John Bonnett
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 01:22 PM |
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DVLA Inspection Today
Well, the Inspector has just left after having checked the colour of the car, the engine and chassis numbers and a look at the major invoices. All
very painless and now one step closer to being on the road. He told me that he will be back in the office on Friday and will process the paperwork and
generate a registration. This will be a Q plate.
He confirmed that there has been a change in the rules and that, as most of us believed, no MOT will be needed for 3 years.
He told me that they issue a certificate that allows plates to be made as the actual V5 will take some weeks to come through.
He didn't mention the cost of the DVLA bit. Can anyone tell me please. I know it will be stated in their letter but it would be nice to know
now.
Many thanks in advance.
John
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Humbug
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 01:35 PM |
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DVLA first registration fee? £50 according to this:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/RegisteringAVehicle/DG_4022317
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 02:13 PM |
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Many thanks for that.
atb
John
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 02:49 PM |
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He'll send you a bit of official-looking paper for the numberplate maker.
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BenB
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 03:41 PM |
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Hopefully your registration will be pain free....
However, I'd take what the inspectors say with a teeny weeny pinch of salt. Although you might have had a good'un it does appear checking
that a colour and two numbers are as they're written down on a bit of paper doesn't require the sharpest tool in the box. My inspector was
pretty damn sure I'd get an age related plate and pay motorbike road tax (if only) despite me having no evidence as to the age or identity of
anything other than the engine.....
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 03:58 PM |
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quote: Hopefully your registration will be pain free....
Let's hope so.
It will definitely be a Q plate because most of the parts came from scrappers. The Special which was registered in about 1997 was allowed the donor
Cortina registration because it had sufficient points. However, he told me that they now no longer allow retention of the donor registration because
old donor shells have been resurected and there have been two vehicles running around with the same registration.
John
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 05:43 PM |
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quote:
He confirmed that there has been a change in the rules and that, as most of us believed, no MOT will be needed for 3 years
EH WTF can you quote chapter and verse cause the guy in Aberdeen told me week before xmas that an Mot would be required every year cause we were not
using all new parts ( which applies to us all). And HE SAID them was the new rules???????????????????????????????
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 16/1/08 at 08:28 PM |
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I'd make sure you get or keep hold of the name for the Inspector from the DVLA office, presuming its your local one it will make it alot
easier.
When you take them your MAC if you ask for him then your likely to get served MUCH quicker than queueing up with all the Taxi drivers wishing to
retain their private reg plates, which in Leeds is a queue of well over 1hr!
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 17/1/08 at 09:22 AM |
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quote: EH WTF can you quote chapter and verse cause the guy in Aberdeen told me week before xmas that an Mot would be required every year cause we
were not using all new parts ( which applies to us all). And HE SAID them was the new rules???????????????????????????????
I'm sorry I cannot give you the document reference but I did see it in black and white. The Inspector was not sure that his rule book had been
updated but when he checked he found that it was and that it clearly stated that no MOT would be needed for 3 years as it will be treated as a new
car.
This is obviously nonsense because you can pass SVA with bald tyres as long as they have the correct speed rating. Anyway rules is rules sensible or
not.
John
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