After moving house I sent off my V5 to get the address changed on the logbook.

Idiots at the DVLA have sent it back, unfortunately it has come back with a new, third owner - Me.

Thats right, I am now recorded as the previous owner, and the current owner. Despite the V5 only being signed by one person, despite me filling it out with the same name, and despite me sending it off with the V5C still attached (which I would have given to any new owner) they have made a hash of it and assumed I sold the car to a person with the same name as myself.

Where will the stupidity end???

Maybe you can use it as a way to inflate an insurance premium, you bought the car (from yourself) for £10000 (assuming its worth less) - so in the event of an insurance payout, thats its current market value?

Tell you what, lets try it with your car first

I did exactly the same, the problem is that we entered names onto the V5. We should have just put on the addresses and left the names blank. Send a letter to the DVLA with your V5 and theyll fix it.

It amazes me how its gone through their systems and finally been printed out and posted to you and not one person has checked it.

To be fair to them, if you fill it out incorrectly and they follow procedure its not their fault. He could have sold it to someone with the same name, his son or cousin for instance.

It takes your dvla 3 months to send out certs of permanent export