Strange Reg

TheBazman

What's the story with the reg on this - doesnt look like a garage plate or has it just been edited?

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/BMW/535/Diesel-M/1183285/

Stephen

Bet it was imported on yellow plates and they just stuck those on for the photos. UK plates would put me right off and raise questions about clocking and stuff if I'm browsing for Irish cars.

carchaeologist

Stephen wrote: »

Bet it was imported on yellow plates and they just stuck those on for the photos. UK plates would put me right off and raise questions about clocking and stuff if I'm browsing for Irish cars.

Yep,id go with this too,it hasnt yet been registered in this county id say

bazz26

It is just a reg plate made up by the garage for cosmetic purposes such as advertising. You will probably see the same plate on a number of different cars on sale from that garage. It is not a legal reg plate and would not be kept on the car if driven off the garage premises. Very common on UK imports for sale where the old UK reg plate has been disposed of.

Wishbone Ash

At least it better than putting on a real plate which belongs to a different vehicle. I routinely run plates of cars that I'm interested in through Cartell and sometimes find that it's for a totally different car!

Gumbo

as above, its just to advertise that its a MY 2006 car

Damien360

Saw 4 or 5 cars of various makes with a reg plate exactly like this outside a garage on the road between longmile road junction to red cow today. It was the same garage that got shown up by RTE a few months ago for clocking cars. Can't remember the name of the garage. He rarely has real regs on any car.

listermint

I love the way people say , i see a uk reg and it puts me right off... If you do a proper background check (hpi) and get the car checked over properly, just as you should do buying an original irish car, You will get a quality car. And with the ex uk car you will get better spec 9 times out of ten and it has generally been driven on proper motorways not our sorry excuse for national roads.

alias no.9

There was an instance where an english reg car for sale at a backstreet dealer was spotted by a boardsie who recognised it as a car they had seen on ebay a short while previously except the mileage somehow got much lower after crossing on the ferry. I would not trust any car that didn't display a traceable registration, whatever country that registration originated.

Silvera

Yeah....just a 'made up' plate to advertise the year of the car. Common enough with dealers who sell imported cars.

Seth Brundle

listermint wrote: »

I love the way people say , i see a uk reg and it puts me right off... If you do a proper background check (hpi) and get the car checked over properly, just as you should do buying an original irish car, You will get a quality car. And with the ex uk car you will get better spec 9 times out of ten and it has generally been driven on proper motorways not our sorry excuse for national roads.

IIRC dealers are not allowed to sell cars that are not yet registered here!

Padraig Mor

MPH and KPH speedo so is presumably imported alright...

Gumbo

kbannon wrote: »

IIRC dealers are not allowed to sell cars that are not yet registered here!

the how do all the jap import cars get sold here everyday?
they are allowed sell imported cars, but SIMI rules iirc that the garage have to register it in your name prior to the sale going though.

im open to correction though.

Steve

I've seen these xxD0000 plates in a lot of dealers recently, I assumed they were just a new version of trade plates. They didn't show trade plates either when going for a test drive.
They were all UK imports.

Do dealers have dispensation not to register (and pay VRT) until they actually sell the car?

Vinnie K

SteveC wrote: »

I've seen these xxD0000 plates in a lot of dealers recently, I assumed they were just a new version of trade plates. They didn't show trade plates either when going for a test drive.
They were all UK imports.

Do dealers have dispensation not to register (and pay VRT) until they actually sell the car?

Yes, where as a private person should by law have the car vrt'd within 24hrs of importation, a dealer with a TAN (trader account number) can hold a foreign reg car ON HIS PREMISES for as long as he wants untils its sold. The car can only be taken out for display purposes or to be taken to another TAN'ed garage.

These xxD0000 plates are not to hide anything, but to show the actual year of the car, if you want the reg of the car just ask the seller, im sure he will have no problem giving it to you and if he doesnt then say bye bye.

Im hardly ever on this forum but ive read alot of post about buying uk cars, there is no different measures to take when buying a uk car or a irish car, just do your relevant checked and you'll be ok!

An Ri rua

kbannon wrote: »

IIRC dealers are not allowed to sell cars that are not yet registered here!

Hi all, I saw a Volvo S60 in caseys of Athlone, high miler at 140k but only 3k so, being 1500 below a similar miler '01 S60, I said I'd make contact.

The car is shown with UK plates. I didn't think a dealer with a TAN could sell any vehicle ex VRT and VAT. It must be quoted on the road to a punter.

But here it is advertised (not just plates now, but more significantly the price), as €3k. I have already flagged him that this is not a legit process for an SIMI dealer. I believe I am correct.

http://www.carlist.ie/vehicles/view/129941

What do others think?

Incidentally, its listed on carzone.ie with 90,000 miles, not 144,000 miles. http://www.carzone.ie/search/Volvo/S60/T/200851191235422/advert. I reported this to carzone.ie over a week ago using their 'report ad' link but nothing was done. . . . . . .


ps I just had an email back from the rep saying its a trade sale. But you can't sell as a trade sale unless you know you are selling to trade. Not a punter. This kind of practice is ok for a side of the road dealer but I don't think its appropriate for an SIMI dealer, unless done below the radar. A trade sale is usually done to give punters a good(ish) car at a fair risk price, with no warranty. But I don't think its appropriate for SIMI dealers (or any dealer woith a TAN for that matter) to be brazenly advertising non-VRT'd cars and wasting punters time when searching.