Named Drivers Can't Use Scrappage Scheme

GoldenEarring · 01-02-2010 7:39pm #1

Hi,
Reading the FAQs on the VRT part of the revenue site it looks like you can only scrap a car if you are the registered owner AND the main driver. Being a named driver won't suffice. Anyone found a way around this?

colm_mcm · 01-02-2010 7:41pm

what do you mean by main driver, you're either the registered owner or not.

Alanstrainor · 01-02-2010 7:44pm

Being a named driver refers to insurance. If you are a named driver, you do not own the car.

Atomic Pineapple · 01-02-2010 7:45pm

If your the registered owner of the car you HAVE to be the main driver as far as I know, You definitely cant be a named driver with an insurance company and not be the registered owner of the car

Berty · 01-02-2010 7:45pm

If you do not own it why should you be allowed scrap it?

GoldenEarring · 01-02-2010 7:46pm

The car is registered in your name. You have another car. Your wife drives the old one and is insured on it . You are a named driver on the old car. She can't scrap it because she's not the registered owner. You can't scrap it because you are only a named driver and not the main driver.

oxegen85 · 01-02-2010 7:48pm

but like you said you are the registered owner so you can

colm_mcm · 01-02-2010 7:49pm

So you have to be the registered owner to scrap it.

where is the requirement to be the main driver of the car listed?

Del2005 · 01-02-2010 7:49pm

You are the owner. You and your wife share the ownership of both.

Atomic Pineapple · 01-02-2010 7:49pm

GoldenEarring wrote: »

The car is registered in your name. You have another car. Your wife drives the old one and is insured on it . You are a named driver on the old car. She can't scrap it because she's not the registered owner. You can't scrap it because you are only a named driver and not the main driver.

So the "old" car has no registered owner!? But is still being driven!?

GoldenEarring · 01-02-2010 7:50pm

That's my point. You have to be the owner and the main driver. I'm not the main driver as I have my own car.

colm_mcm · 01-02-2010 7:51pm

GoldenEarring wrote: »

That's my point. You have to be the owner and the main driver. I'm not the main driver as I have my own car.

Where is the main driver thing written, who told you?

Mr Benevolent · 01-02-2010 7:51pm

GoldenEarring wrote: »

Hi,
Reading the FAQs on the VRT part of the revenue site it looks like you can only scrap a car if you are the registered owner AND the main driver. Being a named driver won't suffice. Anyone found a way around this?

What? Get your name on the VRC if it's yours to scrap. Otherwise you can't do anything. Not rocket science really.

Gumbo · 01-02-2010 7:52pm

GoldenEarring wrote: »

That's my point. You have to be the owner and the main driver. I'm not the main driver as I have my own car.

as long as your name is on the log book / VLC for the previous 18 months then you can scrap it.

GoldenEarring · 01-02-2010 7:55pm

The info is on the revenue website.... the questions explaining the scheme. Can't change the name as it has to be registered for 18 months (maybe it's 12).
Officially I own both cars. never bothered to change ownership to her name.

congo_90 · 01-02-2010 7:55pm

what does it say on your registration docs?
If you're not the 'owner' as such and are doing what I think you are then for shame! I'm saying nothing more till the thread picks up :rolleyes:

GoldenEarring · 01-02-2010 7:57pm

Sentence reads "must be insured for use on the road in the name of the registered owner..."

colm_mcm · 01-02-2010 7:58pm

is this what you mean then?

revenue wrote:

must have been insured for use on the road in the name of the registered owner for at least 12 months in the 18 months immediately prior to the date of scrappage

Why not just say that in the first place?

Worst thread ever!

Atomic Pineapple · 01-02-2010 8:04pm

GoldenEarring wrote: »

The info is on the revenue website.... the questions explaining the scheme. Can't change the name as it has to be registered for 18 months (maybe it's 12).
Officially I own both cars. never bothered to change ownership to her name.

So with this are you saying that your the registered owner of both cars but your wife is insured as the main driver on one of them?

If thats the case I'd be checking with her insurance company as she shouldn't be insured as the main driver on a car she doesn't own, her insurance could be null and void

Stoolbend · 01-02-2010 9:42pm

My parents are the same. Main car is in the mothers name but insured in the old fellas name, other car in his name but insured in hers. Once your married you can insure your spouses car in your name. For my parents it worked out cheaper at the time and insurance said it didn't matter. But they cant scrap the older car now because it doesn't meet all the criteria even though they've owned it for 6 years!

http://www.aviva.ie/online/driving/car-insurance/assumptions-data-protection/

Your car
Is valued at less than €100,000
Is used only for domestic, social and pleasure purposes (including commuting to and from work)
Is owned and mainly driven by you or your spouse/partner
Is registered in you or your spouse/partner’s name
Is normally parked at your home address
Is not a car vanette, kit car, sports car, convertible, GTI, VTEC or high performance vehicle
Is not converted, adapted or modified in any way
Is in line with our engine size limits

Named Drivers Can't Use Scrappage Scheme

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