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picking up car and transfer of my old one - check the process

Ant555
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I am picking up a used car on Saturday and my old one is going to my daughter - id like to just do a quick sanity check on my timing and the process.

  • Arrange for my existing insurance to switch to the new car and start from Saturday 19th
  • Main dealer are taxing and also say they will do everything regarding the V5C for my new used car but should I expect to receive a new keeper slip from them?
  • Daughter arranges insurance for my old car starting Sat 19th
  • I do the keeper transfer online DVLA Saturday 19th to daughter  (dvla web site has a different button to tick for 'sold it' or 'put it into someone elses name' so I was wondering what the difference is and does it really matter which option I use as long as dvla know the new persons details)
  • *How does daughter tax my old car on Saturday 19th?  - Can we do this using new keeper slip?

Have I missed anything out?

Many thanks for any input.


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  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    edited 15 June 2021 at 7:52AM
    Ant555 said:

    I am picking up a used car on Saturday and my old one is going to my daughter - id like to just do a quick sanity check on my timing and the process.
    • Arrange for my existing insurance to switch to the new car and start from Saturday 19th
    • Main dealer are taxing and also say they will do everything regarding the V5C for my new used car but should I expect to receive a new keeper slip from them?
    • Daughter arranges insurance for my old car starting Sat 19th
    • I do the keeper transfer online DVLA Saturday 19th to daughter  (dvla web site has a different button to tick for 'sold it' or 'put it into someone elses name' so I was wondering what the difference is and does it really matter which option I use as long as dvla know the new persons details)
    • *How does daughter tax my old car on Saturday 19th?  - Can we do this using new keeper slip?

    Have I missed anything out?
    Yes, you should get a V5C/2 from the dealer. You'll need to use it to tax the car, if they haven't.

    I don't think it particularly matters, but may be relevant to some internal stats collecting.

    Yes, she taxes the car using the V5C/2 from your V5C.
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