I doubt it - they don't have to declare ex-hire cars - it's up to the buyer to see the V5C before deciding to buy.

The question is regarding an ex patrol uk police car, turned back to standard, do traders or private vendors need to declare when selling that the vehicle is ex police response vehicle ect, and if they dont what can happen,

thanks

is there any downloadable source for legal rules for motor traders.... we deal in machinery and some vehicles but the ex police car we sold was a private sale as was bought to repair for my wife, the crank was questionable and we decided to sell.... the buyer is taking us to small claim saying it was clocked by us, but we have proof from auction we bought it with the milage shown and the service history we sold it on with

Do police cars have MOTs? If so and if the car's over three years old, then it would be a simple matter to check the mileage by its MOT history.

My friend is a senior transport manager for a large police force. They do maintain the vehicle well but the vehicles are subjected to pretty rough service, often by many different drivers. The mileages are always recored as is the whole service record of the vehicles so should be a true reflection of what the vehicle has done. However he also says that he would not touch one these ex police cars with a barge pole. It is impossible to say if the vehicle has had an extremely hard life or just a hard one! Either way it is fraught with problems. Unless you get it very very cheaply and are able to effect repairs yourself give it a body swerve. That is a word from the wise.

Cheers Concrete

i once bought an ex driving school 827si

I can't imagine any scenario where that would have been used as a driving school car. Perhaps a tax fiddle for a senior staff member?

I suspect the reference is to the police force's own driving school.

Indeed, i should have made it more clear, the car actually came directly from Thames Valley driving school, probably via Oxford auctions.

Not a common spec, that silky Honda V6 coupled to a manual box.

I would have thought an ex police car would be obvious to spot - discolouration where the badges were, all the holes cut in the dash and bodywork filled with rubber grommets and so on.

Ex patrol and general purpose cars yes, but CID, general unmarked, driving school, or senior officer's perks won't necessarily have had anything other than communications equipment or the odd extra switch siren or hidden lights in place, my ex driving school blue/grey Rover had nothing other than standard.