Is it possible to register, tax and insure a 'Surprise' car in my daughter's name

oscarward

We did it for our sons 21st, bought and paid for car and even got his existing car valued in p/ex under guise of borrowing to take to tip. On Christmas Eve my wife was picking up her new car and asked son to accompany her, on the way back pulled in to another
dealer where I was with his car parked up next to his new car with banners and balloons all over it. The surprise was complete and with free 7 days insurance drove it home. Only 2 glitches, his birthday was actually Christmas Day and dealer had registered a few documents under wife’s name. But all in all it worked well. Son kept car for 6 years before it was written off a year ago in none fault accident.

Homer_home

Hunyani_Flight_825 said:

Mojisola said:

Are you sure it's a good idea?
Unless you know that she particularly wants a certain car, I would involve her in the decision. 

My daughter who turns 17 next month thought she was going to have some input in to what car she was getting.  She was sadly mistaken.

I have already insured it for her, I have registered it in her name and will tax it.  I haven't encountered a problem

That's a bit mean , I have always involved my daughter's in any major decisions regardless of whether it's for them or not, they are part of the family and I treat them as such 

nottsphil

tacpot12 said:

You would hope that it is not possible to do this, as it would be an excellent form of revenge to buy a car for someone and use it to cause problems by parking it illegally for example.

Or much more likely, for identity theft. 

Emmia

Homer_home said:
That's a bit mean , I have always involved my daughter's in any major decisions regardless of whether it's for them or not, they are part of the family and I treat them as such 

Do people usually treat their children as though they're not "part of the family"?