Urgent- going to buy a car

Morba · 11 Sep 2010 at 08:36

[TW]Fox;17350646 said:
IIRC you are legally obliged to send the logbook off unless you are a member of the motor trade..

Indeed you are, failure to do so will result in a fine and if that's ignored you can be taken to court!

4T5 · 11 Sep 2010 at 09:13

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
As for the V5, knowing how inept Swansea is with V5's (mine for my 328i took nearly a YEAR to appear!) I would not send it off , let the next owner have that hassle.

That surprises me as over the last few years Swansea has stepped up really well, I've had log books back in less than a week but it averages around ten days. :cool:

DM · 11 Sep 2010 at 09:16

Just get it in Autotrader Spam, you are doing nothing wrong now shes sent the book off, someone will buy it if its sensibly priced with or without the book.

Lostkat · 11 Sep 2010 at 09:36

There's no way I'd even go and look at a car that had no log book with it. I'd also be pretty peeved if the seller didn't tell me about it before I went to look. The type of people who will be looking for well looked after, low mileage cars with FSH aren't going to walk away without the log book in their hand. Just wait for it to turn up.