Quick question before I pick my car up....

GuruJockStrap · 9 Nov 2006 at 18:58

Passed my test on Sunday (yay!) and purchased a car through a private sale on Wednesday.

Going to pick it up on Friday (well, my dad is) and just wondering would I be able to drive it straight away?

The car's road tax expires in March 07 and the MOT in September 07. Will be purchasing the fully comp insurance online that evening too.

Is there anything else I've missed out?

[TW]Fox · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:00

Nope, provided the insurance is in force from the time you pick it up, then enjoy your new car!

Jez · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:03

Online insurance is usually instant, so yep drive on

GuruJockStrap · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:04

As soon as I've purchased the insurance online I take it I'm covered?

What about the vehicle registration?

Sorry about the questions. Bit of a noob to all this

[TW]Fox · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:06

GuruJockStrap said:
As soon as I've purchased the insurance online I take it I'm covered?

Thats right.

What about the vehicle registration?

You must have this to get the insurance.

GuruJockStrap · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:11

Sorry, what I meant instead of Vehicle Registration was the Vehicle Owner Document (not sure if that's what its called

)

Phil W · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:17

Log Book?

They'll (and you of course) fill it in and post it off for you.

Andybtsn · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:18

What you buying???

GuruJockStrap · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:26

Corsa Club 1.2 16v.

Done 53K miles but comes with a full service history. Car is in excellent condition and has been well looked after since 2000.

Not everyones cup of tea but it'll do me for a first car for one year at least.

GuruJockStrap · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:33

Phil W said:
Log Book?

They'll (and you of course) fill it in and post it off for you.

Thats probably what I was on about.

Thanks for that.

Jez · 9 Nov 2006 at 19:42

As soon as you both have signed the owners document (known as the logbook, or V5 document) the car is yours. You must have the registration number to buy the online insurance - all quoters will ask you for it before it will let you finalise the policy.

You only need 3 things to be legal:

A current MOT cert
Road Tax
Insurance

You will have them all, have fun!

GuruJockStrap · 9 Nov 2006 at 20:25

Woot!

GuruJockStrap · 10 Nov 2006 at 15:10

Wow! Guess it pays to shop around for insurance quotes.

Originally I was going to go for 3rd Party F&T and cheapest was £570.

Then I went to Tesco and got £710 (£300 excess)Fully comp.

Just when I though it couldn't go any lower, Direct Line have just quoted me £627.90 fully comp with £250 excess. :cool:

Me is very happy.

jimblowscash · 10 Nov 2006 at 17:37

[TW]Fox said:
Thats right.

You must have this to get the insurance.

nope not true you need it for the tax not for the insurance,

Jez · 11 Nov 2006 at 12:24

jimblowscash said:
nope not true you need it for the tax not for the insurance,

He's not talking about the V5, he is talking about the actual registration number. Ive never seen an online quoter which will let you buy without a reg plate?

Andr3w · 11 Nov 2006 at 12:31

so have you picked it up yet? Post pictures!