Would you purchase a private sale car if the owner wouldn’t let you test drive it

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DH is selling his car privately.
He has just declared that he won’t let anyone test drive it unless they can prove they are insured.
This is because a couple of years ago he let a potential purchaser test drive his car, this person assured dh he was insured then drove like a maniac and subsequently admitted he wasn’t actually insured. He was a time waster as he clearly wasn’t even interested in the vehicle.
So, if you were interested in a car which was a private sale would it put you off if the owner wouldn’t allow you to test drive it (obviously DH is happy to drive with them in the car)?

No! It's against the law and if they're stopped the car will be seized. You'll then have to pay to release as a prospective buyer won't

I'm covered 3rd party on any car not belonging to myself, I always have been, so is DH, though that would probably not be good enough cover to test drive as it's only third party

I wouldn't buy a car from a private buyer unless I knew them anyway.

Private seller not buyer

I wouldn't be happy to not test drive it, but this isn't the situation. I could just produce my insurance that says I am covered to drive other cars. I wouldn't want an uninsured person driving my car either.

it’s been a long time since people were covered 3rd party for any car under their own fully comp insurance.

How long exactly? Because my current insurance policy covers me to drive any car. Only 3rd party though.

@Polis it used to come as standard now it doesn’t. Many people think it still comes as standard but it doesn’t - unless you’ve got a policy that explicitly states you can.