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Getting a D reg on an import

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    #32
    Arnout
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭Arnout


    I should have known this / thought of this last year when I imported my car. Except the other way around, I live in D and now have a 04-D-12.... reg, would rather have had something shorter. Maybe from W (still 4 digits I think even on an import).

    "Just" would have needed somebody there to use their address.



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    #33
    goochy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭goochy


    too late now , 1st world problems



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    #34
    Clay_Bill Clay
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Clay_Bill Clay


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121282076#Comment_121282076

    When swapping it over to the OPs name would it not then show up as having an extra owner?



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    #35
    Goose81
    Registered Users Posts: 4,218 ✭✭✭Goose81


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121284755#Comment_121284755

    Not if a garage does it, it a regular person off the street does it then yes it's an extra owner



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    #36
    littlevillage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭littlevillage


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121176185#Comment_121176185

    You are completely over thinking this.... Do you really think anybody gives a flying fig what county your car was registered in?



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    #37
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,762 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121284904#Comment_121284904


    I know it's a bit of a trope, but if you want to check what your car will be worth 'down the road', D plates get better money. It's been that way as long as Methuselah.

    A good while back now, but I remember a friend of mine trading in a 1999 Honda Accord for a new 320d, and on the value of the Accord, the salesman without going outside to check asked if it had a D plate or (local). The D got him an extra €1k.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #38
    GTTDI GOD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,092 ✭✭✭GTTDI GOD


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121183422#Comment_121183422

    The USA do it, they do have the state on the plate, but each state have different letter/number requirements. On the plate then is a month (that the plate was first registered/will expire) and a sticker for the year that the reg expires, so the sticker changes annually (different colour for each year). That is essentially your car tax, no need for windscreen discs. So new car, plate goes with you.



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    #39
    Avon8
    Registered Users Posts: 475 ✭✭Avon8


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121178840#Comment_121178840

    Any semi experienced car salesman will tell you that its much easier to sell a car with a D reg than a country one, and I say that as someone from the country. Dublin people in general are reluctant to buy certain types of cars with country reg's, as they assume the bag has been drove of them.

    Ive imported my last 3 cars, all of the 'sporty' variety, and it was a lot easier sell on the second one with a D plate than it was the first with a country plate



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    #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121285165#Comment_121285165

    Methuselah must be relatively young, because it used to be the opposite way around. D reg's (or SI I think) were looked down upon 30-40 years ago because they were just driven in cities for short journeys.

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    #41
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,608 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121285308#Comment_121285308

    Same here. Sales guy always asks if it's a D reg when inquiring about trade-ins and I've a good few rural friends using Dublin addresses & registering their cars in the Capital.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121285533#Comment_121285533

    Dublin reg's have always been preferable. Least preferable are DL, G, WX and CN reg's for obvious reasons.



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    #42
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,762 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121285703#Comment_121285703


    Otoh, if you're buying and don't give a monkey's (that'd be me), those are the counties I'd go shopping in.......add: LM, MO, KY, RN etc

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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