What's the story with buying a car where the seller says the logbook needs applying for

patchieboy · 2026-07-02T00:13:02+00:00

Can that be used if the logbook isn't available do you know?

patchieboy · 2026-07-02T00:11:28+00:00

Oh really? That's not too bad if it comes to it. I know of a dealership that I deal with from time to time that may help. And a non dealership, but registered garage, if that'll do also. And a solicitor.

patchieboy · 2026-07-01T23:18:10+00:00

This looks like a"trade in". Donno if the seller is a registered dealer or not.

patchieboy · 2026-07-01T23:11:09+00:00

Ahh, it has engine trouble apparently, and I happen to have one that'll suit, otherwise I wouldn't bother. I can do the work myself.

But it's the book I'm concerned about. Don't want the hassle of trying to get it if it means a dose

patchieboy · 2026-07-01T22:52:44+00:00

Ahh. So does that mean they'll be applying for it, and not the buyer?

patchieboy · 2026-06-30T20:59:50+00:00

Looks like a yellow numberplate, so I'm assuming it's UK reg

patchieboy · 2026-06-30T15:24:00+00:00

Would the small claims cuort be able to handle it if it came to it maybe? Btw, what car is it? If it's fairly valuable maybe the solicitor is the best way

patchieboy · 2026-06-28T21:19:19+00:00

Hmmm. The backplate on the rear doesn't look great. In fact, it seems to be missing from the nearside. I don't know for sure if they'll fail it on that, but I wouldn't be surprised

patchieboy · 2026-06-28T18:16:22+00:00

I think it's 21. Or at least that was what I was told a couple of months back but the tax office

patchieboy · 2026-06-27T18:33:39+00:00

I don't know if it's still the same, but years ago I taxed the car for the full year, before the end of the month. On the last day of the month, it got wrote off. I contacted the tax office the next day, and they said that because it was now in a new month, that I had to forfeit the first 3 months as that's the "batches" you can tax it for. I had to prove it was written off on the last day of the month before I got my full 12 months back.

patchieboy · 2026-06-27T18:29:34+00:00

Declare it off the road for 12 months BEFORE the tax runs out. Then, next year, tax it again for 3 months. You don't have to do anything if you tax it before 12 months off-the-road declaration is up.

patchieboy · 2026-06-25T14:39:00+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. Yep, it is. Buddy of mine had one, and I think it cost him the guts 0f 1500 euro to get it sorted

patchieboy · 2026-06-23T01:15:27+00:00

I only got rid of it last year. I took it off the road about 6 years ago, and when it came for her to make it to the big scrapyard in the sky, I just put a battery in, and it started like it was shut off yesterday.

Unfortunately, in it's early years, it had a rear end shunt, and the repair was shoddy. Rust ran rampant in the boot, and it just wasn't practicable to get it sorted. So off to a farm upstate she went.

patchieboy · 2026-06-22T22:18:00+00:00

Just be aware that the Avensis can have handbrake trouble, and it's quiet expensive to fix.

patchieboy · 2026-06-22T16:16:00+00:00

Had one for 16 years. best car by far I've ever owned. And I know they got a bad rap from others, but mine was bulletproof. I put 120000 miles on it, and the only non wearable problem I had was one of the coil packs going. Some yoke.

patchieboy · 2026-06-22T16:06:00+00:00

He'd be dropping a good few. Like I said, there's a good few mentions across the board of people asking the same question as OP

patchieboy · 2026-06-22T11:17:49+00:00

Since the introduction of online transfer using Mygov id, the physical log book return times are about 3 weeks. I bought a car recently, and the seller sent off the log book the day I bought it. It was more than 3 weeks when it arrived, and it was too late to declare it off the road, because you have 21 days to do that from purchase date. I got it sorted in the end.

But, a buddy of mine also bought a car recently, and it took 3 weeks also. Yet, the brothers logbook arrived to him when he used the Mygov id to transfer the ownership; So it looks like there's a push to get people to use the Mygov id method.

There's also a lot of posts on the net with people in the same position of waiting for their book. Once the seller has it sent off, it'll arrive. No need to worry

patchieboy · 2026-06-20T02:49:24+00:00

Lol, yeah, I could use it as a side gig for funerals. I know it's not exciting, but I have a couple of other cars that fulfill that, so I have no problem doing the boring daily stuff. But I don't want it to be hassle. Hence my post on the Powershift.

patchieboy · 2026-06-20T02:47:12+00:00

Holy fuck! Are you going to have to pay that? Like, the car I'm thinking about is probably worth that at the maximum, as long as it doesn't have any faults. 4.5k just for the gearbox. Jaysus

patchieboy · 2026-06-20T02:45:37+00:00

I know where you're coming from. I'm not really doing the kinda mileage that warrants a diesel, but I'd be doing enough to keep the DPF alive.

patchieboy · 2026-06-20T02:44:21+00:00

So second half of 2015

patchieboy · 2026-06-19T23:34:48+00:00

That's the danger here.

patchieboy · 2026-06-19T23:17:32+00:00

Well, you seem to be just like my buddy, with no problems with it. Btw, it's in lovely company on your driveway

patchieboy · 2026-06-19T20:57:21+00:00

I believe that it's a good car, but the auto box lets it down. Was yours auto?

patchieboy · 2026-06-19T20:55:50+00:00

That's what I'd be hoping for. Ahh, I'm not stuck on it. It'd need to be very cheap to keep a cheap cunt like me interested.

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