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Author European drivers here with no MOT and TAX
Stu_22
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7th Nov 11 at 10:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Have a guy coming over from Germany to buy a car that has no tax and MOT and he is planning to drive it back.

What happens if he gets stopped he cant relly say its booked in for the MOT. Can I get done? can I get if to sign and date to day he has bought it so its no longer my resposibility.

He is paying more and already paid a deposit through paypal
Brett
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7th Nov 11 at 10:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Undoubtedly no insurance too. Pretty annoying.
big eck
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7th Nov 11 at 10:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As long as you keep the V5 thats been signed and dated and possibly a reciept then its his problem.
Corsa_Sport21
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7th Nov 11 at 10:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yep do as Eck said and you will be fine.

Sold as seen.

Good luck to him though, be pretty much fuked if he does get stopped in the UK.

How much is the car worth out of interest?
VegasPhil
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7th Nov 11 at 10:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Undoubtedly no insurance too. Pretty annoying.


Hopefully he'll get tugged and his car crushed then.

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Twiggy
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7th Nov 11 at 12:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Let him drive off and then call the popo
johnhara1
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7th Nov 11 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just let him drive it away, he'll probably not get stopped anyway.

He may have trade plates?
gtitim
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7th Nov 11 at 13:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Trade plates only cover the tax side of things. Depending how long the car has been off road will depend how soon it goes on ANPR. With no tax and no MOT, worth case scenario is a ticket for both, as long as insured to drive it

[Edited on 07-11-2011 by gtitim]
Stu_22
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7th Nov 11 at 13:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
He is paying £1500 for the car but said it hasn't had any kind of drive in 6 months and he plans to take it back to Germany
He has seen one pic on eBay and then sent me £200 as a paypal gift so he is very trusting
gtitim
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7th Nov 11 at 13:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
One question i would ask you - is it safe to drive? Ie does it steer, brake and accelerate. Do you know it needs tyres to be legal etc etc. Not sure of any legal consequence to you, but imagine if you sell him it, he crashes and ends up dead / critical. Police will be coming to you to ask questions - why its being driven etc etc. Me personally, I wouldnt see that going anywhere if not on a trailer, on the basis i would have it on my conscience if anything happened.

[Edited on 07-11-2011 by gtitim]
Ronson
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7th Nov 11 at 13:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Yep do as Eck said and you will be fine.

Sold as seen.

Good luck to him though, be pretty much fuked if he does get stopped in the UK.

How much is the car worth out of interest?


Lol sold as seen has no real meaning people just say that when the new owner finds out its fucked.
RKS
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7th Nov 11 at 18:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gtitim
Me personally, I wouldnt see that going anywhere if not on a trailer, on the basis i would have it on my conscience if anything happened.

[Edited on 07-11-2011 by gtitim]


it's not like the OP is forcing him to drive the car back to Germany, the buyer is making his own decision to do this.

Seems strange that someone would come from Germany to buy a £1500 car though

[Edited on 07-11-2011 by RKS]
Steve
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7th Nov 11 at 18:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i sense a scam, either that or a load of blonde germans with AUG's will turn up, kill you and use the vehicle to hi jack an airport
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7th Nov 11 at 18:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Loads of cars going abroad at the moment. You'll probably find that the buyer is in germany but some nutter from lithuaniua etc will turn up to drive it home.

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Stu_22
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7th Nov 11 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just emailed me asking me to pick him up from stanstead hours drive for me but said he will cover my cost might ask for another £100
corsa-sxi
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7th Nov 11 at 21:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sounds really dodgy
Jake
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7th Nov 11 at 21:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i had a swede try and do that with my mr2. wanted picking up from stanstead but i boyed him off
ShEp
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7th Nov 11 at 21:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What sort of car is it?
Jay
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8th Nov 11 at 01:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had a polish fella fly over to pick up a £1000 53plate 1.8 Mondeo LX with 130k miles on it, he reckoned he'd get £1700+ for it in poland as its a luxury car hence the long journey, I picked up him up from the Airport.
Colin
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8th Nov 11 at 01:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1500 for a car with no tax & test
daymoon
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8th Nov 11 at 02:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
as said what car is it? any kind of VAG or bmw?
daymoon
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8th Nov 11 at 02:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Also plenty of lithuanian lorries going from lithuania to here to pick up cars (write off or just what is cheap).

Something like a 2003 laguna is very cheap over here, can get one for 600-700 hundred (no tax/test/write off). Transportation is about 350 euros, to change the steering wheel is about 1k euro, sometimes more depending on the price of parts. That laguna could be sold on for 3k euro easy.

a lot of cheaper cars are also taken to Kazachstan, Ukrain (not so much now due to their increased car import tax)...
Stu_22
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8th Nov 11 at 10:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its a Astra Convertible Turbo. Says he is coming over in a hire car now as his mate is buying a subaru from someone else
Generation
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8th Nov 11 at 11:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Take s mate or something with you
John
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8th Nov 11 at 12:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Stu_22
He is paying £1500 for the car but said it hasn't had any kind of drive in 6 months and he plans to take it back to Germany
He has seen one pic on eBay and then sent me £200 as a paypal gift so he is very trusting


That sounds completely legit and not dodgy at all.

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