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Selling used car privately during covid
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Depends how into the covid you are, at present you know you don't have it, a prospective buyer could, transfer it to the car or paperwork and onto you. The rest is the common sense and vigilance you need to adopt when selling or buying a vehicle.1
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Keep things in perspective. According to ONS recent data:
"We estimate that an average of 1 in 2,200 individuals within the community population in England had COVID-19 at any given time between 14 June and 27 June 2020"
"Of those individuals providing blood samples, 6.3% tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19 (95% confidence interval: 4.7% to 8.1%); this equates to 1 in 16 people or 2.8 million people in England."
How lucky or unlucky do you feel?
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You don't take them for a test drive. They leave their own car keys with you, or something else of importance as a security deposit: passport, credit card? Obviously, you need to verify that they are insured to drive it.
If they seem dodgy on arrival, then decline the offer of a test drive.No free lunch, and no free laptop2 -
Thanks for replies,
I was wondering if it would be ok if we both wore masks and gloves.
i have not had symptoms myself, but i could be asymptomatic, i have not had any test.
i have been advised not to let anyone drive the car unless i have proof that they are insured; i would not be comfortable with someone driving the car without my being present.
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calog said:Thanks for replies,
I was wondering if it would be ok if we both wore masks and gloves.
i have not had symptoms myself, but i could be asymptomatic, i have not had any test.
i have been advised not to let anyone drive the car unless i have proof that they are insured; i would not be comfortable with someone driving the car without my being present.
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