Driving with Jap plates

Muckie · 10-10-2011 8:45am #1

Car in my neighbourhood has Jap plates, back and front driving

around on them the last few days, just wondering how does it work,

do you have a grace period like with UK plates to change over.

3 days i think.

Or is it a case of sh*t hitting the fan in an accident or the Gardai pulling

you.

Mr. Presentable · 10-10-2011 8:46am

Muckie wrote: »

Car in my neighbourhood has Jap plates, back and front driving

around on them the last few days, just wondering how does it work,

do you have a grace period like with UK plates to change over.

3 days i think.
Or is it a case of sh*t hitting the fan in an accident or the Gardai pulling

you.

24HRS

Muckie · 10-10-2011 8:48am

Wow, that fast. Cheers, never knew.

challengemaster · 10-10-2011 8:49am

The way it works in Japan, people are assigned plates for life, and change/swap them over to a new car anytime they change car - if the car is being permenantly exported, there shouldn't be any plates on the car

If he actually has the jap plates that the car came from japan with, then there's some poor japanese person who needs new plates for their car..:D

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

24HRS

This is wrong.

You have up to 30 days to VRT a vehicle now. Must be booked within a week of arrival in the country, and then the VRT assessment carried out within 23 days from said booking.

Mr. Presentable · 10-10-2011 8:51am

When did it change?

challengemaster · 10-10-2011 8:55am

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

When did it change?

I'd imagine when NCTS took over

http://www.ncts.ie/vrt.html

Chippy01 · 10-10-2011 9:01am

Perhaps the owner is here on holiday, or doing a driving tour of the world/europe.
After all, some people just can't be parted from their car despite the cost.
Unless you know for sure that it's actually imported permanantly, there is little to be worried about.

Muckie · 10-10-2011 9:11am

Oh they aint Japanese, its a people carrier too(shame its not something

cool i know) ah me just been nosy! never seen a Jap car with its own

plates flying around before on our roads.

Absurdum · 10-10-2011 9:25am

There's a guy driving a US registered LHD Toyota Rav 4 around here for the last few months, it's bizarre!

kuro2k · 10-10-2011 9:30am

Chippy01 wrote: »

Perhaps the owner is here on holiday, or doing a driving tour of the world/europe.
After all, some people just can't be parted from their car despite the cost.
Unless you know for sure that it's actually imported permanantly, there is little to be worried about.

Yea I'd guess the owner has a "Carnet de Passages en Douane"

"It offers a guarantee to a foreign government that the vehicle identified in the Carnet, if granted temporary importation status, will be removed from the country within the time limit imposed by the respective jurisdiction. In the event that the vehicle is not removed within the imposed timeframe, the country may claim from the issuing authority all duties and taxes that would be required to permanently import the vehicle to that country.

Using the Carnet is an alternative to leaving a cash security deposit with a foreign government. It allows free movement and unencumbered access between foreign countries. Most countries, but not all, allow this option.

A Carnet is valid for one year from the date of issue..."

Big Nasty · 10-10-2011 9:33am

Absurdum wrote: »

There's a guy driving a US registered LHD Toyota Rav 4 around here for the last few months, it's bizarre!

Completely!

Why bother importing a Rav 4 from the states? :eek::eek::eek:

Driving with Jap plates

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