Bought a used car I suspect the previous owner was a driving instructor

born_again

Alderbank said:

born_again said:

Alderbank said:

Driving school cars are leased. The previous owner would be for example Hitachi Finance.
Plenty of driving instructors own private cars and only do their teaching in the leased one with the big sign on top.
If the 'one previous lady owner' is a self-employed driving instructor it would be pretty easy to find her on Google or Yell.

Except you do not get to know the previous owners name. Not on V5
Many garages even go as far as to remove this from service book & any invoices that will have the information on.

Interesting.
I know it is no longer on V5, but I have never had anything redacted from any paperwork. I changed my car recently (in May) and the dealership (a major one in Scotland) gave me all the receipts for servicing intact.
I can see that fear of GDPR breach could well lead dealers to expunge data.
However the satnav and radio (which the seller should have cleared out although it is extremely fiddly to do) told me her home address, husband's name and workplace, her children's addresses, where she shopped, her favourite restaurants and a great deal about her choice of music!

ETA: and everyone's mobile numbers

It crazy the number of people & dealers that fail to reset sat nav & other personal details that are stored in car. Which can be even worse with cars that have a app attached to them.

Gavin83

k3lvc said:

Alderbank said:

born_again said:

Alderbank said:

Driving school cars are leased. The previous owner would be for example Hitachi Finance.
Plenty of driving instructors own private cars and only do their teaching in the leased one with the big sign on top.
If the 'one previous lady owner' is a self-employed driving instructor it would be pretty easy to find her on Google or Yell.

Except you do not get to know the previous owners name. Not on V5
Many garages even go as far as to remove this from service book & any invoices that will have the information on.

Interesting.
I know it is no longer on V5, but I have never had anything redacted from any paperwork. I changed my car recently (in May) and the dealership (a major one in Scotland) gave me all the receipts for servicing intact.
I can see that fear of GDPR breach could well lead dealers to expunge data.
However the satnav and radio (which the seller should have cleared out although it is extremely fiddly to do) told me her home address, husband's name and workplace, her children's addresses, where she shopped, her favourite restaurants and a great deal about her choice of music!

ETA: and everyone's mobile numbers

And this is the farce of GDPR - for each vehicle I've purchased in the last few years (4) I've seen the V5 in the dealer, photographed it and in 2 cases (hot hatch and motorbike) checked out via social media to get an idea of the background.
 

You've checked out what via social media? The history of the vehicle? Is that even a thing on social media?

Undervalued

Gavin83 said:

k3lvc said:

Alderbank said:

born_again said:

Alderbank said:

Driving school cars are leased. The previous owner would be for example Hitachi Finance.
Plenty of driving instructors own private cars and only do their teaching in the leased one with the big sign on top.
If the 'one previous lady owner' is a self-employed driving instructor it would be pretty easy to find her on Google or Yell.

Except you do not get to know the previous owners name. Not on V5
Many garages even go as far as to remove this from service book & any invoices that will have the information on.

Interesting.
I know it is no longer on V5, but I have never had anything redacted from any paperwork. I changed my car recently (in May) and the dealership (a major one in Scotland) gave me all the receipts for servicing intact.
I can see that fear of GDPR breach could well lead dealers to expunge data.
However the satnav and radio (which the seller should have cleared out although it is extremely fiddly to do) told me her home address, husband's name and workplace, her children's addresses, where she shopped, her favourite restaurants and a great deal about her choice of music!

ETA: and everyone's mobile numbers

And this is the farce of GDPR - for each vehicle I've purchased in the last few years (4) I've seen the V5 in the dealer, photographed it and in 2 cases (hot hatch and motorbike) checked out via social media to get an idea of the background.
 

You've checked out what via social media? The history of the vehicle? Is that even a thing on social media?

Quite possible in some cases I would have thought. It is amazing how much some people post about their lives for all to see!

Gavin83

I’m picturing a car with its own Facebook page. Maybe I need to get my car on there so it doesn’t feel left out.

born_again

Gavin83 said:

You've checked out what via social media? The history of the vehicle? Is that even a thing on social media?

No but some people will post pictures of what they have been doing in their cars..

My user name on facebook is the type of bike I have. No way am I using my real name on there.