Our Renault developed several expensive faults, so in June we went looking for another, and bought a Vauxhall. We haven't got room for two cars on our drive, OH took the Renault to a scrap dealer. However, as he has neither a photo driving licence (he has an old paper one, which he never got round to replacing), nor a passport, (because we don't go abroad), the dealer would not accept the car unless we took along someone - anyone - with one of those forms of ID.
Not wanting to wait till our daughter was available, OH rang a dealer from the local paper, and he came round and paid us cash for the car. We posted the slip that has to go to the DVLA, the same day. Just had a letter from them saying our Renault isn't insured, and asking us to insure it, declare it SORN, or write with the buyer's details, to avoid a fine. We didn't keep a note of his details as we didn't think it necessary at the time. So the slip must have been lost in the post - yes, it does happen!
OH wrote to DVLA and explained the situation, and we are now waiting to hear from them, but I am now getting worried about being fined. Other than trying to get hold of an old copy of the local paper and hopefully recognising the ad, I can't think what to do. We can't insure a car we don't own, and can't declare it off road as that would not be true. Any ideas?
