Registering vehicle debacle

[axon1988]

As some of you know, I recently went to Gauteng (I live in KZN) to buy a car as cars are way cheaper there.
I found a car, bought it and so far its been one amazing little car.

Today I finally got a chance to put the car on my name. Now here's where it gets stupidly complicated.

The car was bought new in 2010, using MFC as finance. Just before I bought the car, the owner paid off the last payment on the car. And then delivered the papers to me.
He signed all the needed documents. And gave me everything he had on the car, all the papers from every service to every time he got fuel. This guy was very proper with documents.

On the registration form it states that the owner is Mr.X whom I bought it from. And the title holder is MFC.

Due to that, I cannot register the car on my name according to the traffic department here.

So does anyone have any other idea on how I can approach this short of sending all the papers back to the original owner.

 

[loc]

I had the exact same situation, went from KZN to JHB to buy a bike, title was still held by the bank. Took a few months but eventually the bank sent us a new logbook in the name of the previous owner so we could do the transfer.

I would suggest talking to the bank, or if you are willing to pay one of these companies that do licensing paperwork/queuing etc they may sort it out for you

 

[Fazda]

We always get a Dealer Stock letter when the papers are like this - in private deals, however, the original owner must put it into his name first.

Mr X may have been good with his paperwork but in this case, he was slack. You cannot bypass from the bank into a third party without putting it into the original owner's name first.

He will have to do this for you.

 

[ShaunSA]

We always get a Dealer Stock letter when the papers are like this - in private deals, however, the original owner must put it into his name first.

Mr X may have been good with his paperwork but in this case, he was slack. You cannot bypass from the bank into a third party without putting it into the original owner's name first.

He will have to do this for you.

Always pee's me off that dealers are exempt from the requirement

 

[Fazda]

Always pee's me off that dealers are exempt from the requirement

Actually we have to do triple flips every time a customer does this to us, which is quite a few times a month.

As far as I am concerned, the banks are not making it clear to the customers that they have to transfer it into their name as about 80% of previously settled cars come through like this, which is a major ball ache to put it mildly.

 

[ShaunSA]

Actually we have to do triple flips every time a customer does this to us, which is quite a few times a month.

As far as I am concerned, the banks are not making it clear to the customers that they have to transfer it into their name as about 80% of previously settled cars come through like this, which is a major ball ache to put it mildly.

I know the banks used to issue letters clearly stating that Title-holdership needed to be updated within 21 days. But people get the Reg Cert, put it away and forget all about it. Till 5 years later the vehicle is sold, documents handed to someone in another Province, and then we must deal with the schit :wtf:

 

[ToxicBunny]

If he's issued you with all the paperwork, then it should just be a case of submitting the bank paperwork, then the next yellowform to transfer to your name, then the blue form to complete the transfer... this should theoretically be able to be done in one go at the licensing dept.

Might be a mission to get it into "his" name initially, but that should be doable.

 

[supersunbird]

Actually we have to do triple flips every time a customer does this to us, which is quite a few times a month.

As far as I am concerned, the banks are not making it clear to the customers that they have to transfer it into their name as about 80% of previously settled cars come through like this, which is a major ball ache to put it mildly.

When I did it with my car earlier this year, the person reminded me 6 times during the call, yes 6, that I need to do it within 21 days...

 

[Fazda]

When I did it with my car earlier this year, the person reminded me 6 times during the call, yes 6, that I need to do it within 21 days...

Maybe you got the one bank person who cares!

Or maybe it was Steve hoping that you wouldn't switch from Beep Bank to FNB...

 

[ToxicBunny]

I was also reminded multiple times when I settled my car earlier this year..

Almost to the point that it go annoying.

 

[axon1988]

If he's issued you with all the paperwork, then it should just be a case of submitting the bank paperwork, then the next yellowform to transfer to your name, then the blue form to complete the transfer... this should theoretically be able to be done in one go at the licensing dept.

Might be a mission to get it into "his" name initially, but that should be doable.

This makes me think that is could be possible. However, the traffic department was very much convinced that I cannot do it.

I do have all the documents though, wondering if I can't just get someone else to do it all.

Throw money at the issue until it gets sorted.

 

[ShaunSA]

This makes me think that is could be possible. However, the traffic department was very much convinced that I cannot do it.

I do have all the documents though, wondering if I can't just get someone else to do it all.

Throw money at the issue until it gets sorted.

Judging by your location you are dealing with Hyslop Road... it's like getting blood out of a stone :wtf:

And we work with them

 

[ToxicBunny]

I was dealing with Marianhill and they seem to be pretty jacked up... I was in and out in about 20 minutes.