rsvgreg
Active Member
- Joined
- May 5, 2007
- Messages
- 260
- Location
- Newmarket, The home of Horsepower
- Car
- CLK63 AMG, CLK55, Audi Q7-4.2, A6-4.2, Ducati Monster 1200S, Aprillia RSV1000R, A210 LWB
Any help on this would be much appreicated.
Background: Reputable dealer has used rare Mercedes. Car was first sold and supplied in GB, however last registered keeper was in Northern Ireland and log book shows no detail of UK Keepers prior to being registered in NI. I did not know that if you take a GB car to NI, you get issued with an NI version of the DVLA Logbook which simply says 'Previously registered in GB'
HPI does not define the number of past UK keepers (the website claims it does) but I subscribed and got nothing more than what was on the NI logbook. Service book indicates that it has had just one former GB keeper, but it is not definative.
Spoke to DVLA whose advise was that if I write to them they might be able to respond in two weeks, no paying service offered to shortcut the process.
I am concerned that when the car gets re-registered (by me perhaps) in GB it will suddenly throw up a string of past owners. The advice no doubt from some will be walk away, but I have spent months looking for this model and it fits the bill in every way apart from the lack of clarity re past owners.
Sorry it's long winded but any thoughts or advice on how to determine the number of past owners would be great.
Background: Reputable dealer has used rare Mercedes. Car was first sold and supplied in GB, however last registered keeper was in Northern Ireland and log book shows no detail of UK Keepers prior to being registered in NI. I did not know that if you take a GB car to NI, you get issued with an NI version of the DVLA Logbook which simply says 'Previously registered in GB'
HPI does not define the number of past UK keepers (the website claims it does) but I subscribed and got nothing more than what was on the NI logbook. Service book indicates that it has had just one former GB keeper, but it is not definative.
Spoke to DVLA whose advise was that if I write to them they might be able to respond in two weeks, no paying service offered to shortcut the process.
I am concerned that when the car gets re-registered (by me perhaps) in GB it will suddenly throw up a string of past owners. The advice no doubt from some will be walk away, but I have spent months looking for this model and it fits the bill in every way apart from the lack of clarity re past owners.
Sorry it's long winded but any thoughts or advice on how to determine the number of past owners would be great.