Brakers
LIFE MEMBER
Hi Everyone.
I have just been thinking about my purchase of my motorhome. I had been looking at many motorhomes over the last year and the prices are sometimes frightening. I was very dubious about buying from a private seller as once you’ve handed over your hard earned money then any problems you have from that moment on is yours to keep and the cost of a motorhome is possibly the next most expensive thing you purchase apart from your house, so you need to be sure as much as possible that you have some protection and to be honest most private sellers I saw seemed to want near to the price if not more than the dealers.
To give you two examples a Autotrail Delaware 2008 at a dealer was going for £35,500 and one on ebay same van going for 37,500 private similar milage but the later had Autoflow fitted.
Another was Autotrail 840D in Layton £39500 private, and Autotrail 840D in Newport Caravans 35,900 similar millage and facilities.
Perhaps you good people can comment on this next paragraph.
Also to me there is the worry of a log book loan, I’ve heard that a person can go get a loan against his vehicle up to 30% or more of the value of the vehicle and then hands over the V5 to the lender for security, but then the one who borrowed the money can ask the DVLA for a replacement V5 if the loan is over a year or two the date of the new V5 could be way past when the loan was taken out.
The logbook loan company should notify the DVLA that there is a loan out on that vehicle but it is my understanding that they are under no obligation to do so, and so the loan will not show up on a HPI check if not registered. This in my opinion should be tightened up in law.
If you purchase from a dealer at least you have someone to go back on and perhaps get some problems corrected, should the engine blow up, clutch goes, gearbox needs replacing etc soon after you have bought from a company then you will have a comeback on them under the sale of goods act, this depends on various details.
I know you can get a company to check the vehicle for you but still it’s a sold as seen deal with a private seller.
Best Wishes Tony
Hope this helps someone and not frighten them.
Best Wishes Tony
I have just been thinking about my purchase of my motorhome. I had been looking at many motorhomes over the last year and the prices are sometimes frightening. I was very dubious about buying from a private seller as once you’ve handed over your hard earned money then any problems you have from that moment on is yours to keep and the cost of a motorhome is possibly the next most expensive thing you purchase apart from your house, so you need to be sure as much as possible that you have some protection and to be honest most private sellers I saw seemed to want near to the price if not more than the dealers.
To give you two examples a Autotrail Delaware 2008 at a dealer was going for £35,500 and one on ebay same van going for 37,500 private similar milage but the later had Autoflow fitted.
Another was Autotrail 840D in Layton £39500 private, and Autotrail 840D in Newport Caravans 35,900 similar millage and facilities.
Perhaps you good people can comment on this next paragraph.
Also to me there is the worry of a log book loan, I’ve heard that a person can go get a loan against his vehicle up to 30% or more of the value of the vehicle and then hands over the V5 to the lender for security, but then the one who borrowed the money can ask the DVLA for a replacement V5 if the loan is over a year or two the date of the new V5 could be way past when the loan was taken out.
The logbook loan company should notify the DVLA that there is a loan out on that vehicle but it is my understanding that they are under no obligation to do so, and so the loan will not show up on a HPI check if not registered. This in my opinion should be tightened up in law.
If you purchase from a dealer at least you have someone to go back on and perhaps get some problems corrected, should the engine blow up, clutch goes, gearbox needs replacing etc soon after you have bought from a company then you will have a comeback on them under the sale of goods act, this depends on various details.
I know you can get a company to check the vehicle for you but still it’s a sold as seen deal with a private seller.
Best Wishes Tony
Hope this helps someone and not frighten them.
Best Wishes Tony