Importing car from the north question ?

Dey were Sooted

it has no mot/tax for north and no nct/tax for south ... the north is only a few miles from the border, so am wondering do i have any grace here in ireland?

it will be only driven to take home and then will be parked up again while i sort tax and nct out ....

ironclaw

Pretty sure the grace is 7 days from the date of purchase. So as long as you have written proof that you bought the car (i.e. A receipt) and the relevant paper work from the DVLA (i.e. The equivalent of the log book & export details) then you are fine. Would strongly recommend against driving the car for any other purpose than straight home until you have all the documentation sorted out.

There is a great thread here stickied at the top I believe. Worth reading.

corktina

you have 7 days to book an NCTS inspection and 30 days to re-register. I don't think that is strictly regarded as "grace", you could be committing offences still for all I know driving it..

You must have valid insurance of course. MAKE SURE you get the V5C off the seller.

keithsfleet

It's my understanding that you only have 24 hours to VRT the car.
Depending on you're insurance company you may not be covered on it so you may have to have it towed to you're residence.

corktina

nope....not any more.

CiniO

keithsfleet wrote: »

It's my understanding that you only have 24 hours to VRT the car.

This was the case but changed few years ago.
Now you have 30 days to register it in Ireland, but you need to start the process (by booking VRT appointment) within 7 days.

CiniO

Dey were Sooted wrote: »

it has no mot/tax for north and no nct/tax for south ... the north is only a few miles from the border, so am wondering do i have any grace here in ireland?

it will be only driven to take home and then will be parked up again while i sort tax and nct out ....

You can't legally drive it in the north without tax and mot. If you get pulled over you might run into trouble, however saying it's only few miles from the border, it looks quite unlikely you will get pulled over.

In the south, you don't need NI tax. In theory you need valid MOT, but no one is going to bother you about it, as gards don't even know relevant law.
Only what they will ask you for here in the south, is valid insurance and that you make sure you have it registered here withing 30 days,.

Dey were Sooted

thanks all - yes i saw the thread at the top but it is so long it would take a lot to get through it .... i am buying it privately so we will have to write out a receipt . as for log book and the v5c - the current owner should have them correct ?

and the export details - what are they exactly ? i was just hoping to buy the car - get receipt v5c and log book and drive on down ..... will i have to call to the dvla to collect the export details ?

i have a car on the road here so once the car is home it won't be going back on the road till all is sorted out ...

thanks again all !!

corktina

all you need is dated receipt and V5C. Book appointment with NCTS and take them these items and have proof of ID with you,

V5C is the logbook . bring it all (minus the export bit if it keeps the owner happy.

Dey were Sooted

great thanks ... i have brought a car in from england before - it had an mot and tax so that was a bit different - i paid the vrt the day after i bought the car and then got the nct as it was my primary car to drive ...

this time i was hoping to pay the vrt straight away and then park the car up for a while before i bring it for an nct and tax it - there is an abs light on it so will take some sorting out before i can have it tested ..

from what i see now here, the process is to have it nct'd before i pay the vrt. am i correct in saying this ?

CiniO

Dey were Sooted wrote: »

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from what i see now here, the process is to have it nct'd before i pay the vrt. am i correct in saying this ?

No.

For VRTing you make appointment in NCT centre. But this has nothing to do with testing the car. They might look at the car to read VIN number and estimate condition needed to value the VRT due. Then you pay VRT. Get registration number in there.
Once you do that, you can drive a car for 3 days. In that time you need to buy number plates, and tax the car. Once you tax it, after few days logbook will be sent to your address. Only then you can apply for NCT test, and considering waiting times are big, you will probably have to drive it for weeks or months without NCT.

Harcrid

Dey were Sooted wrote: »

great thanks ... i have brought a car in from england before - it had an mot and tax so that was a bit different - i paid the vrt the day after i bought the car and then got the nct as it was my primary car to drive ...

this time i was hoping to pay the vrt straight away and then park the car up for a while before i bring it for an nct and tax it - there is an abs light on it so will take some sorting out before i can have it tested ..

from what i see now here, the process is to have it nct'd before i pay the vrt. am i correct in saying this ?

No you dont NCT it first. The NCT centres now handle the VRT process whereas revenue used to do it themselves before. The NCT centre won't actually do any testing in the car but will just go through the registration process with you. And not every NCT centre handle VRT registrations either.