Play caution
So I bought a car I liked, good price, good mileage etc. PX'd my old car, finance in place. Eventually they advised it was a Japanese import. I knew nothing of how imports work and wish I did my homework. On Autotrader, they advertised the car as £35 tax. My brother went to collect the car for me due to my work commitments, he said it was all pretty rushed once the Ash finished dealing with what he was doing. Brother mentioned about taxing it, as by law, as a new keeper, you're supposed to tax it before you drive it. The guy said "no, you'll be fine do it when you get home". Brother felt uneasy but didn't want to cause a fuss. Anyway, that evenng, went to tax it & BAM!! A £360 tax bill. The car has no Co2 data etc, I've no import paperwork etc. So pretty peeved off. The one good thing is when I complaned he paid me £300 towards this years tax, promised that he knew how to get DVLA to reclass the tax, he even wanted the copy and has had of the new logbook, now hes ghosting me. Be very careful dealing with them. Had I known about the tax if he'd ;let my brother do it there and then, he'd have lost the deal. He was clearly dodging the issue. I've tried every avenue to obtain the data I need, through the car manufacturer, to no avail. Beware, do your research etc first, if you're buying an import








