Looking at purchasing a car for the wife, after looking at carjam I found it has been deregistered and recomplied in the last 14 months, the seller tells me it wasnt used and was lapsed yet the vehicle has travelled 11,000kms in this time, in order for it to have lapsed it would have to have been out of rego for at least 12 months which suggest either it was driven for some time out of rego or that distance was travelled in less than 2 months which seems highly unlikely, given this is there any way I can find out why it was deregistered in the first place? id imagine if it was written off there would be a red flag somewhere, can the LTSA give me this information over the phone?
kazbanz,
Jul 21, 9:46am
I would ask at your local testing station.
fordluva,
Jul 21, 9:52am
this just got interesting, I decided on the off chance to try the LTSA, they were able to tell me that the vehicle was deregistered by an insurance company a few months back, although they couldnt confirm why they could confirm that it definately had not lapsed as the seller stated, funily enough he also told me its always been serviced on time, now this being the case hes either only just purchased in the last few months and wouldnt have a clue or he owned prior and purchased back off the insurance company in which case he would definately have known it was written off, either way hes telling porkies, does he not have to declare this to a potential purchaser?
andy61,
Jul 21, 9:54am
Time to move on, dont stress about it, you found out its a repaired insurance write off, hopefully the next person who looks at it will do their homework.
kazbanz,
Jul 21, 9:56am
fordluva--why bother going further?. You have established twice over that he is a liar. If the seller is a professional then he is required by law to state if it has been deregistered. Beyond that there isn't a legal requirement to state why. A MORAL requirement perhaps.
fordluva,
Jul 21, 9:59am
I certainly dont intend to, enough red flags have been waved for me, however it is concerning that someone else could purchase this vehicle without knowing, this sort of thing just grates me and Im certain I read somewhere that the seller was legally obligied to disclose this information, or perhaps this is only the case for a registered trader.
tgray,
Jul 21, 10:43am
A dealers legal obligation is to tick the box that says 'de reg' on the Consumer Information Notice. Nothing more. The reason being, is that quite often a dealer would have no idea themselves as to why a car has been re registered in the past.
kazbanz,
Jul 21, 11:30am
Another bit of idiocy from the "rule makers' Something "so important" as if a car has a kiwi radio has to be disclosed. Yet its not considered important that a dealer discloses if a car was insurance co write off or lapsed rego. Keep in mind mate its not exactly hard to find out.
kazbanz,
Jul 21, 11:32am
The point being--if the seller is acting in the manner of a dealer--ie buying damaged cars,fixing them up and selling them then they can be deemed by MVDT to be traders. So it would be interesting to see the sellers history. Ohh and isn't it just idiotic that private sellers don't have to disclose this stuff
elect70,
Jul 22, 10:21am
Walk away -recompliancing doesnt cover inspecting repairs ,just a tough WOF
kazbanz,
Jul 22, 10:55am
Hu? recompliance when its an accident dereg definitely is a LOT more than just a tough WOF
tgray,
Jan 12, 3:19am
Couldn't be more wrong. The repaired area is photographed and logged every step of the way by independent engineers, to make sure it is done properly. Perhaps you were thinking of a fresh import at time of compliance re comment about being a 'tough WOF"? That's a different scenario.
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