you, but you should not stop on the test drive, as it should be one continuous Motor Trade journey - and the dealership must have Unaccompanied Demo cover too, if they are relying on your Driving Other Cars extension on your private car policy, they are taking a major risk, as are you - many private car policies are now doing away with this "extra". Even if you are bessie mates with a car salesman, you still need to make sure Unaccompanied Demo is included on their insurance.

I have too many that say they'll only let a car go out unaccompanied, because they know the prospective purchaser, they are more worried about the car being nicked, I'm telling them the prospective purchaser has no cover, and they can be done for an IN12, and the driver for an IN10. It is an uphill struggle, but I will persevere.

There would be special reasons not to prosecute the purchaser.

Sally_A

Chopper_Read wrote: »

There would be special reasons not to prosecute the purchaser.

Can you expand on that please.

As a total aside, our local dealer often takes 6 cars at a time to their storage premises, front trade plate on the first car, and rear plate on car No 6. The devil in me wants to pull out at the end of my road into the side of car No 3 or 4, just to see what would happen. Yes, I am a catankerous old bint!

Chopper_Read

Sally_A wrote: »

Can you expand on that please.

As a total aside, our local dealer often takes 6 cars at a time to their storage premises, front trade plate on the first car, and rear plate on car No 6. The devil in me wants to pull out at the end of my road into the side of car No 3 or 4, just to see what would happen. Yes, I am a catankerous old bint!

You do realise that trade plates aren't insurance don't you?