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Car ownership 2 years after sale

I owned an S-reg Peugeot 306 and after some poor garage repairs which I refused to pay for, we came to an agreement where they paid me a small amount and kept the car "for parts". For many months it was kept on the garage forecourt.

This was in Feb 2011. Fast forward to May 2013, I received a demand for payment as the car had been on public roads (on Jun 1, 2012) and as I'd foolishly not transferred ownership properly I'm being chased for the £80.

If I need to pay for my mistake I'm prepared to, but hoped there may be a cheaper way round this.

Comments

  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Ignore it, I have 3 of these in my possession after I told the dvla about the sale or scrapping of vehicles. Its highly unlikely to go further than demands from a powerless debt collector
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • hillcats
    hillcats Posts: 899 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic
    Make sure you inform DVLA that you are no longer the keeper !
    Keep any receipts from the sale as may be needed now...
    ORIGINAL MORTGAGE AMOUNT £106,454.00 (Started Sept 2007)
    NOV 2021 O/S AMOUNT £1,694.41 OUR DEBT REDUCED BY £104,759.59 by std regular, over-payments & off-setting.
    BofE +0.19% Tracker Repayment Offset Mortgage Discounted Sept 07-10 then increased to BofE +0.62% until 2027
  • Fergie76
    Fergie76 Posts: 2,293 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm sure you did send off the transfer section of the V5 and it's just that DVLA never received it. Bad Post Man....

    DVLA are notorious for not receiving mail.
  • Computersaysno
    Computersaysno Posts: 1,243 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Fergie is 100% correct.

    It is not up to you to prove that you informed them [by post], it is for them to prove you didn't [impossible given that other people have already proved that they lose mail internally and don't log mail receipts].
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