Martin2 wrote:

I got my new log book 4 days after I bought the car and after taking my plate off the old car, it was only 3 days to get the new V5.

Sounds like an excuse not to sell cars to me!

Doing transactions online with the DVLA are all automated so the V5 is issued in a few days (change of keeper and do straight forward plate transfers) - but anything which has a paper application- eg sending in a V5 for change of keeper, plate transfers which need paperwork sent, applying for a new V5 etc - they have all been held since lockdown and are only now starting to be processed so there will be a big delay. Current Fleet:-
2018 Discovery 5 3.0 HSE
2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrack
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt 5.0 V8
1993 Defender 90 200TDI Pickup

Gone - not forgotten
2016 L405 4.4 SDV8 Vogue SE
2012 L322 4.4 Westminster
2004 L322 4.4 V8 Autobiography LE
2000 P38 RR 4.0 HSE (ex Clarkson test car)

Unfortunately these are not straightforward. I am getting them without a Logbook so DVLA needs to check the cars are not stolen before issuing a new one. Current cars
Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8
Range Rover TDV8 Vogue
Range Rover P38 Vogue
Range Rover CSK
Discovery 3 HSE

Where do you get them? Do you launder them for drug dealers or something?

I must admit that my imagination is lacking; who would sell a car without a V5, but who buys a car without a V5, not once but four times.

But yeah, let me know your rate and I might send some business your way. Try it out you know.

Laundered for the Police They steal them from unworthies and auction them off. The Police don't provide a logbook presumably because they aquire them at the side of the road and most people leave them at home.
I have no fear of buying without the V5 so long a the scource is secure.
I will leave it to you to decide if the Police are trustworthy or not  Current cars
Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8
Range Rover TDV8 Vogue
Range Rover P38 Vogue
Range Rover CSK
Discovery 3 HSE

Nice. Yes police and customs impounded cars is the logical explanation now you mention it 😂