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I viewed a car at the weekend, did a test drive and bought a full HPI check. All was good so I put down a £500 deposit. Collection was arranged for Wednesday. Balance had to be paid by bank transfer before collection so I paid the balance the night before and also arranged insurance to start the day after.
When I went to collect the car, having already paid in full, I was told that the V5 was missing. The dealer reassured me this wasn't an issue, some cars don't have a V5 and it would just arrive in the post in 2 weeks.
Before leaving with the car I asked the dealer if road tax had been paid. He said we couldn't tax it there and then because there was no V5. He said he would fill in a V62 and go to the post office immediately to tax it that way and then I could drive the car away.
I saw him leave with the V62 form and the cheque for the road tax which had been signed by his colleague in finance a minute earlier. I waited half an hour and then drove home.
Today he phoned to say that the road tax was higher than they expected and he asked me to pay an extra £120. They then proceed to say that the car hadn't been taxed at the post office yet because they were waiting for the rest of the car tax money.
I have been driving the car untaxed for 2 days and my insurance was probably void too!! I am absolutely appalled
I phoned the DVLA this afternoon and they said that it will take 6 to 10 weeks to get the V5 and I cannot drive the car until then because you cannot tax a car without a V5. Is it true??? I've been looking online everywhere but found conflicting advice.
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Used car nightmare, no V5
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NotABeliever · 02/09/2022 20:42
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