Porsche for sale of the day..........

[gridgway]

It's been amended now to read as a trade sale.

Excellent. It gets my goat when traders try to sell cars as private cars with they aren't!

[Sam]

Traders do have / are allowed their own cars…

[KS]

Traders do have / are allowed their own cars…

No, no, no, you got it all wrong. Traders just borrow cars out of stock. Everyone knows that.

[gridgway]

Traders do have / are allowed their own cars…

They are if they register the cars in their own name.

[210bhp]

Ahh but, is the registered keeper necessarily the owner?


Regards
Mike

[911hillclimber]

Long time ago that was the case?
The person in the log book is the legal owner; today the V5 states this may not be the case, so having a log book today only really gives the vehicle's details and the person who is using it, and who get the tickets for speeding, etc.

In the latter, the name on the V5 is the person who gets the fine, so presumably they have no link to the vehicle's owner, no authority has.

Very loose state of affairs as you cannot be sure if the actual owner consents to a sale?

[gridgway]

Traders do have / are allowed their own cars…

They are indeed, but they can't register them to trade, avoiding a new keeper.

There have been several cars sold on CC that I've seen chaining a private sale and the seller is clearly a trader, trading!

[DarthMJH]

All ready to go rallying. 1973 Carrera RS 3.0 Competition Spec

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115342793015?

[Sam]

Traders do have / are allowed their own cars…

They are indeed, but they can't register them to trade, avoiding a new keeper.

There have been several cars sold on CC that I've seen chaining a private sale and the seller is clearly a trader, trading!

Can’t they? Does it still say ‘the registered keeper is not the legal owner etc’ on the V5 still?

But I do agree. CC don’t seem too worried about accuracy on this point (and others), I guess it would take a lot of effort to fully vet everyone, they’ll just ask the seller. I wonder why they even show it, traditional auction houses don’t.

[PhilipB]

Worth bearing in mind that a trade sale is covered by consumer protection laws whereas a private sale isn’t. Call me cynical but traders do have a motivation to disguise themselves as private sellers.

[Sam]

Yes. Sorry. Thinking about it, CC isn’t a traditional auction house, they just charge a fee for putting a buyer and seller in touch, so you’re right, a trader selling on there would be bound by the consumer rights act and so on.

[Timo]

Yep PhilipB, you’ve hit the nail on the head.

[gridgway]

Italian 2.4S with 2.7 engine

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/197 ... A79he5af7U

£139k plus 6k fee. That was an expensive 158 miles!

[MikeB]

Plus £21,700 for the 2.4S engine, were they bought by the same buyer, did anyone spot?

[gridgway]

Good point Mike!