Getting v5c to vrt vehicle

Kieranfitz1993

Iv bought a jeep in the north and I only have the green slip of the logbook new keepers slip the fella I bought it off sent away the v5 as he didn't feel comfortable giving me the v5c still in his name as I was a complete stranger to him an put it down as being exported in my name because I was going to vrt it he sent away the export section now the DVLA says they cannot help me atal because of this I thought I'd get some paperwork back to vrt it now I can't get any paperwork of the DVLA over this they say it has to be reimported into the north to get the v5 and it's impossible for me to reimport it there living in the south has anything like this happened someone before or how did you get around it vrt office won't help atal

User1998

Post the registration number so I can check if its been officially exported (or pm me)

Car99

Kieranfitz1993 wrote: »

Iv bought a jeep in the north and I only have the green slip of the logbook new keepers slip the fella I bought it off sent away the v5 as he didn't feel comfortable giving me the v5c still in his name as I was a complete stranger to him an put it down as being exported in my name because I was going to vrt it he sent away the export section now the DVLA says they cannot help me atal because of this I thought I'd get some paperwork back to vrt it now I can't get any paperwork of the DVLA over this they say it has to be reimported into the north to get the v5 and it's impossible for me to reimport it there living in the south has anything like this happened someone before or how did you get around it vrt office won't help atal

Your quickest option is to re import the car to the UK if the car has an export marker from the DVLA.

colm_mcm

Are there tax implications for doing this?

Car99

colm_mcm wrote: »

Are there tax implications for doing this?

Back in to the north no, only thing is DVLA will want a reg document to import the car , I wonder how you can provide one in that case.

Whocare

Kieranfitz1993 wrote: »

Iv bought a jeep in the north and I only have the green slip of the logbook new keepers slip the fella I bought it off sent away the v5 as he didn't feel comfortable giving me the v5c still in his name as I was a complete stranger to him an put it down as being exported in my name because I was going to vrt it he sent away the export section now the DVLA says they cannot help me atal because of this I thought I'd get some paperwork back to vrt it now I can't get any paperwork of the DVLA over this they say it has to be reimported into the north to get the v5 and it's impossible for me to reimport it there living in the south has anything like this happened someone before or how did you get around it vrt office won't help atal

That just funny

colm_mcm

Whocare wrote: »

That just funny

Why?

newmember2

Kieranfitz1993 wrote: »

Iv bought a jeep in the north and I only have the green slip of the logbook new keepers slip the fella I bought it off sent away the v5 as he didn't feel comfortable giving me the v5c still in his name as I was a complete stranger to him an put it down as being exported in my name because I was going to vrt it he sent away the export section now the DVLA says they cannot help me atal because of this I thought I'd get some paperwork back to vrt it now I can't get any paperwork of the DVLA over this they say it has to be reimported into the north to get the v5 and it's impossible for me to reimport it there living in the south has anything like this happened someone before or how did you get around it vrt office won't help atal

See if you can find someone in the North who will re-import it and then give you the V5.

Whocare

colm_mcm wrote: »

Why?

Come on like if anyone was going to buy a a foreign registered vehicle a quick Google of paperwork needed for vrt would make lot of sense . Not not like a vehicle is cheap

colm_mcm

It’s a bollox of a system with the DVLA though. Seller probably thought the were doing they right thing. It’s a crap situation - but not funny.

Speedline

colm_mcm wrote: »

It’s a bollox of a system with the DVLA though. Seller probably thought the were doing they right thing. It’s a crap situation - but not funny.

I had to persuade a main dealer in Glasgow to give me the full v5. He went off and made a few calls to head office before he agreed to it. He did however say that it was the first time they had sold a car for export.

colm_mcm

Ireland must have been the most common export country, it’s amazing how the DVLA system makes it so difficult.

bazz26

I think it's a case of both buyer and seller not looking into the proper procedure for buying/selling a car for permanent export. OP is in a right pickle of a situation with it now to get it sorted.

Isn't there some UK company offering a service to retrieve V5 reg documents? Don't they charge around €150 for it?

Whocare

bazz26 wrote: »

I think it's a case of both buyer and seller not looking into the proper procedure for buying/selling a car for permanent export. OP is in a right pickle of a situation with it now to get it sorted.

Isn't there some UK company offering a service to retrieve V5 reg documents? Don't they charge around €150 for it?

Yes EMK TRANSPORT offer that retrieve service for v5c Google them op

User1998

bazz26 wrote: »

I think it's a case of both buyer and seller not looking into the proper procedure for buying/selling a car for permanent export. OP is in a right pickle of a situation with it now to get it sorted.

Isn't there some UK company offering a service to retrieve V5 reg documents? Don't they charge around €150 for it?

Yes I’ve used them recently and they were great but if the car is marked as exported they won’t send out a new logbook

User1998

colm_mcm wrote: »

It’s a bollox of a system with the DVLA though. Seller probably thought the were doing they right thing. It’s a crap situation - but not funny.

Its actually a really good system imo. Seller sends export slip to DVLA, car is taken out of their name. Job done and the buyer keeps the logbook. Its just a lack of understanding from uk people about the whole process. I mean if someone wanted to keep the logbook off my car I wouldn’t agree either

Doesn't it say on the V5 to give the whole lot to the purchaser if it's being exported?

Car99

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Doesn't it say on the V5 to give the whole lot to the purchaser if it's being exported?

It does. But it can be very difficult getting the full V5 off sellers including main dealerships. Even after showing them the procedure on the UK government's website.