Vehicles and Log Books
I thought I'd post this here in case anyone intends to buy a used car anytime in the near future. If anyone does, never pay for a used vehicle unless the seller can produce a current V5C log book.
I made this mistake on Friday just passed, and I never realised just what it entails. I've had to fill in a V62 form to apply for a new V5C log book, this goes off to DVLA and could take 6 weeks to process. In the meantime I have to declare the car as off road using a V890 SORN form. But to do that, you need a V5C log book which of course I haven't got. Or, you can use your 11 digit number on your tax reminder form. Which, due to not having a V5C log book and the vehicle records thus showing I'm not the keeper of the vehicle, I can't tax it so thus haven't got the tax reminder form.
So round and round it goes, everything hinges on having possession of that V5C log book. The car meanwhile sits in the driveway losing value through the likes of seized brakes and perishing tyres, as the slug-like cogs of bureaucracy slowly grind away over the ensuing months. All self inflicted of course.
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