After waiting what seems like eternity, my registration documents have finally arrived.
I'm going to go for a nice leisurely drive tonight.
My IVA Timeline:
Iva application:
1st May Friday iva forms posted
6th received at Swansea
8th applied for v55/5 form
8th paid for test £450
19th v55/5 form recieved
22nd rec email from Vosa. No date
6th June 8am - IVA booked - 1st time pass!
9th June - Documents sent, including build manual
1st July - Registration document a received!
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Completed car by Series1Landy,
on Flickr
Nice one! Be carefull out there; These cars can bite the unwary!
Just over 3 weeks from posting your DVLA forms to receiving reg' isn't too bad. Soe have waited a LOT longer.
nice looking car mate enjoy
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Originally posted by adithorp
Nice one! Be carefull out there; These cars can bite the unwary!
Just over 3 weeks from posting your DVLA forms to receiving reg' isn't too bad. Soe have waited a LOT longer.
And they say change is progress lol
Nice one enjoy
Nice one well done. They received mine 10 days tomorrow so will call to chase tomorrow
gone are the days of passing an sva at gillingham vosa on a wednesday morning and inspecting/registering it wed afternoon same day at maidstone
dvla!
i know a few vosa guys and they have all said kit car iva's have dropped of massively in the last 6-8months, i think when iva initially come in
and they put the price up to £450 & £90 retest there were lots of people out there with half done kits who just sucked it up and paid to get on
the road.
now there are less and less of those people and the iva cost and pain in the ass dvla centralisation is putting new builders off. I have certainly
noticed there is a big shift towards buying older low spec cars that get stripped down and rebuilt with the remainder of their budget modding up to
the spec they want. some go so far its hardly the same car at the end which could be potentially as bad as a car with no iva. these days the theme
on the site seems to be.... "i have bought this! now what can i do to it' rather than "i have just got ***** kit or **** book how can
i put it together?'
there are some good rebuild threads out there but it would be nice to see multiple new build threads like the old days
oh and well done thats another roadster on the road and well done for seeing it to the end as many dont.
Thanks for the comments.
I had a nice 45mile drive this evening, just taking it easy.
I do agree with ash. It's been such a hassle going through iva, then all the paper work and the lack of communication from dvla. Vosa don't
seem as bad but still take a long time to process a bit of paper.
There were quite a few times when wished I had bought a finished car but I felt I was too far in, to do that.
I'm glad I won't have to go through the iva again
Thanks for the comments.
I had a nice 45mile drive this evening, just taking it easy.
I do agree with ash. It's been such a hassle going through iva, then all the paper work and the lack of communication from dvla. Vosa don't
seem as bad but still take a long time to process a bit of paper.
There were quite a few times when wished I had bought a finished car but I felt I was too far in, to do that and I'm not one for giving up, even
if it did feel like 10years ago I sat in your ash's car at the exter show.
I'm glad I won't have to go through the iva again but it was worth it in the end.