Buying privately vs insurance

jase1

Hmmm. Maybe not such a stupid question after all -- seems it's a minefield as I suspected (though nothing that can't be sorted out).

I think the deposit/get the seller to drive it to house are going to be the preferred options here as I am buying the car for someone else (who won't be around at the time I'm buying) which makes it more difficult to change over the insurance at the moment of sale.

I will probably just take the lazy way out and buy from a dealer (there are a couple of cars I'm looking at, one dealer, one private) this time due to that fact, and use the useful info on this thread next time if it's a car for me

Thanks!

facade

EdGasket wrote: »

But unfortunately there is ANPR which I got caught on driving a newly purchased car home. They were chasing the previous owner for tax and hence i had to tax it pronto to avoid one of us getting a fine.

Yes, in The Olden Days (when everything was better ), there used to be this piece of paper in the windscreen with a date on it. If the date hadn't come yet, you just drove the car.
The seller normally left this paper in the car;)

Nodding_Donkey

facade wrote: »

Nowadays this cover depends on the vehicle having its own insurance cover

Not with most companies

arcon5

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

Not with most companies

Actually you'll find most companies DO have this term stipulated!