For sale: No tax, No NCT - incriminating ads

ba_barabus

Hmmmmm,

while browsing the usual shyte that seems to tickle my fancy I came across this car with the tax out over 12 months, NCT out over 2 years BUT valid insurance until January 2014.......

GENIUS

http://cars.donedeal.co.uk/cars-for-sale/car/5476546



How the hell do people get away with this? If the car was in an accident due to a mechanical failure that an NCT would expose would the insurance cover be limited to third party only?

pcardin

maybe car wasn't used on public roads but it is insured in case if someone takes it or it goes on fire. You never know. Tax on one of my cars is out since november 2012 and nct expired few months ago and it hasn't been used since november but it has been insured all this time and just this week I have renewed insurance for another year. You never know what may happen with the car while it's parked up.

ba_barabus

pcardin wrote: »

maybe car wasn't used on public roads but it is insured in case if someone takes it or it goes on fire. You never know. Tax on one of my cars is out since november 2012 and nct expired few months ago and it hasn't been used since november but it has been insured all this time and just this week I have renewed insurance for another year. You never know what may happen with the car while it's parked up.

All valid of course but it is parked on a public road.

I agree with what you've said and I have insured cars while they are off the road but it tended to be that they were rare or in some way valuable.

I just find it hard to believe that the above car is off the road but kept insured.

00833827

the advert does state "cheep on petrol ,tax,and to insure" -

- there might be spelling mistakes, but no lies

Anan1

ba_barabus wrote: »

I just find it hard to believe that the above car is off the road but kept insured.

It might have been off the road for a couple of years and only insured last week?

biko

Seems to be parked on a public road.
If I was a warden I'd ring up and arrange to meet.
As soon as I had the address I'd go there and slap a fine on that yoke lol

Cee-Jay-Cee

It's probably safe to assume if it was perfectly roadworthy then the owner would NCT it which would increase his/her chances of selling it tenfold.

ba_barabus

Anan1 wrote: »

It might have been off the road for a couple of years and only insured last week?

For 6 months?

Dord

CJC999 wrote: »

It's probably safe to assume if it was perfectly roadworthy then the owner would NCT it which would increase his/her chances of selling it tenfold.

Good point! It's not like the NCT is too expensive. Even the car with an NCT fail sheet would be better than no NCT at all.

Anan1

ba_barabus wrote: »

For 6 months?

No, on a policy with 6 months left to run.

keithsfleet

I think I'm more shocked that he's asking for a grand.

colm_mcm

I'm shocked you were looking at accents :eek:

ba_barabus

colm_mcm wrote: »

I'm shocked you were looking at accents :eek:

I've had a possibly mental idea to park the BMW up over winter and to keep it very long term.

Hence I'd get a second SHYTE car for winter driving which I didn't need to care for that much