Registration Cert describes it as a Kit Car

Tiuilip

Hi,

Apologies if this is a very stupid question but would really appreciate any advice. We recently purchased a second-hand car (2006 Saab 9-5 Estate) from an independent dealer. The car is going great and we were delighted with it but when we received the Registration Certificate yesterday it said in the Notes section that the car was a Kit Car. That's the first we have heard of that so are understandably very anxious. We don't want to contact the dealer until we know if there are any repercussions from taxing/insuring a kit car.

I've contacted the motor tax dept and am awaiting a response. The dealer is not a SIMI member so I'm not sure if they can help. Our question is shouldn't we have been told this at purchase? and also does anyone know what repercussions this may have?

Thanks so much for any help/suggestions you could offer!

peasant

Surely a typo from the motor tax people.

mullingar

+1 on the typo

Wait for the response from Shannon. But by all means tax & insure it as its is 100% legal as you have the VRC Cert.

Make sure the chassis and engine numbers all match!


Edit: SIMI means absolutely nothing. Its just a sign to lure you in to buy a car. SIMI only protect their members, NOT Joe Public

Tiuilip

Thanks for the quick responses and the reassurance! The motor tax dept have been very prompt and sent this reply: "You will need to get a note from Revenue stating the vehicle was not assembled from a car kit, I have attached a list of VRO offices for you to contact them. You can attach the note to the VRC you received and return it back to us. We can amend the details here and issue a new cert to you."

So it sounds like a typo is the most likely explanation, very relieved as we were very happy with the dealer. Waiting to hear back from the VRO now but hopefully it will all be resolved. Thanks so much again!

godtabh

Tiuilip wrote: »

Thanks for the quick responses and the reassurance! The motor tax dept have been very prompt and sent this reply: "You will need to get a note from Revenue stating the vehicle was not assembled from a car kit, I have attached a list of VRO offices for you to contact them. You can attach the note to the VRC you received and return it back to us. We can amend the details here and issue a new cert to you."

So it sounds like a typo is the most likely explanation, very relieved as we were very happy with the dealer. Waiting to hear back from the VRO now but hopefully it will all be resolved. Thanks so much again!

sounds like a pain to sort it out

TomMc

Shame it's a typo. A Saab 9-5 Estate with a different chassis platform might be more interesting.

It's terrible having to correct other peoples mistakes.

Owen

It'll be easy to sort out. Write a letter to the Dept of the Environment and Local Government, Shannon, Co. Clare explaining the error, include the cert, and they'll ammend it and send you a new one back.

mickdw

The only way I could see this as not being a mistake would be if the car was imported from uk on a non standard plate such as a Q reg. I dont know how a car would end up on a Q plate but from watching soe of the uk police programmes, I remember a case of where it did happen where a car was found with a dodgy history. The police went through the car, couldnt work out its true identity as nothing matched however no parts came back as suspicious/stolen so it ended up with a new identity as a Q plated car. There was more to the story that this also.
First thing I would do is check the chassis & engine numbers etc. It is obviously almost guaranteed to be a typo but worth checking anyway.

macshadow

If the car has had a new shell at some stage it could end up on a Q plate.
OP, if the car was imported you could check the uk history of the car.

Tiuilip

Hi all,

Thanks for all the replies and great advice. Checked the car history and it's an Irish car, not an import and the Chassis and Engine match so praying it's just looking like a typo! Thanks again!