Is this an Elephant?

26000 Elephants

and here is your donor....

http://cars.donedeal.ie/damagedcars-for-sale/02-subaru-impreza-1-6-4wd-nctd/7659868

Bigus

26000 Elephants wrote: »

and here is your donor....

http://cars.donedeal.ie/damagedcars-for-sale/02-subaru-impreza-1-6-4wd-nctd/7659868

With 1.6 tax too !

dr.fuzzenstein

galwaytt wrote: »

Easy fix: buy a boggo shelled car, and strip it - move everything WRX over to the new shell, and then take a grinder to the original. and swap VIN plates
100% legal.

How about? Not so sure about the legal anymore. Do we know why the Scooby can't be put on the road? Other than it being a cat a write-off I can't imagine why and it doesn't look like an unsalvageable wreck to me.

rugbyman

This is great, a Ring Fest, Ringers Special.......the thought police must all be on holidays...the blue one seems good value

Tzar Chasm

Needs a Rad usually means needs a head too.

Capri

A white elephant :p http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/land-rover-td5-vintage/8259628



Interestingly honest :rolleyes: http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/mg-b-gt-coupe-1-8/8257843

It has been off the road since early 2012, it has been on these shores for the same amount of time too, the new buyer will have to explain that one to Revenue

26000 Elephants

How about this?



It was driven on to the luas tracks tonight.
My check says its a Mondeo?

Trollhättan

26000 Elephants wrote: »

How about this?



It was driven on to the luas tracks tonight.
My check says its a Mondeo?

The light is making the 8 on the reg look like a 6 I think.

26000 Elephants

Trollhättan wrote: »

The light is making the 8 on the reg look like a 6 I think.

Ah, right so, Ted! So it was just an eejit so!!

Eo1n8wrd

it still looks yellow to me where the check says red

corktina

Clearly red....

Eo1n8wrd

yep... it clearly says red, still looks yellow and I haven't had a drink tonight hossifer!

corktina

no it looks red....specsavers for you methinks!

macplaxton

Good old dodgily-placed screw caps.

Blue850

Saw a silver C class Mercedes today, the one that replaced the 190 in 1993

wearing a ZV reg....

Capri

Blue850 wrote: »

Saw a silver C class Mercedes today, the one that replaced the 190 in 1993

wearing a ZV reg....

Ireland 2014 - do what you like, 5% chance of being caught/fined :mad:

500man

Silver estate on zv plate ?

Blue850

500man wrote: »

Silver estate on zv plate ?

yeah, thats the one I saw

mister gullible

79.jpeg

1979 land rover

Capri

mister gullible wrote: »

79.jpeg

1979 land rover

Of course it's a 79 LR, are ye blind , same as this one :rolleyes:

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/car-advert/land-rover/series-iii/1979/167301/

1) IF it really was a 79 chassis would all the expense of changing it over be worth the reduction in road tax ??

2) As it's more likely just a change of plates, the it shows our not-so-intellegent Revenue/Gardai aren't up to the job like the US customs are

Now Ossifer Robert Hunt of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection looks like a true blue idiot who's been ordered to make an example of this LR for the 'meedja', but the facts remain from our perspective that there are a lot out here who are making idiots of our Revenue/Gardai (not hard to do either ! :rolleyes: ), and escaping the taxes the rest of us have to pay :mad:

pablo128

In my opinion, these land rover/range rover jobs are the reason for the proposed nct for pre 1980's vehicles.

unfit2006

Is there any way that a Range Rover like the one in the photo could be built onto a 1979 Land Rover chassis without major modifications to body or chassis ?

26000 Elephants

pablo128 wrote: »

In my opinion, these land rover/range rover jobs are the reason for the proposed nct for pre 1980's vehicles.

No they are not. The reason is to take potential death traps off the road.

Just because something was registered before 1980 doesnt mean it should be exempt from the same basic safety checks other vehicles must comply with.

The discovery referred to above is perfectly legal. That discovery shares a chassis with the original range rover ( up to the p38, when it was lengthened). Revenue rules state that the vehicles identity is tied to that of the chassis, not the body.

pablo128

26000 Elephants wrote: »

No they are not. The reason is to take potential death traps off the road.

Just because something was registered before 1980 doesnt mean it should be exempt from the same basic safety checks other vehicles must comply with.

The discovery referred to above is perfectly legal. That discovery shares a chassis with the original range rover ( up to the p38, when it was lengthened). Revenue rules state that the vehicles identity is tied to that of the chassis, not the body.

I won't dispute that that particular jeep is legit, but we both know full well there are many of them which are simply ringers. That's a lot of 1500 euro road taxes the state is missing out on.

26000 Elephants

pablo128 wrote: »

I won't dispute that that particular jeep is legit, but we both know full well there are many of them which are simply ringers. That's a lot of 1500 euro road taxes the state is missing out on.

But ringers a whole different world of illegality. People will re-chassis a discovery or other chassis based jeeps to get the 'chape tax', and that will continue until they change the rules on classic tax. However, 'ringing' is far more serious. But why draw so much attention to yourself with an obviously 2005 jeep with a 1970's reg? Wouldnt it be easier to simply find a vehicle for sale on done deal, same colour and year as yours. Check with carsireland to make sure its taxed and nct'ed. Then simply get a set of plates made online. Make sure you have your own insurance (only reason for cops to stop you) and the job is oxo!

(im not serious. but you can take the point, there are easier, more discree ways to avoid road tax. Or just buy a micra.)

pablo128

It's already that easy. Find a pre 80's log book and put on a set of plates to suit. At the moment it will never see an nct centre so no one should find out.

I don't have a problem with genuine conversions though.

Dermo123

Blue850 wrote: »

yeah, thats the one I saw

Would you believe that is legit???

It is an E-Class W124, not the C-Class W202.
It was actually manufactured in 1991 and first registered in UK.
Then imported to France. The VRT or equivalent in France made a mistake in the documentation and put 1981 as year of manufacture instead of 1991. So then a guy imported it to Ireland a number of years ago and got a 1981 Dublin reg. So a legitimate mistake, not an Elephant.

alias no.9

26000 Elephants wrote: »

But ringers a whole different world of illegality. People will re-chassis a discovery or other chassis based jeeps to get the 'chape tax', and that will continue until they change the rules on classic tax. However, 'ringing' is far more serious. But why draw so much attention to yourself with an obviously 2005 jeep with a 1970's reg? Wouldnt it be easier to simply find a vehicle for sale on done deal, same colour and year as yours. Check with carsireland to make sure its taxed and nct'ed. Then simply get a set of plates made online. Make sure you have your own insurance (only reason for cops to stop you) and the job is oxo!

(im not serious. but you can take the point, there are easier, more discree ways to avoid road tax. Or just buy a micra.)

The Discovery on a vintage Range Rover chassis is technically possible but I don't see the benefits, it's not as if a Discovery is a nice place to be or even that the body swap makes it any better to drive. When it comes to ringers, they'd be better off just driving without tax, not that I'd advocate breaking the law.

26000 Elephants

alias no.9 wrote: »

The Discovery on a vintage Range Rover chassis is technically possible but I don't see the benefits,

True, the disco with an old RR chassis will be an evil handling thing. But its all about image. :rolleyes:

Capri

Speaking of chassis - http://www.richardschassis.co.uk/prices.html