Car Log Book

Need some advice peeps

Just looked at a car for my son - great car and only 2 problems than i can see, 1 of which id like advice on.

car tax is out of date by 1 YEAR, no service on car since 2005 ( or none that i can see that has bene recorded. It has ALL MOT certs. Car is a 52 plate ( NOV 2002)
thats not the problem

LOG book is NOT in his name but still in name of previous owner. The fella has owned the car about a year, so if its not been registered in his name does that cause a problem.

How can he have insured or taxed it?? I have done one of those check where you send reg no to a text and had stuff back giving correct VIN number,saying no record of it being stolen or scrapped, so car sounds good but its the details on the log book that worry me

should i be worried???

he could of been risking driving without tax linny, insurance can be done online no proof needed, once you change the details you should be fine (don`t forget i had my plates stolen and waiting for the fun to start) just keep his addresse and number if you have problems so you can give them to plod.
whats the MOT on the car.

He has most of the MOTs for the car and they all look ok got MOT for 2005, 2007-2010
its just the name on the log book that im worried about

the police station might be a good place to start, just to make sure that it wasn't dodgy. legally, he can't sell the car to you if it is not his, but that is just a technicality.

well ive paid out money this afternoon doing various checks and all SEEMS ok, its not stolen etc. It did have a plate change but now back to origional plate. last registered keeper was changed in 2005 - which fits in with the log book. and thats when the plate was changed back to original plate. He has a receipt stating he purchased car back in Oct 09 and tax ran out end of oct 09 - He says its been garaged for some time and it was in a garage when we went to see it
Its probably me being paranoid but id rather be safe than sorry and loose over 2K

you can't be too paranoid when completing a private sale.

its just why didnt he change the name of the keeper on the log book when he bought it???thats what baffles me.
When we ring him back later tonight im going to ask him 2 things 1) where is services history - hes got service book but nothing in it since 2005, strange, but it as MOTS going back from 2010 -to 2007 then 1 missing then one for 2005 - which would have been 1st MOT and 2) why he dint bother to change keeper. Log book has a miss XXX and receipt for when he bought car is a mrs XXX - ok so same address on both so lady married, but even she didnt re register car in her new name - but that i can understand as people do forget. But why he didnt is a mystery. I know he said he has been using company vehicles for a while so did he buy it, not have time to use it, and put it in the garage and just forget to change details, or buy tax etc.
As said all the checks ive done - which ive had to pay for have come back all positive and car is a bit over priced compared to what it says its worth - so its not as if its being sold cheap.

Im going to make him an offer - once im happy with what he says. Its up for £2500 - going to offer £2000 - think thats fair as it has no tax or service history. If he accepts, THEN just got to worry about the dreaded insurance !
Ive given myself a blooming headache worrying about buying this stupid car !
I now know why we got to a Toyota garage to get ours !

well all seems well and the reasons guy gave sound plausible. so off to the bank today .............................thats the bit i dont like ! oh and sorting out the insurance

How are you Linny.Sorry i could not offer you any help about car.I am keeping an eye on this thread,
in hope that everything works out for you Linny.Keep us updated on how things are.Can only say i pray and hope to god,that all is well with the car.God Bless Linny

aww thanks Ally.

well an update. Bought car, finally got a months insurance and 6 months tax. So car is legal. He said he was going to send off log book and gave us a part of it, which is how i managed to tax it. Now just need son to pass his test later this month
here is a couple of photos of te car before we bought it. Its now sitting outside my door