Car wrongly registered

AutoMan79

I have just noticed that my car is registered as estate but it is actually a hatchback.. Will department of transport be able to change it.


Need advice on this.

Thanks

colm_mcm

Is it a VW? Quite common if so.

FortySeven

Common on any import. I see certs weekly with chassis number wrong.

AutoMan79

It is vw 152

Cee-Jay-Cee

OP you can get it changed but why bother, it makes absolutely no difference to anyone.

colm_mcm

Yeah.a load of hatches are down as estates. Don't think it makes any odds to anyone.

AutoMan79

FortySeven wrote: »

Common on any import. I see certs weekly with chassis number wrong.

It s Irish car

FortySeven

AutoMan79 wrote: »

It s Irish car

If chassis is right I wouldn't worry about it. All service and parts done from chassis number.

AutoMan79

Would like to change it coz of Insurance and to avoid questions when I sell it..

colm_mcm

It's a non issue in reality. Yours isn't the only one out there registered like this, as I said its commonplace on vws.

There's no golf estate model on sale in Ireland so no possible confusion.

AutoMan79

colm_mcm wrote: »

It's a non issue in reality. Yours isn't the only one out there registered like this, as I said its commonplace on vws.

There's no golf estate model on sale in Ireland so no possible confusion.

There is Golf Estate in Ireland.

biko

AutoMan79 wrote: »

I have just noticed that my car is registered as estate but it is actually a hatchback.. Will department of transport be able to change it.

Yes, ring them and ask how to.

bazz26

AutoMan79 wrote: »

There is Golf Estate in Ireland.

You will need to fill out the RF111 form below for change of details on the logbook, section 3 is what you interested in. Have a read of the form first as some sections require a main dealer to confirm and stamp the changes:

https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/pdf/RF111_en.pdf

GM228

colm_mcm wrote: »

There's no golf estate model on sale in Ireland so no possible confusion.

The Golf Estate went off the Irish market in 2004, but returned in October 2014!

robtri

damn thats tough....

looks like you will have to drop the car into the bodyshop and have it converted to an estate.....
big job that ....

delly

OP, my 3 series coupe is registered as a saloon. I copped the mistake on the insurance cert, which was auto filled from their system. A simple call to them sorted the insurance cert, but it's still wrong on the reg cert.

AutoMan79

bazz26 wrote: »

You will need to fill out the RF111 form below for change of details on the logbook, section 3 is what you interested in. Have a read of the form first as some sections require a main dealer to confirm and stamp the changes:

https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/pdf/RF111_en.pdf

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate your help.

GM228

robtri wrote: »

looks like you will have to drop the car into the bodyshop and have it converted to an estate

Saves all the hassle of re-registering the body style!

AutoMan79

delly wrote: »

OP, my 3 series coupe is registered as a saloon. I copped the mistake on the insurance cert, which was auto filled from their system. A simple call to them sorted the insurance cert, but it's still wrong on the reg cert.

I want to be sure if something happens to the car that paperwork is right.

AutoMan79

robtri wrote: »

damn thats tough....

looks like you will have to drop the car into the bodyshop and have it converted to an estate.....
big job that ....

Hahaha might be easier to do it haha

delly

AutoMan79 wrote: »

I want to be sure if something happens to the car that paperwork is right.

What the insurance company have on record is what matters, but sure change it with Shannon if you're worried.

JoeA3

My Golf R is down as an "estate" as was the GTI before it. Not an issue, I never bothered doing anything about it.

AutoMan79

I am so amazed how many issues are here with paperwork.. So is that a fault of VW guys who are sending the paper work or ppl at the registration office ???

FortySeven

AutoMan79 wrote: »

I am so amazed how many issues are here with paperwork.. So is that a fault of VW guys who are sending the paper work or ppl at the registration office ???

Vrt are appalling. Constant mistakes with chassis recording. I sell parts where chassis is paramount and you end up guessing the s should be a 5 or the 1 might be an l. I often have to tell customers to go and get the number off the car.

ianobrien

I had the same with the Leon FR. It was down as an estate when SEAT were not selling a 184PS estate. I copped it before I went to tax it for the first time in the tax office. It was changed there and then when I pointed out the car out the window. If a tax disc was issued, it couldn't have been changed so quickly.

I copped it as I looked at the computer screen when the civil servant was inputting details and getting the tax figure.

Neilw

JoeA3 wrote: »

My Golf R is down as an "estate" as was the GTI before it. Not an issue, I never bothered doing anything about it.

So is mine.

Any idea why that is? When getting insurance last week the wrong car is selected when I input the reg.

R.O.R

Neilw wrote: »

So is mine.

Any idea why that is? When getting insurance last week the wrong car is selected when I input the reg.

Just checked 2 hatches and an estate (a Golfs) I've had registered this month and they are all down as estates. Only golf's correct are the vans.

JoeA3

Neilw wrote: »

So is mine.

Any idea why that is? When getting insurance last week the wrong car is selected when I input the reg.

No idea Neil. Has never made any difference and I never had the motivation to chase it up!

Mintoe

colm_mcm wrote: »

It's a non issue in reality. Yours isn't the only one out there registered like this, as I said its commonplace on vws.

There's no golf estate model on sale in Ireland so no possible confusion.

For a long time there was no new golf estate model on sale in Ireland in VW dealers but there is now for the last year or so.

bazz26

I'd say the mistake is historical and nobody bothered or cared to rectify it. More than likely the standard "computer says estate" mentality in Government departments.

RedorDead

Its all to do with how the cars are classified on the EU type approval documents. If you check it anywhere in Europe it will be the same as it is in Ireland.

Chris_Heilong

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd say the mistake is historical and nobody bothered or cared to rectify it. More than likely the standard "computer says estate" mentality in Government departments.

My Supra is down as an estate:cool:

AutoMan79

Went to the tax office today and a supervisor had to check the car in person then he called VW Ireland , and after all that he told me that it was VW mistake (basically they don't give a shi...e about model) so I will receive my new VRC in few days. Hope it will be right this time.