Car registration not matching car!?!?

Third Opinion · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:42

Call the DVLA helpline, it may just be an administration error from a car with a similar reg. Being they are both Rovers its quite possible that two or more Rovers have almost identical registrations except for one digit. Car manufacturers quite commonly used to register loads of cars before the new reg came out to bump up sales figures.

Ofcourse if it isn't a mistake the car needs to be dealt with before the garage off's it onto some poor unsuspecting sod.

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/clonevehicle.htm

Bug One · 3 Jun 2006 at 12:12

Well, I phoned the guy today about the car.

I told him that the V5 is exempt, so I'll need a new one before I buy it. To that he said that we should just forget it he'd rather sell it to someone else. He doesn't like complications in his life. :rolleyes:

I then asked him about the registration not matching the car. He said he's just MOT'd it using the chassis number and it went through the DVLA no problem. He said I must have the wrong registration number. I have a clear photo of the car and its registration plates from when I test drove it.

Looks like I'll be walking away from this one. The car was just a little too good to be true.

I know he'll just sell it to someone who hasn't done these checks though. :mad:

SaBBz · 3 Jun 2006 at 12:14

I'd contact the DVLA if I were you. He knows its dodgy.

Burned_Alive · 3 Jun 2006 at 12:36

Agreed, report it. He obviously knows its dodgy, any decent car salesman would 1) have the new v5 anyway 2) be willing to get it to secure the sale (seeing as how the old ones are now obsolete).

Bug One · 3 Jun 2006 at 12:40

Burned_Alive said:
Agreed, report it. He obviously knows its dodgy, any decent car salesman would 1) have the new v5 anyway 2) be willing to get it to secure the sale (seeing as how the old ones are now obsolete).

Report it to who?

Burned_Alive · 3 Jun 2006 at 13:07

Bug One said:
Report it to who?

DVLA or Police i guess, either will tell you the right place if it has to be reported elsewhere.

Then you've done your good deed and stopped someone buying a lemon.

One More Solo · 3 Jun 2006 at 13:13

Yeah, if he's going to be an idiot then I would report him, best that way that some poor sod doesn't get done.

K.C. Leblanc · 3 Jun 2006 at 13:34

Bug One said:
Report it to who?

Trading Standards.

There is a good chance there is a good explanation for what's going on, but I think you've done the right thing by walking away. I wouldn't want to buy that car unless the details were ironed out.

Nazbit · 3 Jun 2006 at 14:15

Not only does it sound very dodgy, but from his response it sounds like he knows it.

I would report it to the police and to the DVLA, maybe show them the photo too. The reg is clear enough.

You were lucky enough to see through this, but someone else wont be, and they will end up buying a dodgy car, make sure that this doesnt happen.