- [Home](https://ovmtransport.com/) - [Blog](https://ovmtransport.com/blog) - Part-ex collection Dealers # Collecting a part-ex from a customer's drive A part-ex collection is the car still on a customer's drive. Not a compound. Not a dealer roof. Not a sold car going to a buyer. There has to be a named contact who actually has the keys. The car still has to be legal to drive. If they are out, or the V5 is in a kitchen drawer, the job fails. Instant quote on this page or call 0141 459 1302. OVM Ltd, Companies House SC834621. Digital proof of collection and delivery provided. 0141 459 1302. Last updated 2 September 2026. Written by the [OVM office](https://ovmtransport.com/about). OVM Ltd, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BP. Telephone 0141 459 1302. Instant Quote0141 459 1302 Before we show the price This Instant Quote is an indicative price, not a booking. Subject to driver availability. We cover nationwide, but there is no guarantee of acceptance. I agree Your quote Collect Deliver Date required Movement cost Fuel charged separately Request a Callback View PDF Share this quote # Copy link Someone from our team will contact you We have your details and the quote is saved. Most calls go out within the hour during working hours. Share this quote # Copy link 0141 459 1302 **Where:** A customer's drive **Who:** A named contact with keys **Vehicle:** Still legal to drive **Office:** 0141 459 1302 - Our own software Every job is booked, tracked and closed in software we built for the motor trade. - Always driven Moved under trade plates by a driver, never loaded onto a transporter. - Fully insured Motor trade road risk while the vehicle is driven on our plates. - POC and POD on every job Digital proof of collection and delivery provided when the vehicle is handed over. On this page - This is still sitting on a driveway - Named contact, keys in a hand, not in a drawer - Photograph it on the drive before it moves - It still has to be legal to drive - On their drive, then on your roof - Common questions ## On this page - This is still sitting on a driveway - Named contact, keys in a hand, not in a drawer - Photograph it on the drive before it moves - It still has to be legal to drive - On their drive, then on your roof - Common questions Need a price? Registration and both postcodes is usually enough to price it. Jump to the form ## This is still sitting on a driveway Stock between your roofs is a site transfer. A sold car to a named buyer is a retail handover. Both live on [site transfers and retail handovers](https://ovmtransport.com/dealer-delivery). This post is the other direction: you have taken the part-ex in the deal and it is still on their street. There is no compound gate. There is no duty manager. There is a person who said they would be in, a car on a drive and whatever is in the house that was supposed to travel with it. The product is still [Trade Plate Vehicle Movements](https://ovmtransport.com/vehicle-movements). One roadworthy car or van. Driven on plates. Digital proof of collection and delivery provided. Not a transporter. ## Named contact, keys in a hand, not in a drawer Name the person who can actually put the car in our hands. A switchboard at the dealership is not that person. A spouse who might be home is not that person unless they have the keys and know we are coming. If the customer is out, the job is not a drop the other way. We do not take a car off a drive with nobody there. We do not fish a V5 out of a kitchen drawer. The driver calls the office. The booking waits. Spare keys, charging cables, service packs: say on the quote what is supposed to leave with the car. Photograph what we were given. What we were not given does not appear later by magic. ## Photograph it on the drive before it moves Part-ex arguments start with a bumper mark the customer swears was not there. The record has to start on their street, not on your prep. Every panel. Mileage. Notes against that registration. Then the drive to your site. Then the handover to whoever signs at your roof. Both ends go in the digital proof. If the car is not as described, or is not safe to drive, the driver stops. We do not see how a no-MOT part-ex goes on the public road just because you already allowed it against the deal. ## It still has to be legal to drive Valid MOT. Drivable. Ready for the road. A part-ex that will not start is a transporter job, or it stays until it is legal. Plates do not fix a test that ran out while it sat on their drive. Tell us it is a part-ex on the instant quote. Registration, their postcode, your postcode, date, the mobile they will answer. Call 0141 459 1302 if they have already changed the window they promised you. No account needed. Most quotes come back within the hour during working hours. Fuel is charged separately. [Site transfers and retail handovers](https://ovmtransport.com/dealer-delivery)[Car transport](https://ovmtransport.com/car-transport)[Proof of collection and proof of delivery](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/proof-of-collection-and-proof-of-delivery) In practice ## On their drive, then on your roof Photographed where it sat. Signed for where you take it. Not a compound. Not a sold-car handover. Questions ## Common questions Prefer to speak to someone? Call the team. Instant Quote0141 459 1302 Is a part-ex collection a retail handover? No. A retail handover is a sold car going to a named buyer. A part-ex collection is the car still on the customer's drive, coming to you. Different door. Different person signing. Instant quote on this page or call 0141 459 1302. What if the customer is not in? The job is not done. We do not take a car off a drive with nobody there. Name a person who will be in and has the keys. If they are out, the driver calls the office. Do you photograph it on the drive? Yes, before it moves. Panels, mileage, notes against that registration. That is the proof of collection. The digital proof closes when your site signs. Does the part-ex still need a valid MOT? Yes. A trade plate movement still needs a valid MOT and a roadworthy car or van. If it will not drive legally, a transporter is the tool. We will say so. ## Other posts [All posts](https://ovmtransport.com/blog) [Retail ### Retail handover on trade plates A retail handover is the job your sales manager is thinking about when they say "can you deliver it". Not stock. Not a compound. A named buyer, a promised window, keys in a presentable car and a signature that will stand up if they ring back at eight o'clock. Read the post](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/retail-handover-on-trade-plates)[Dealers ### Dealer to dealer vehicle movements on trade plates A dealer to dealer vehicle movement is stock changing roofs, not a customer taking delivery on their drive. OVM drives one roadworthy car or van on trade plates from the branch that has it to the branch that needs it. Valid MOT. Condition recorded before it leaves and again when it is signed for. Digital proof when the job closes. Read the post](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/dealer-to-dealer-vehicle-movements)[Dealers ### Vehicle movements for dealers, on trade plates Dealers search vehicle movements when something is in the wrong place. A sold car at the other roof. A part-ex still on a customer's drive. A lot paid for, still on a compound. A van the LCV team promised for Monday. The phrase is generic. The job is not. Read the post](https://ovmtransport.com/blog/vehicle-movements-for-dealers)[Proof ### Digital proof of collection and proof of delivery on every job Every OVM job closes with digital proof of collection and delivery provided. That is how the office and the customer close the job. 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Name the person with the keys. Send both postcodes. Instant quote or 0141 459 1302. Instant Quote0141 459 1302