advice pls

mummy2014

Hi

I am getting a new car on Friday and my husband is getting rid of his and having my car.
Do we need to change the log book into his name?

GingerBob_3

mummy2014 wrote: »

Hi

I am getting a new car on Friday and my husband is getting rid of his and having my car.
Do we need to change the log book into his name?

No. Don't do this. Your car will immediately become unlicensed and you'll lose one month tax. Don't yield to the bumptious bureaucracy of the DVLA.

phoenix_w

There is literally no need to do that. He will still be the legal owner as his insurance will require, should you wish to gift it to him, even though you remain the registered keeper.

Head_The_Ball

mummy2014 wrote: »

Hi

I am getting a new car on Friday and my husband is getting rid of his and having my car.
Do we need to change the log book into his name?

No.

There is no legal reason why you would need to do that and doing so will, as posted above, cost you one months VED (tax).

You can remain the registered keeper and he can drive it provided he has your permission and is properly insured.

Many families have a car that is registered in one person's name, e.g. the husband, but mainly or only driven by another person, e.g. the wife or a son or daughter etc.

Make sure that your husband, and anyone else who might or will drive it, is properly insured.

I am fairly sure that you, as the registered keeper, will remain responsible for the VED and MOT etc. If you don't renew the VED or arrange an MOT in time, it is you that the authorities will contact and hold liable. You will also received police or local authority notices about issues such as speeding, traffic offences, parking tickets etc but you will not be held liable for those if you name your husband as the driver.

(Someone else may confirm that.)

If all that that sounds rather daunting, please don't worry. It is entirely normal and millions of people, including me, are in much the same situation as you will be.

Enjoy your new car.

forgotmyname

Depends on his insurance, will they add anything extra because the cars in your name?

Richard53

Not only a month's VED lost, but you will be putting one more keeper onto the log book. The higher the value of the car, the more that matters in terms of resale value.


10-year-old Focus with you as 15th owner - not worth worrying about.


2-year-old Jag with you as first owner - better to keep it as a one-owner car.


The registered keeper is nothing to do with ownership, as the V5C will tell you. It merely identifies a person who the DVLA etc can contact over issues related to the vehicle. As long as you and your husband are in agreement over this, no problem.