English Reg

Corkboi

Now I know there is prob a thread here already explaining this but I couldnt find it. So Im thinking of buying a car from england and it was registered in dec 07 so the plate is a 57. Will this be registered as 07 or 08 when I convert it to irish plates??? Makes a big difference in the tax for me and I wont get it if its 07....

NIMAN

'57' plates in England relate to the 2nd half of 2007, i.e. cars registered in Sept 2007, so I cannot see how you will get it classed as an 08.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/35965.html

Corkboi

Ok cheers, on the site it says Registration - 2008. But you can clearly see in the pics that the plate is a 57?? Ive done the HPI check and the registration date is dec 07, so thats why I was wondering. Thanks.

tossy

new tax didn't come in to effect until jun 08 anyway so you would have a good bit of lee way.

Corkboi

Cheers lads, guess ill have to keep lookin. Pity though, was a nice motor.

C0N0R

57 plate can be an 08 car, first three months just. I had a 54 plate car that was an 05.

ciarsd

tossy wrote: »

new tax didn't come in to effect until jun 08 anyway so you would have a good bit of lee way.

And then the usual government turnaround and reverted back to Jan of 2008. Cars in the interim could pick CC or Co2 based tax, depending on what was cheaper.

C0N0R wrote: »

57 plate can be an 08 car, first three months just. I had a 54 plate car that was an 05.

57 plate or not, whatever the registration date is on the cars documents is the date that'll be used by NCT to VRT and register your car in this country.

Corkboi

Ciarsd: I had the HPI check done and it said that it was registered in Dec 07.....

ciarsd

Corkboi wrote: »

Ciarsd: I had the HPI check done and it said that it was registered in Dec 07.....

Well then you got yourself a 07-C-***** reg'd car :cool: VRT rates calculated as a % and that % is related to your imports Co2 values. Your motortax rate will be CC based.

Corkboi

Yeah 607 a year tax as opposed to 300 for the 08 model. Not worth it IMO, between paying more tax and losing a year. Ill keep looking. Cheers again.

bazz26

tossy wrote: »

new tax didn't come in to effect until jun 08 anyway so you would have a good bit of lee way.

2008 or newer imported cars automatically go on the Co2 tax system irrespective of which month they were originally registered in. It is only cars first registered in Ireland between 1st Jan and 30th June 2008 that had the choice of either tax system (which ever was the cheapest). Anything first registered here from 1st July 2008 went on the new tax system only.

OP, if the car was originally registered in the UK in 2007 then it will be issued a 2007 registration here in Ireland as our registration system goes by calendar year unlike the UK.

Lemming

C0N0R wrote: »

57 plate can be an 08 car, first three months just. I had a 54 plate car that was an 05.

As it was explained to me when I picked up my Focus TDCi in Lancashire; the UK has three plates in any given year (and as the supplier/dealer put it; is the UK car industry's own worst enemy, since people will hold off for "newer" plates constantly).

So, 2007 would have seen '56' in the first three months of the year, then the '07' plates, and then towards teh end of the year, '57' plates. Rinse repeat for any given year. My Focus is registered mid-December 2008, and is a 58 plate. Same car picked up in March 2009 would carry the same plate.

Marcusm

Lemming wrote: »

As it was explained to me when I picked up my Focus TDCi in Lancashire; the UK has three plates in any given year (and as the supplier/dealer put it; is the UK car industry's own worst enemy, since people will hold off for "newer" plates constantly).

So, 2007 would have seen '56' in the first three months of the year, then the '07' plates, and then towards teh end of the year, '57' plates. Rinse repeat for any given year. My Focus is registered mid-December 2008, and is a 58 plate. Same car picked up in March 2009 would carry the same plate.

Lemming

You're right about three plates in a year but the changeover is on 1 March and 1 September so a March 2009 would have had an 09 and not a 58 plate. It's only the first 2 months of the year which are on the "prior" year plate.

PARKHEAD67

Corkboi wrote: »

Cheers lads, guess ill have to keep lookin. Pity though, was a nice motor.

I wouldnt dismiss a nice car for the sake of tax.I guarantee that cheap tax crap that the greens brought in will not last forever...Id buy diesel though.

Corkboi

Yeah it was a 320 diesel Msport with 59000 on the clock......