StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 08:16 AM |
|
|
SVA Process
Hello all.
I know this has probably been done a million times, but can anyone explain in terms of a bullet pointed list exactly what hoops we have to jump
through to get a car on the road. I know SVA inspection, but there seems to be a few more hoops that I'm not too sure about.
Any clarifgication greatly appreciated!
Steve
|
|
|
|
|
Guinness
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 08:42 AM |
|
|
You need a chassis number first. That can either be allocated by the manufacturer, made up by yourself or allocated by the DVLA. I made mine up.
I found a good way of getting your own vin number accepted was to write it on the sva application form. When they write back to you with the
appointment, there it is in black and white from the VOSA. Then get it stamped / engraved etc onto the chassis. When you pass the SVA the inspector
will write it on the paperwork (MAC Certificate) and you can take that to the DVLA office. No way they are going to argue with a letter from VOSA and
a MAC Certificate with a chassis number on them (IMHO).
Then an SVA test at a VOSA station.
Then an inspection at a DVLA Office or your home to register it.
Some offices will inspect before the SVA, some require you to take it to them after the test.
Some offices require an MOT, although this is not required. Can be useful to get one done by a friendly local garage with no number plate / only
chassis number on it.
Then to register you need to pay the DVLA office for the registration fee and tax. Of course to tax it you need it insured, so you need a certificate
from an insurer on the vin number, with no reg number.
Cheers
Mike
|
|
|
StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 08:48 AM |
|
|
Bloody hell - a lot of stuff to get done!
I was coming under the impression that you need the DVLA Inspection before SVA, but obviously different places have different ways of doing things
(which kind of defeats the entire point of the process!).
Anybody know which way round Beverly test centre does it?
|
|
|
zxrlocost
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 08:50 AM |
|
|
alright steve this is how I did it
1. first get your car ready for the sva and the road in general so your Happy.
2. then we made up a 17 digit chassis number consisting of letters and numbers it cant have certain ones like numberplates cant do a search to find
which ones.
3. if you think of a good one the chances of someone else having the same number are very extinct
4. you can now insure the car to drive to and from a place pre booked for work ie to set your emissions or general MOT work.
I paid £23 for a days use insurance but they knock that of your final premium(adrian flux).
5..YOUR CAR DOES NOT NEED AN MOT regardless of what the dvla say etc etc there all jobsworth
6. your car can have a pre MOT so just a check over but nothing logged down on computers no chassis numbers etc etc
7. book your sva with your chassis number
also see if at the same time the dvla do the inspections at the SVA centre mine did every tuesday so booked both for at the same time got there 1 hour
early for lad to just check car over and look at chassis number took him about 10 seconds.
there is some forms you have to fill in for the dvla once sva passed you could do with having these done for the time of the above inspection
there some answers you wont be able to fill in as you wont have passed the sva yet if you get what I mean
then go DVLA centre and register the scud missile
hope that helps chris
|
PLEASE NOTE: This user is a trader who has not signed up for the LocostBuilders registration scheme. If this post is advertising a commercial product or service, please report it by clicking here.
|
StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 08:54 AM |
|
|
All good stuff!
So, if I get it all right (which I will - positive mental attitude and all that!), I could get it all done over the course of a day or two, so long as
I keep a tight ship.
|
|
|
wheezy
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 09:01 AM |
|
|
Steve
If you have a look at the total kitcar website they have a fairly comprehensive guide to SVA and registration including examples of the forms
required. I followed there guide and had no problems with the paperwork.
Dave
|
|
|
James
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 09:21 AM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
All good stuff!
So, if I get it all right (which I will - positive mental attitude and all that!), I could get it all done over the course of a day or two, so long as
I keep a tight ship.
Hah! You wish!!!
I kept a 'tight ship', had a very helpful DVLA person, faxed letters so they were quick and a good SVA and it still took about 6 weeks!
That is why it's worth getting the inspection out the way early... the car doesn't need to be finished for this (they're only
checking you have a chassis and what donor you've used) and then when it's finished you only have to worry about SVA.
Or that's how it works down here anyway! 
Cheers,
James
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
|
|
|
StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 09:45 AM |
|
|
I'm thinking I won't be on the road by the beginning of spring now!
However, positive thinking and forcefulness will win the day, I'm sure!
|
|
|
pajsh
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 12:05 PM |
|
|
Different local offices have different ways.
Chester would not inspect mine until they had the application for registration including the MAC. But from application to inspection and registration
only took just over a week.
Also I didn't think you could drive on the road (to get work done) until after the SVA. I think it's worth checking to be sure.
I used to be apathetic but now I just don't care.
|
|
|
Marcus
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 01:23 PM |
|
|
Driving on the road is not a problem pre SVA - PROVIDING you are driving to or from SVA, or to or from a garage for a pre booked session to have
either an MOT, or to have work carried out for MOT / SVA, AND you have insurance.
This makes it technically legal to drive to a garage to have your headlights adjusted. Problem is, Plod hates it when you know the law better than
them, and will try to get you on anything, however trivial, under construction and use regs (just make sure your car is up to scratch!)
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
|
|
|
irvined
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 01:24 PM |
|
|
Have a look at:
http://www.irvined.co.uk/content/view/28/49/
And:
http://www.irvined.co.uk/content/view/41/61/
And:
http://www.totalkitcar.com/tkc_article_125.php
And:
http://www.totalkitcar.com/tkc_article_123.php
http://irvined.blogspot.com
|
|
|
StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 02:28 PM |
|
|
When you go to the local office to get things sorted, does it have to be the nearest one, or any that you choose (as there's none close to me in
particular, it'd be a good opportunity to visit my Nan in Teesside).
|
|
|
whitestu
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 03:24 PM |
|
|
quote:
Driving on the road is not a problem pre SVA - PROVIDING you are driving to or from SVA, or to or from a garage for a pre booked session to have
either an MOT, or to have work carried out for MOT / SVA, AND you have insurance.
I don't agree.
On the bottom of my SVA appointment is says the following:
"Please remember that until the vehicle has been licenced and registered by DVLA it must not be used or kept on public roads. The only
exceptions are for driving it to or from the above test appointment or IF THE VEHICLE FAILS THE EXAMINATION to or from a pre booked appointment to
have relevant work done on the vehicle to allow it to pass the examination."
So can only be driven to a garage or for MOT after it has failed the SVA.
Stu
|
|
|
StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 03:38 PM |
|
|
So if you fail SVA, you can drive it to your mates house to get fixed providing you have an appointment with him to do the work?
|
|
|
whitestu
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 08:28 PM |
|
|
I'm not saying it makes any sense, but that's what it says on the SVA form.
I would have thought showing the document would be a fairly good defence if you got stopped by the police.
|
|
|
StevieB
|
| posted on 3/10/06 at 09:06 PM |
|
|
Excellent - save yourself a load of road tax and registration fees etc. by always being 'on the way to an appointment at a mates house for some
work'!
|
|
|
