right went to view a vw vr6 today, the guys name was ricky, even stated it on ebay to contact rick and his number was there, car was at his mums house and he lived in a area about 4 miles away he said, even stated the right area on ebay which is about 4 miles. his mum answered the door no problem. i looked at the logboox to check the vin number with the car that matched up correctly and the owners name was peter who lived in an area about 7 miles away! sound dodgy or what?

 

No my mondeo says my missus name on the log book and it's still registered at our old address 15 miles away. Not everyone is out to get you pal.

 

didn't add up, him name was rick, car was at his mums house and his registered address on ebay was about 4 miles away from his mums. but car was registered in someone elses name "peter" which was about 7 miles away in another area? wasnt registered to this rick? different to his registered address on ebay??

 

I'd want to meet and see ID for peter I think - just to be sure.

 

maybe hes bought it to sell on and not swapped logbook over so doesnt add another owner.

Easiest thing is ask him like above not everyone is out too get you

 

What did he say when you asked who Peter was and why it was in his name?

 

My rs1800 is registered in my mates name 30 miles away and I have sold it hassle free to a guy who knows its in someone elses name!

No biggie!

 

Probably just bought it to sell it on.

 

My bike is registered in oxford at my brother address about 90 miles away, he collected it for me and put his address and name on it by mistake.

not everything is dodgy

 

It's a common thing I do this a lot if I'm buying to resell as said if you change the logbook it adds another owner on it and also delays further sale due to waiting for logbook

 

Does sound a bit dodgy to me, I'd walk away to be on the safe side, plenty of other cars out there.

 

It says on the front of the logbook that the registered keeper is not the legal owner. Mearly the person responsible to tax or SORN it. I wouldn't worry.

 

so would i, this rick guy says he has owned it for two years, plenty of time to get it swapped over! another thing that worried me is that there was a lot of broken glass in it from a window being smashed?

 

I would not buy a motor off anyone but the registered keeper on log book.
You lot are far too trusting IMO.

 

If in doubt walk away - simples

 

Get it hpi checked, peace of mind fora round Ł20

 

Could be quite genuine, my family all live within those sorts of distances from me and we border counties so could be classed as a different county entirely, i've had to store a car on my mums drive before and sold it from there too. There could be dishonest intentions for not transferring ownership on his part though ie speeding fines etc..

Broken glass, i've had a car broken into and it took forever to clear up all the glass!

Could be plenty of explanations to debunk any of your concerns but while not a big headache if there's any doubt i'd walk away, especially on the strength of your other thread.

 

Check my other thread guys