Dealer holding onto V5

I bought a pre-reg Skoda Scout from a main dealer. They said I would get the V5 in about 3 weeks and didn't give me the new keeper section. After 5 weeks and various phone calls and emails I phoned the DVLA to be told they had received nothing from the dealer and that as I am not the registered keeper I am in breach of section 43c of the vehicle excise and registration act 1994 if I continue to driving the car. I drove to the dealer to be told that they keep the V5 for 90 days and I should have been told that at the time I bought the car which I wasn't. Where do I stand now the car shows as being taxed and insured but am I breaking the law to drive it? Surely the dealer has no right to keep the V5 now the road tax law has changed?

Asked on 2 September 2015 by the manc

Answered by Honest John
Leave the car with the dealer and demand your money back in full. He has cheated you by selling you a car registered to the dealership as a 'demonstrator' in order to secure a bigger discount from the manufacturer. He is in breach of The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) that creates an offence of 'misleading omissions'. See: www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/consumer-rights/
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