E46 320D Tourer!
Posted this else where but thought it would be worthy of a thread so no one else gets caught out like i have been! :
try this one on for size then! Went and bought my 182 FF on 12/08/11, V5 present, HPI cleared by myself and the garage i bought it from. Then 2 days prior to the end of my holiday with the missus on the 13/09/11 I get a call from West Yorks Police telling me it's stolen!
Apparently the bloke who sold it to the garage rented it for three months and for some reason the persons renting the car out registered it in their name?! In that time he sells it to the garage and gets his money!
So a HPI check is only as good as the exact moment you do it, and might not be any good anyway!
I've still got the car stored off road for now as I'm a copper down in Beds and they know it's safe with me till a decisions made! Sadly though, I cant even drive my pride and joy!
When I say 'decisions made', I mean CPS might decide it's a civil matter and not criminal. Even if it is criminal, the courts might decide I can keep the car, so fingers crossed!
All that and I've actually got a V5 with my name on it!
Bummer!
try this one on for size then! Went and bought my 182 FF on 12/08/11, V5 present, HPI cleared by myself and the garage i bought it from. Then 2 days prior to the end of my holiday with the missus on the 13/09/11 I get a call from West Yorks Police telling me it's stolen!
Apparently the bloke who sold it to the garage rented it for three months and for some reason the persons renting the car out registered it in their name?! In that time he sells it to the garage and gets his money!
So a HPI check is only as good as the exact moment you do it, and might not be any good anyway!
I've still got the car stored off road for now as I'm a copper down in Beds and they know it's safe with me till a decisions made! Sadly though, I cant even drive my pride and joy!
When I say 'decisions made', I mean CPS might decide it's a civil matter and not criminal. Even if it is criminal, the courts might decide I can keep the car, so fingers crossed!
All that and I've actually got a V5 with my name on it!
Bummer!