Looking For The New Owner Of My R34Gtr

[Adelaideprosound]

Hi guys,

I am posting this thread in the hope that someone can point me to the new owner of my 1999 Vspec R34GTR which I sold in late 2010.

I sold the car to a guy in NSW, which apparently crashed it, and then the current owner bought it from a damaged auction and brought it back to its former glory.

Reason I am looking for the new owner is because the guy that bought it off me never transferred the registration and the vin number is still registered in my name.

So I need to clear this issue up with the new owner, as I will need a letter from them to say where and when they bought the car as supporting evidence.

It was my mistake I didn't lodge the disposal notice with the SA Branch of motor reg.

So anyone with any info please send me a private message.

When I had it the number plate was VSPC34.

Edited July 23, 2013 by Adelaideprosound

[Adelaideprosound]

Oh by the way this car is now owned by someone in VICTORIA. That's why this post is here.

[R31Nismoid]

VIC owner would've registered it here, in their name.

So just call up VicRoads and explain the situation?

[Birds]

Why do you need the owner? Shouldn't need a letter from the owner to de-register a car. You just call up and cancel the registration

[emts]

I'm guessing there something like some fines or similar in the system now,

but if you still have the sale notice with date and a stat dec I would think that you might be able to resolve this?

[Birds]

Ah yes true...I have had similar things where the buyer went straight from my house onto Eastkink for their trip home...also picked up a speeding fine along the way...I don't understand wanting to drive a car like this if someone can prove it was you...or even wanting to put a seller through that.

Should be able to use receipts from date of sale.

[SMOKEYV35]

I doubt vicroads is going to give you the name and address of a person based on a registration/VIN number - case in point, i get road raged, take down a license number and go to vic roads? go round to the guys house....?

It's all hindsight stuff now, but when i sell a car I write out a pretty detailed receipt of sale - stating the time and date that the car is being handed over, that the buyer accepts legal responsibility for the vehicle from that time forward (to prevent things like fines etc), and that they have a set amount of time (usually 14 days) to transfer the vehicle into their name with the relevant authorities after which the registration will be cancelled by me. Get both parties to sign it with a license number that you've sighted. Keep a copy for yourself.

It is also very wise to ask the buyer to show you the cover note they have arranged for their insurance - i can't imagine the sh1t fight that would go down if you cancelled your own insurance and the new owner had an accident before they had the car transferred into their name. I usually leave the car insured until i've got confirmation from the new owner they have succesfully transferred it into their name.

But like you said - it was an oversight by you not cancelling your SA rego after you sent it to NSW. It's a timely reminder as I'm about to send a car up to ACT with Vic rego, so thanks.

[R31Nismoid]

No as in, they will contact the owner for you. Not give out the details etc.

[Birds]

+1

Don't need owner details. Privacy act and all.

[SMOKEYV35]

I just spoke to VicRoads regarding the sale of my own car interstate - there is no real failsafe to prevent this from happening unless you physically site proof from the new owner of transfer of ownership.

She did say that registration numbers and ownership are stored in databases at a state level, but that VIN's and ownership are stored in a national database that the state authorities reference off.

So when someone newly registered your SA car in VIC, the VIN should have have flagged when checked against the national database as being registered in your name in SA.

Obviously this is what happened with the second owner - he didn't transfer the vehicle into his name once the car went interstate - it never flagged in the national database, you didn't pay your registration renewal, the vehicle become unregistered in SA - but still under your ownership at both a state and national level. I'd say the ball has been dropped between when the vehicle was paid out and sold at auction. Still, it should have flagged again when the third owner bought it, fixed it, especially as it would have had to go through a VIVS.

Anyway - regardless - call VicRoads there is a number in the options menu you can select to check a vehicle's current registration status. Give them the VIN and see what comes of it.