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re-register car?

  • 22-05-2013 2:39pm
    #1
    ron28688
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭


    someone asked me this yesterday and i couldnt answer him, maybe some of you board folk might know.

    if i was to buy a car in dublin for example, it mite have the dublin reg plate. is it possible to get it changed to a wexford reg?

    he doesnt seem worried about the price of getting it done if it is possible


Comments

  • #2
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Its not possible.


  • #3
    kuro2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭kuro2k


    In the past I know it was possible if the car is new and if it has never been taxed, I'm not sure what the story is now.

    A friend of mine purchased a new car in early 2000 which had been pre-registered by the garage with a KY reg and they were able to change it to a D reg for him.


  • #4
    ron28688
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭ron28688


    yeah i was thinking it might not be possible, but what about 'selling' the car to a friend up north and then 'buying' it back and paying the VRT, would that work? i know its alot of hassle just to get WX on the number plate but hes a strange man, money to burn


  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Nah, even if you take it to UK and change reg and then take it back here it will just get the old reg back.
    I think the VIN is logged in a database and locked to the Irish reg. This association will remain forever*


    *or until someone who know better tells me so.


  • #6
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Tell him d reg is worth more


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  • #7
    ron28688
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭ron28688


    ok looks like a no go thanks for the advice lads

    didnt think dublin reg would be worth more, i thought the opposite. ah sher least i know now


  • #8
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    biko wrote: »
    Nah, even if you take it to UK and change reg and then take it back here it will just get the old reg back.
    I think the VIN is logged in a database and locked to the Irish reg. This association will remain forever*


    *or until someone who know better tells me so.

    Im fairly sure this is correct. Its certainly what I was told when I asked about what happen when you re-import a car.


  • #9
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    ron28688 wrote: »
    ok looks like a no go thanks for the advice lads

    didnt think dublin reg would be worth more, i thought the opposite. ah sher least i know now

    D reg cars are usually worth a bit more. Espcially in the second hand market, where a lot of people have this perception that any registered to a "country" county has spent its life driven on roads that are barely one step up from rally tracks, whereas cars from Dublin are driven on glorious roads that are like smooth racetracks or something.


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