smart51
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| posted on 19/12/06 at 03:42 PM |
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DVLA Aaaargh!
My VortX is nearly a year old and I have a road tax reminder saying that I need to take an appropriate MOT certificate to the post office. I
don't have one because I don't need one until the car is 3 years old. I have a letter from the DVLA saying this.
The post office guy pulled his face but eventually gave me a disc but said I had to phone the DVLA to put it right. DVLA swansea clearly don't
know what they're talking about but insist that I need an MOT '"cause it's a Q plate". They're going to sort it
out, by which I take it, they're going to force me to have an MOT. Can anyone quote a rule number for me to use in evidence that says a kit car
doesn't need an MOT until it is 3 years old?
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gingerprince
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| posted on 19/12/06 at 03:52 PM |
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Did you MOT before SVA? It's very unclear depending on who you speak to, but regardless once you're "in the system" (ie
you've had an MOT) then it's every year from then, even if you have one only 6 months from SVA for whatever reason.
I got conflicting advice from DVLA/Vosa etc when mine was "due", but in the end I had to get an MOT because the previous owner got it
MOT'd before I bought it (about 9 months after SVA).
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smart51
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| posted on 19/12/06 at 03:54 PM |
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No. I took it for an "MOT" before SVA but the ground clearance was too low to get the car in to the test bay. No vehcile details were
given to the guy so I'm not in the MOT system.
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jonbeedle
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| posted on 19/12/06 at 04:02 PM |
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Hi Mate,
I have a Q plate and I didn't need an MOT and I won't need one for another two and a half years!
Here is a post I submitted last year in reply to someone else who was experiencing difficulty concerning the great DVLA debate. Hope it helps,
Merry Christmas!
Jon
quote:
You don't pigging well need one. I have a letter from the head woman at Swansea saying so! And I intend to wave it under the nose of the
person at the local DVLA office when I go to get my car registered! Write to her and quote the letter they sent me (Mr J Beedle) on 24th March 2006,
ref: VPG 2/1/12
Rhion Richards
DVLA
Vehicle policy group
Longview Road
Swansea
SA6 7JL
She is the personal assistant to the main man I think.
Let me know how you get on.
Cheers
Jonquote:
[Edited on 19/12/06 by jonbeedle]
"Everyone is entitled to an opinion however stupid!"
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DavidM
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| posted on 19/12/06 at 04:04 PM |
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Join the club.:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=54737
David
[Edited on 19/12/06 by DavidM]
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ruskino80
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| posted on 19/12/06 at 09:34 PM |
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when i built my first kit it was put on a q and had to be mot'd straight after sva then as the norm yearly,no 3 years for me
that was leeds dvla who also make a pigs ear of vehicle inspections.
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smart51
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| posted on 20/12/06 at 05:51 PM |
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The DVLA rang back today. They agreed that the car doesn't need an MOT but the tax renewal will always say that it does so I should renew
on-line or at the DVLA office.
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