VT'd Car but won't be Collected until MOT Expired. Can I drop it off a Dealer?

[ash032]

I've been following the process outlined here to VT my Mercedes GLC.

I have been chasing to get the car collected for the last coulpe of weeks, but the earliest BCA can collect is 4th December, after the MOT has expired.

Can I just take the car back to the dealer? (Car bought from Mercedes and finance is through Mercedes Benz Finance).

Cheers Ash.

[R0b]

Hello

Mercedes and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services are two different companies despite being part of the same group of companies or that it may be a franchise. The vehicle legally belongs to MBFS and you have no right to take it to the Mercedes dealership unless you have been given permission. If you decide to do that, then you would be liable for any damage to it as a result.

If you haven't done so already, you should tell MBFS that the day they are looking to collect the vehicle will be after the MOT has expired as that is a reasonable thing to do.

I would suggest contact is kept in writing (preferably email for evidence reasons) but if MBFS try to claim you are liable for further costs or to pay for the MOT, then you should resist that because you are no longer legally obligated to do anything with the car except for looking after it until it has been collected.

You could also point out that you've chased them for a couple of weeks and they have taken their time to arrange a date which would have meant that the car had been in your possession for at least 4 weeks (or more?) since termination of the agreement, which is more than a reasonable amount of time for them to collect it.

You could offer to take it to the dealership but you should make it clear that once dropped off, it is no longer your responsibility. If you wanted to, you could also seek reasonable costs or expenses in dropping the car off to the dealership though I doubt they would agree to that.