Driving 4 hours 200 miles to collect private car sale

[Spare tyre]

Been after a hard to find car, one has come up near Manchester, I’m Southampton so say 200 miles 4 hours

Am I breaking guidelines etc. I would probably go and view it with my own car, leave that there and drive new one back ,collecting my original car a week later

Or do I just need to let this one pass

Don’t want to get into the holding deposit game etc

[Clifford Chambers]

Spare tyre said:

Been after a hard to find car, one has come up near Manchester, I’m Southampton so say 200 miles 4 hours

Am I breaking guidelines etc. I would probably go and view it with my own car, leave that there and drive new one back ,collecting my original car a week later

Or do I just need to let this one pass

Don’t want to get into the holding deposit game etc

Yes you are.

[anonymous-user]

Don't see the problem. Go for it.

[Cold]

Guidelines have little to to with the legislation.

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[Challo]

I drove to see a car an hour away a few weeks ago. Paid my money and arrange someone to collect it for me.

[davhill]

Spare tyre said:

Been after a hard to find car, one has come up near Manchester, I’m Southampton so say 200 miles 4 hours

Am I breaking guidelines etc. I would probably go and view it with my own car, leave that there and drive new one back ,collecting my original car a week later

Or do I just need to let this one pass

Don’t want to get into the holding deposit game etc

I very much doubt that Dibble would see either as an essential trip.
I was faced with the same problem. My mate bought an old Rover that
was good enough and cheap enough to buy sight unseen. So we had
a chap with a low loader/piggy back truck to pick it up in Devon and
deliver it to South Manchester. It was cheaper than you might think,
fully insured and went exactly to schedule.

Maybe you could go with the bloke, view the car and fetch it back.

[av185]

You essentially need the car.

So its an essential trip.

End of.

We travelled to Edinburgh the other week and brought a car back.

[ZX10R NIN]

OP rather than post just do it lots of people are

[Roger Irrelevant]

davhill said:

I very much doubt that Dibble would see either as an essential trip.

Doesn't matter, the law only says that you have to have a reasonable excuse for being outside of your home. Despite what various government ministers, police chiefs and self appointed lockdown enforcers may spout, 'essential' doesn't come in to it (at least from a legal perspective). I'd say that going to collect a car you've bought is reasonable enough; you're allowed out to buy many, many other things whether you need them or not.

[derek.j]

Just go and buy the car

[valiant]

Forget guidance, it’s the legislation that counts and buying and travelling to pick up a car is fine.

Just arrange a time with the seller that, if stopped, will prove you’re simply not out on a jolly. Besides, have you seen the roads? They’re seemingly just as busy as any other non-covid day and dibble will have enough to do without stopping random cars in the hope of catching someone breaking them rulz.

[Spare tyre]

Cheers all

I try to do the right thing, but it’s always good to get a new perspective

[944 Man]

Clifford Chambers said:

Yes you are.

You may be correct, but guidelines are not law and breaking them is neither here nor there.