Trying to decipher cartell...

NinjaMasterPro

I'm looking to buy a 2003 civic which is has been out of tax since 10/13.

Cartell says the tax expires in Feb 2015:


Tax Expiry Date

28-Feb-2015
31-Oct-2013
31-Jul-2013
30-Apr-2013
31-Dec-2012
30-Sep-2012
30-Sep-2011
30-Jun-2011
31-Mar-2011
31-Mar-2010
31-Mar-2009
31-Mar-2008
31-Mar-2007
30-Sep-2006
30-Sep-2005

Before 2005 it was "tax exempt".

What's going on here? Is it taxed or not? Anybody know?


Also, there was a recent change of ownership on 4th March. Should I be worried?

Also:

Dates of Sale

4-Mar-2014
5-Aug-2010
13-Jul-2010
6-Oct-2005
18-Aug-2005

The main reason I did a cartell check was because I wasn't able to insure it. The insurer thought it was an import, which it is not.

colm_mcm

What's the reg?

NinjaMasterPro

03 c 18969

This is the car:

colm_mcm

1.6 SE Saloon? Most un-Irish!

It's not a uk import though.

My guess it was originally vrt and tax exempt for a disabled passenger.

NinjaMasterPro

colm_mcm wrote: »

1.6 SE Saloon? Most un-Irish!

Really? Why? You think it's an import?

Nice car though eh?

colm_mcm

Looks great to be fair.
Back bumper is a bit shabby

Slightly concerning

VEHICLE
Vehicle Registration Number 03C18969
Vehicle Details HONDA / CIVIC
Change Of Vehicle Ownership
Transferred to an Individual on :

Notified on : 02/03/2014

04/03/2014
Vehicle Registration Certificate
Most recent Vehicle Registration Certificate issued on : 07/03/2014


That's not the transfer to the dealer,

NinjaMasterPro

Seems to have been thrown around a bit with the old change of ownership yeah. Can you hazard a guess why?

Any idea on the tax issue? As you can see in the pics, the disc says 10/13 but cartell says 02/15

If there's a warranty on this thing I'm 90% sure I'll buy it. Just need to figure out why the insurance company won't insure it. In fact they're not even sure why they can't insure it. The guy on the phone guessed that it's an import.

colm_mcm

Carsireland free report says it has no tax.

Owner may have died and it got transferred to a family member who traded it in/sold it to garage - something like that.

Garage may have sold it, turned out to be a pup and they had to buy it back

Who knows!

NinjaMasterPro

Any idea why Cartell says it's taxed til 2015? I'm a total n00b with this. Thanks for your help.

This may be a too-good-to-be-true thing. I really want to buy it though. Looks really American.

I'll bring the cartell report tomorrow if I decide to view it. The dealer will probably hate me.

Stoolbend

Is it possible that it's declared off the road?

bazz26

They did sell the saloon in 1.6 litre petrol back then, rare as hen's teeth though, this being Ireland.

colm_mcm

If it was taxed till 2015 you can be sure they'd mention it!

bazz26 wrote: »

They did sell the saloon in 1.6 litre petrol back then, rare as hen's teeth though, this being Ireland.

Pre vrt price may have been the same as 1.4

Supergurrier

Tax doesn't matter once you buy it tbh. Last car I bought privately was 17 months out of tax.

NinjaMasterPro

Stoolbend wrote: »

Is it possible that it's declared off the road?

I don't think that's the issue though.

This actual MODEL (4dr saloon 1.6 i SE) doesn't appear when selecting cars on 25plus.ie insurance. Even the guy on the phone is stumped. He has to talk to his manager about it.

Stoolbend

I didn't even read the bit about insurance. I was just thinking about the tax.

NinjaMasterPro

Stoolbend wrote: »

I didn't even read the bit about insurance. I was just thinking about the tax.

Sorry I guess my first post was all over the place.

Issues are:

Insurer can't insure this car. Doesn't know why. Doesn't exist on his database.

Tax is confusing.