I sold a car on ebay on July 20th. I sent the V5C to the DVLA, but it would appear that they did not receive it. I have received a tax reminder for the vehicle.

Unfortunately, the buyer turned up and took the car away that day. I am now in a position where I have absolutely no idea who the new owner is, because (naively) I did not make a copy of the document before sending it. Ebay are unwilling to divulge the details of the new owner as I am only able to send an invoice in the first 30 days (which would have the new owner's address on it).

I have contacted the DVLA and they just advised me to send a letter, which I will be sending tomorrow morning by registered delivery. The man on the phone did not seem to think it was a problem, but after reading some of the horror stories about the DVLA all over the internet I am not so sure.

I have drafted a letter detailing the V5C document reference (which I do still have), the make, model, reg number and engine CC of the vehicle, along with the little information I have on the transaction (ebay auction reference, ebay buyer, buyer's ebay-registered phone number acquired through ebay's information request service and given name) with a formal request to take my name and address off this car's record. This is clearly not sufficient with reference to their requirement of a full name and address.

The new owner acknowledged me when I sent him a message but so far has not responded to my request for his details.

I realise that in part this is my own fault for not keeping the details of the new owner on-file, but the questions that springs to mind are; (1) do I really have much to worry about in this instance, and (2) is there *anything* that can be done, over and above what I have already done to remedy the situation?

Edited by primeradriver on 10/09/2010 at 22:55