406 coupé Bolzano

[Thomas]

Hello everyone,

My name is Thomas from Holland. I hope you don't mind I'm doing this introduction in English. In October I bought a 406 coupé in Bolzano. The seller didn't have the maintenance and repair history of the car. He doesn't respond to my e-mails anymore. A signed letter is about to be sent to the company but I have little faith in a proper answer.
I am now trying to figure out if it's possible to track the last owner so I can contact him myself. If i'm really lucky someone of you might be or know the last owner. Is there any way to find out more through the old license plate number?
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[OdinEidolon]

Hi,
did you buy the car from a private person or from a company? Did the company own the car or was it just advertising a private sale?

[Thomas]

Hi, I bought it from a company and it was their car, but the seller said he knew who the last owner was. He would try to contact him and send me the maintenance history by post but he doesn't respond anymore.

[garrincha]

Welcome dear Thomas,unfortunately it is impossible to trace the exact history of the machine, should any of us be able to do the title search to the italian PRA.

benvenuto caro thomas,sfortunatamente è impossibile tracciare l'esatta storia della macchina,occorrerebbe qualcuno fra noi ingrado di fare una ricerca al PRA.




p.s.Scusatemi ma ero con il cellulare e avevo scritto di fretta,mi rendo conto di aver fornito un pessimo esempio[;)]

[Albosan]

garrincha ha scritto:

Welcome dear Thomas,unfortunately it is impossible to trace the exact history of the machine, should any of us be able to do the title search to the italian PRA.


Even if the car was always repaired by official Peugeot service?
Did not they take a trace of maintainence?

I translate for italian readers:

----> Thomas ha acquistato quest'auto in Italia: vorrebbe rintracciare la sua storia manutentiva e chiede se tramite la targa non sia possibile in qualche modo rintracciarla, ad esempio contattando il precedente proprietario.
Ha mandato email al venditore (non un privato, un'azienda) che non gli risponde.
Chiede lumi.

[Albosan]

Hi Thomas and welcome.
I understand the seller didn't give you a copy of the italian document of the car named "Libretto di circolazione".
If he did, you should be able to read on it the name of the previous owner.
Than, on facebook.it or linkedin you could try to find him, if you are (really) lucky and he want to reply...

ciao Thomas e benvenuto.
mi pare di capire che il venditore non ti ha dato la copia del Libretto.
Se l'avesse fatto, ci troveresti il nome del proprietario precedente.
Dopodichè lo puoi cercare su facebook o su linkedin, se sei (molto) fortunato e lui ha voglia di rispondere...

[Thomas]

Hi Albosan,

I only received the papers that were needed to put the car on my name. The previous owner as far as I could find is the company that sold it to me. I could check the papers more carefully but they're in the car (it's not at my home).

I'm going to send a signed letter asking for the papers today.

[OdinEidolon]

If the previous owner is the company it's very unlikely you'll find the real previous owner.

If you have the italian reg plate (a picture is enough) we might be able to check who the owner was using the online PRA (public automobile register) information service, which costs ~6€. But it's unlikely you'll find any useful info there.

You can contact any Peugeot dealer, they will have all the car's history and the names of the previous owners if they serviced it via a Peugeot official workshop. However, they are not actually legally allowed to share such an information. You may find that they will refuse to tell you anything.

If nothing works, send a letter with checked delivery threatening legal action... that usually works.

Where did you buy the car? some of us could try to "scare" them by phoning and letting them know you have someone on the Italian ground to help you out.

[Thomas]

Thanks for the answers so far. I'll wait for a reply from the company first, if that doesn't help I'll post further details of them. :207

[pegiottaro]

make a complete service of the car included timing belts and you'll never have problems. Even if you bought the car in north Italy also there they cancel the original kilometers and hide the manutenction book..

ps. very nice with power roof..


fai un mega tagliando dell'auto incluse le cinghie e passa la paura...sebbene tu abbia comprato l'auto in Nord Italia pure li abbassano i kilometraggi e fanno sparire il libro dlla manutenzione...

ps. che **** col tetto apribile...

[Thomas]

The timing belt has been done, there's some other things that need to be done bit it'll be ok. But because it's a car with a low mileage I'd like to know the history if I ever want to sell it.

[OdinEidolon]

They will not tell you who the last owner was. They probably lowered the KM reading of the car, so if you contacted the last owner he'd be able to tell you the truth... they'll try to avoid that

[admin]

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[Franco Rebora]

Messaggio di Thomas

Hello everyone,

My name is Thomas from Holland. I hope you don't mind I'm doing this introduction in English. In October I bought a 406 coupé in Bolzano. The seller didn't have the maintenance and repair history of the car. He doesn't respond to my e-mails anymore. A signed letter is about to be sent to the company but I have little faith in a proper answer.
I am now trying to figure out if it's possible to track the last owner so I can contact him myself. If i'm really lucky someone of you might be or know the last owner. Is there any way to find out more through the old license plate number?
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Il mio nome è Thomas dall'Olanda. Spero che non Vi dispiaccia se sto facendo questa introduzione in inglese. Nel mese di ottobre ho comprato una 406 coupé a Bolzano. Il venditore non aveva la storia delle manutenzioni e la storia delle riparazioni della vettura. Lui non risponde più alle mie e-mail. Una lettera firmata sta per essere inviata alla società , ma ho poca fiducia in una risposta adeguata.
Ora sto cercando di capire se è possibile rintracciare l'ultimo proprietario, così posso contattarlo io. Sarei una persona molto fortunata se potessi conoscere l'ultimo proprietario. C'è un modo per saperne di più attraverso il vecchio numero di targa?
Ecco alcune immagini:

[Franco Rebora]

OdinEidolon ha scritto:

Hi,
did you buy the car from a private person or from a company? Did the company own the car or was it just advertising a private sale?

Ciao,
hai comprato la macchina da un privato o da una società ? La società  possedeva l'auto o era solo pubblicità  di una vendita privata?