1st. £165 from car auction. Idiot boyracer had put plastic bits on it so no dealers went near it.
2nd. £270 from ebay. Needs the electric sunroof fixing.
Both P reg.
Cracking little cars.
Spec me a banger!
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1st. £165 from car auction. Idiot boyracer had put plastic bits on it so no dealers went near it.
2nd. £270 from ebay. Needs the electric sunroof fixing.
Both P reg.
Cracking little cars.
Nice local auction near me but I think if the public get in the diesel price will be stupid.
Look at ebay and see what crops up.
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No. Insurance companies are not stupid - people do this all the time, try and run second cars on the cheap buy pretending its been bought for a family member then using DOC. The fact your Dad wont have insured it will, whilst not illegal or against the terms of most DOC, simply highlight the fact it probably isnt his..
And also the moment you get out of the car using DOC cover, the vehicle is no longer insured (unless your dad is going to take out another policy ....) and the ANPR units you find in police cars will flag it up and earn him 6 points very quickly.
Or has your dad been a real git to you this year ..
Or has your dad been a real git to you this year ..
And also the moment you get out of the car using DOC cover, the vehicle is no longer insured (unless your dad is going to take out another policy ....) and the ANPR units you find in police cars will flag it up and earn him 6 points very quickly.
Or has your dad been a real git to you this year ..
Its the driver that needs to be insured not the car.
How can he get six points if its not him driving?
The moment you are away from the car it is no longer covered by your DOC cover. It's uninsured and the registered keeper would then be due for 6 points once noticed.
The car needs to be insured at all times.
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I was always under the impression that DOC only worked if there was already a policy in place on the car from another person.
It's basic vehicle insurance law. You can't leave a car at the side of the road without an active insurance policy.
DOC only applies when you are in control of the car, if you park up and go into a newsagent the car is uninsured.
That's WHY you have people paying through the nose to insure their cars. If they could insure some pos bmw and use their DOC to drive nice cars, they'd do it. But you can't.
Nope, says in my small print. "Any other vehicle not owned or hired to the driver"
Nothing about the other car being covered.
I call BS on the car must be insured at all times crap. Its the driver that needs to be insured not the car. How can a car require third party liability?
What if the handbrake failed and it rolled away and hit another car, a person or a lamp post?
Spot on, it's all down to the small print in your policy, but i've never had a DOC policy that required a full policy on the "other" car.
Imagine you park you car (which is only insured using your DOC when you use it and is registered to your dad for this purpose) on a hill and the handbrake fails, rolling it into moving traffic. Causing a fair sized accident and possibly fatalities.
Who is responsible? Your dad? It's his car after all. Or you? It's actually your car, you're the one using it. You're the one who left it on the hill where it could be be a danger to others.
Why do you think we have to pay so much for car spec based insurance?
and OllyM types faster than me
if you can up your budget a wee smigden the ex taxi market is your friend 
We recently sold a Y plate octavia for just a couple of hundred pounds albeit with starship mileage(300k) although ex taxi 406's are ea good buy atm pick em up for buttons and i mean buttons although avoid the later models as they changed the fuel system and the later one is darn pricey when it goes wrong,
benefit of an ex taxi will be extensive servicing, Ours are done every 10k bang on the dot as any off the road time hits us in the pocket.
We recently sold a Y plate octavia for just a couple of hundred pounds albeit with starship mileage(300k) although ex taxi 406's are ea good buy atm pick em up for buttons and i mean buttons although avoid the later models as they changed the fuel system and the later one is darn pricey when it goes wrong,
benefit of an ex taxi will be extensive servicing, Ours are done every 10k bang on the dot as any off the road time hits us in the pocket.
Not always, it depends if they are owner drivers or renting drivers. Owner drivers are fine, the car is their livelyhood. A rental is hammered by every driver under the sun, the don't care about what falls off. And the maintenance is done on the basis of "if it causes the car to stop moving (blown gearbox, popped driveshaft, etc) THEN it get's the work done."
Excellent suggestion! My best mate is running one currently whilst he is building a stupid scooby. Bought the car for £120, and got it thru MOT and insured for £600. They have "old french car" soft comfy seats as well.
Only prob with it is that you have to slam the passenger door every now and again to get the stereo (and stereo is stretching the term) to work.
if you can up your budget a wee smigden the ex taxi market is your friend
We recently sold a Y plate octavia for just a couple of hundred pounds albeit with starship mileage(300k) although ex taxi 406's are ea good buy atm pick em up for buttons and i mean buttons although avoid the later models as they changed the fuel system and the later one is darn pricey when it goes wrong,
benefit of an ex taxi will be extensive servicing, Ours are done every 10k bang on the dot as any off the road time hits us in the pocket.
Where I get ex-taxis then?