DVLA - Car clamping, Surety release & sold car query

Happy_bunny

Bought a cheap car, last Wednesday - With the intention of sister using it as a runabout as she is currently carless following an accident.

Shortly after collecting, My sister decided the car wasn't for her & I listed on eBay.

The DVLA clamped the car as untaxed, Phoned and paid a £100 release fee & had to pay a 'surety' of £160 stating if I tax the car within 14 days I can request a refund, of the surety.

However the cars off road - on the driveway and ends on eBay this Sunday - plenty of bids already so will sell.

Can I make an appeal to return the surety? Car will have sold so will be someone elses responsibility! I don't want to get more insurance cover to enable me to tax the car - for a couple of days which I will then have to cancel anyway!

DVLA site not been at all helpful in trying to work this out!

Any help welcomed!

rich13348

Are you selling the car sold as seen no test drive. Otherwise you will need insurance for them to test drive as auction winner does not have to accept the car if it is not as advertised.

Happy_bunny

rich13348 wrote: »

Are you selling the car sold as seen no test drive. Otherwise you will need insurance for them to test drive as auction winner does not have to accept the car if it is not as advertised.

Fully as advertised, Had no requests to test drive. Off road driveway available for running tests.

eBay wasn't the question though ...

Fat_Walt

rich13348 wrote: »

Are you selling the car sold as seen no test drive. Otherwise you will need insurance for them to test drive as auction winner does not have to accept the car if it is not as advertised.

They can drive it if their insurance allows it, however it'll still be untaxed.

Op if you're not going to tax it then you'll lose your surety.

pappa_golf

I think you will find that the DVLA do not check for insurance any more with online VED , just the MOT status


therefore tax it in a monthly basis by direct debit , and cancel the VED when sold , you will loose just one month VED , which could be far less that the £160 surety

arcon5

Fat_Walt wrote: »

They can drive it if their insurance allows it, however it'll still be untaxed.

Op if you're not going to tax it then you'll lose your surety.

No
Other car cover usually stipulates the car must also have its own policy in place on it for OCC to be valid.

Fat_Walt

arcon5 wrote: »

No
Other car cover usually stipulates the car must also have its own policy in place on it for OCC to be valid.

Not always, so if the policy says you can drive it you're covered.

Next time get your facts straight.

arcon5

Fat_Walt wrote: »

Not always, so if the policy says you can drive it you're covered.

Next time get your facts straight.

Go on then... Name one insurer that don't have this term? And link to their terms...

Good luck

pappa_golf

the OPs question was , "how to reclaim the surety back" , not a question of the legality of other peoples insurance

peter_the_piper

Logically I can't see the OP getting the surety back. The £160 was to persuade the OP's sister to pay up for the tax. She has decided not to and to sell the car. The new owner is totally separate.

facade

The OP says he will get the surety back if the car is taxed, so as stated before, tax the thing online today, or at the Post Office, then when the car sells tomorrow and he changes the keeper, he gets the tax back apart from this month, so the surety should be refunded. (unless the tax is more than £1920 a year the hit on the tax is less than the £160 refund)
You only need a valid MOT to tax it.

Just have to hope they don't pursue continuous insurance, I assume the clamping was for not declaring SORN after buying it, without SORN it needs to be insured.........