barneybrendan Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Basicly my van is on finance,but i dont need such a big van for my welding.Am i allowed to sell the van on .I want to sell my zafira and the van and get a 7 seater discovery.This way i can cut down on running costs through the year and save some more pennies.The van is a 2004 long wheel base high top vivaro which is probably worth about £3000 now and i have about £2500 still outstanding on it. Has anybody been in this situation with a vehicle on finance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobD Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I'm not sure if it's the law BUT it will put a lot of potential buyers of as if you don't pay the finance company has every right to take back possession of the vehicle! It will show up on HPI checks also. I wouldn't buy a vehicle that has outstanding finance purely for that reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yep, the main thing being buyers will be put off buying a car that is on fiance. The law doesn't state anything about you have to pay it before selling it but the finance company won't most likely be chasing you, they will be after the new owner to get the Van back. Maybe sell your Zafira first & then pay off for the Van? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 what i was thinking was to write it down and that the potential buyer can pay the finance company directly so that would be like a normal sale .was going to ask the finance company to send me a written settlemant figure so i have it in writting to show any potential buyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abz Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 what i was thinking was to write it down and that the potential buyer can pay the finance company directly so that would be like a normal sale .was going to ask the finance company to send me a written settlemant figure so i have it in writting to show any potential buyers. Worth a try, though be weary even though it is totally legit it will put buyers off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneybrendan Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 will try it and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I bought my Mitsubishi L200 this way, it was worth about £10.5 K at the time, the guy had it advertised for a while. The problem he had was that it had £9K of outstanding finance on it. I had a chat with him, it turned out him and his GF wanted to buy a house so he needed to clear the debt so I offered him the £9K on the basis that I paid Mitsubishi Finance direct on the day of the deal. All turned out well, I could only use a debit card over the phone to the finance company (can't pay credit off with credit), I got a great deal and a letter to confirm all paid off and he got his debt cleared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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