Buying a car with no road tax

niccy

don't take this as the truth,but i bought a car last week from a dealer with no tax,and as it was in yorkshire a friend picked it up.I insured her for two weeks (£12) and booked the car in for an MOT which i think !! makes it legal to drive from pickup point to the MOT station without tax. The car had an MOT.

chorlton

I guess you are not going to be able to go for a test drive..? It's not usually a great idea to buy a car without driving it first - partly because there can be all kinds of rattles and knocks that indicate work is required and partly because you might just not like it.

m.colak

alright i'll admit that in some case's you could get more for your car saling privately then going to a forecourt and also there is a chance that his new car might be second hand too. But in majority of case's you do not lose a vast amount of money taking the car to a dealership and you can always haggle for better deals until you roughly get the value of your car. If not you go to another dealer etc. The crux of the matter is all i'm saying is like any other second hand purchase don't be afraid to ask questions about the situation behind the sale. Don't take for granted that someone will be honest cause they will knock £50 off the sale price of a car and they are selling slightly under the value. The long and short of it is if you want the car make sure as when you hand over your money you can't get it back very easily. You are the buyer ask if there have been any other offers. Don't be afraid to haggle the last thing he wants is the car as soon it will be march and he'll have to tax it anyway or sell for less you are in the best position not him.

ebaker1

i recently looked into trading in my car i had a w reg 2.5 lt v6 vectra saloon and wanted to change it for a newer vectra 2.2 dti 51 reg.
the 51 reg was for sale for 1500 they offered me £700 trade in even tho my car was only 12 months older.

so....
i sold it privately and got £1100 for it, which also means i can look at buying privately now.

Chippy_Minton_2

m.colak wrote: »

People forget that if you do have fully comp and are allowed to drive another car with the owners permission or if it is a second car of your own you still need the insurance companies permission to drive the car. You can't immediate get in a car and drive because you are not covered. (Common mistake not trying to teach people to suck eggs).;)

You've made the common mistake. You are allowed to drive another car that is NOT owned by you.:rolleyes:

hippey

And not all fully comp policies allow for third party risks cover either, more so with under 25's. So it is worth checking that certificate as more companies don't have the other car cover.

Silk

ebaker1 wrote: »

i recently looked into trading in my car i had a w reg 2.5 lt v6 vectra saloon and wanted to change it for a newer vectra 2.2 dti 51 reg.
the 51 reg was for sale for 1500 they offered me £700 trade in even tho my car was only 12 months older.

so....
i sold it privately and got £1100 for it, which also means i can look at buying privately now.

Don't understand why you posted this on a thread about car tax thats 2 years old

Chippy_Minton_2

hippey wrote: »

And not all fully comp policies allow for third party risks cover either, more so with under 25's. So it is worth checking that certificate as more companies don't have the other car cover.

Makes no odds whether the OP can or can't on their policy. They have bought the car therefore need a new policy to cover them.