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Dec 28, 2021 17:53:43 GMT
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Hopefully someone on here can help me out, recently within the last 6 months I purchased a e32 bmw 735i. Which I was going to use as a doner car, but after looking over the car realised it was to good of an example to break. I didn't pay large amount of money for it, so one principal thing I usually check is the Mot history before purchase, which I ignored at the time as I couldn't find any.
Let me be clear this bmw 735i didn't have any recorded mot's on the dvla website, this might be because its on a private plate this was my first thought when I purchased the car, but I did a full car check which came back with no plate transfers?
How can a car registerd in June 1987 not have a single mot recorded, its not an export or anything like that. I'm a little baffled by the whole situation, I did contact the previous owner today about where he got it from but he's yet to get back to me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated..
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Rich
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Dec 28, 2021 18:25:47 GMT
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Hopefully someone on here can help me out, recently within the last 6 months I purchased a e32 bmw 735i. Which I was going to use as a doner car, but after looking over the car realised it was to good of an example to break. I didn't pay large amount of money for it, so one principal thing I usually check is the Mot history before purchase, which I ignored at the time as I couldn't find any. Let me be clear this bmw 735i didn't have any recorded mot's on the dvla website, this might be because its on a private plate this was my first thought when I purchased the car, but I did a full car check which came back with no plate transfers? How can a car registerd in June 1987 not have a single mot recorded, its not an export or anything like that. I'm a little baffled by the whole situation, I did contact the previous owner today about where he got it from but he's yet to get back to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. MOT's only started to be recorded digitally in 2005 so any prior to that will not show on the system. If it doesn't show any post-05 it's never had one since 05. |
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Dec 28, 2021 19:52:04 GMT
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If it's been tested on a private plate it won't show on the original when searched.
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Dec 29, 2021 12:16:36 GMT
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If it's been tested on a private plate it won't show on the original when searched. Does that mean the MOT history for a private plate could show any number of cars tested, assuming the plate is transferred each time the vehicle is changed? |
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'76' Datsun 260z 2+2 UK RHD.... owned since '95' none of that rust free LHD import shenanigans!
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Dec 29, 2021 12:19:09 GMT
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Potentially yes.
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Dec 29, 2021 12:47:26 GMT
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I don't think that's the case. I just checked my mate's private plate, which he's had on various cars going back decades, and on the check-mot site it only shows the MOTs for the vehicle it's currently on. I can't see a way to check the MOT history on the vehicle it was on before this one.
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Last Edit: Dec 29, 2021 12:48:02 GMT by droopsnoot
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Rich
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Dec 29, 2021 12:59:52 GMT
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If it's been tested on a private plate it won't show on the original when searched. It will. Doesn’t work like that. It’ll show all recorded MOT test outcomes for the vehicle regardless of what registration was on it at the time of test, because the plate changes are logged with the DVLA. |
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Rich
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Dec 29, 2021 13:01:26 GMT
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Also, no. Just the car it’s currently applied to. If I search NE57SKU for example as my fathers plate, it comes up with no current MOT log as the car it’s on hasn’t had one yet. I’d certainly doesn’t show the previous cars it was on because it isn’t on them. |
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Dec 29, 2021 13:32:46 GMT
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The private plate on my ranger only shows 3 mots, it's 10 years old. The original plate shows all the mots until the private plate went on.
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Dec 29, 2021 16:58:33 GMT
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thats strange i just checked my dads, and his reg has been on 3 5 series, and it comes back as the one its currently on with its history from 2016 when he didnt own it.
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Last Edit: Dec 29, 2021 16:59:10 GMT by bmw2101
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squonk
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Dec 29, 2021 22:59:06 GMT
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2004 Chevrolet Avalanche Z71
2005 Mercedes CLK320 Cabriolet
1996 Mercedes C180 Elegance Auto Saloon
1996 Rover 620Ti (Dead fuel pump)
1992 Toyota HiLux Surf
1987 Range Rover Vogue (Rusty)
1992 Range Rover Vogue SE (More Rusty)
2006 Chrysler Grand Voyager
2008 Corsa 1.4 Design
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Dec 30, 2021 13:24:05 GMT
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MOT's only started to be recorded digitally in 2005 so any prior to that will not show on the system. If it doesn't show any post-05 it's never had one since 05. The simplest answer is usually the right one; this would be my bet. |
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Last Edit: Dec 30, 2021 13:24:24 GMT by daklone
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Dec 30, 2021 19:09:55 GMT
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I wouldn't worry about it too much, as long as you have a logbook and it shows up on the DVLA reg checker thing.
It could have been kept abroad and they've not bothered to tax/ test it over there just bringing it back with leaving the EU?
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