2016 UK import - step by step

If you drive a car in from northern Ireland, bought from a private seller what would constitute proof of

1. Vehicle invoice which must have the date of purchase/sale clearly indicated.

is a dated hand written note appropriate when the seller is private ?

2. For vehicles imported from Northern Ireland, where the invoice is dated more that 30 days earlier than the date the vehicle is presented for registration, details of where the vehicle was stored.

If the date on the hand written note above is within 30 days, then no details required?

griffin100 wrote: »

Did you try this site - https://www.motorcheck.ie/blog/vrt-calculator/

That website is chronic for giving out wrong stat codes. More hassle than anything.

I went through the VRT process yesterday so wanted to add a couple of tips.

1. You don't need the Registration Declaration Form from. The VRT confirmation email is confusing about this. As a private buyer you just need the VRTVPD2 form.

The email has these two lines:
"You bring your completed VTRVPD1 (Tan Holders) and Registration Declaration Forms
Click here to download this form
You bring your completed VRTVPD2 for Private vehicles
Click here to download this form"

2. Try to arrange your VRT appointment for the start of the month (but still fall within the 30 days). I had mine yesterday but I still need to pay the tax back to Nov 1st.

Mine was quick and easy and I brought far to much proof and documents with me. I checked over the OMSP value and its exactly the average of similar cars on the market so no chance of an appeal!

Sesame wrote: »

I went through the VRT process yesterday so wanted to add a couple of tips.

1. You don't need the Registration Declaration Form from. The VRT confirmation email is confusing about this. As a private buyer you just need the VRTVPD2 form.

The email has these two lines:
"You bring your completed VTRVPD1 (Tan Holders) and Registration Declaration Forms
Click here to download this form
You bring your completed VRTVPD2 for Private vehicles
Click here to download this form"

2. Try to arrange your VRT appointment for the start of the month (but still fall within the 30 days). I had mine yesterday but I still need to pay the tax back to Nov 1st.

Mine was quick and easy and I brought far to much proof and documents with me. I checked over the OMSP value and its exactly the average of similar cars on the market so no chance of an appeal!

I've got my VRT check on Friday the 1st, so I got lucky from that viewpoint.

Defintely the VRT email is confusing between VTRVPD1 and VTRVPD2 forms.

Even the first line on the VTRVPD2 form is highly confusing
"To be completed by a person other than an Authorised Person who is presenting the vehicle for registration"

Anyway I have both forms printed and will fill in and bring both.

Sesame wrote: »

Didn't know that Isambard. Too late now!

They could do with rewriting those emails and forms in plain English alright.
After reading the email 10 times, understood that the VTRVPD2 was for garages and VTRVPD1 for private individuals (or non-authorised persons, what a strange way to describe them), but it was the third Registration Declaration form that confused me.
The VRT man said you don't need that one anymore. If that's the case, delete it from the email template!

I’m still confused, do I need to fill in VTRVPD1 or VTRVPD2?

Sorry got it backwards, didn't mean to add to confusion. Yes it's the one ending in 2 you need.

griffin100 wrote: »

I've been tracking a car for a few weeks in the UK waiting to see if the dealer dropped the price. He did yesterday, I was about to confirm an offer when I checked the VRT on the Revenue site. Motorcheck said €1,800; Revenue said €3,500 :mad: Glad you posted!!

On a related note, if I wait until January to bring a car in from the UK will the VRT be lower as the car is now a 'year older'?

That website is a joke, I don't know how they get it so wrong. I don't know why people use it anyway when the revenue calculator is so easy to use ( almost fool proof, almost)

Price should go down in January, OMSP ( mostly)goes down each month. But it's not guaranteed. I have seen price increases. Today being the 1st of the month - most prices dropped by €10-€20 off yesterday's quotes.

sweeney2014 wrote: »

Does anyone recommend a car dealer near to Birmingham / Leeds?

If you’re looking for Nissan I’d recommend these guys about 40mins outside Birmingham http://www.westwaynissan.co.uk/west-way-nissan-stourbridge

Deal was very easy to complete.

If you import from the uk is your insurance loaded because it's an "import"?

FastFullBack wrote: »

No doesn't make a difference from what I've seen

From talking to a broker he said if the car was a LHD from the continent there would be.

aaabbbb wrote: »

If you import from the uk is your insurance loaded because it's an "import"?

When the insurance company ask you if the car is imported you answer NO. That may change post brexit but a car brought in from the UK is not an "import"

pah wrote:

When the insurance company ask you if the car is imported you answer NO. That may change post brexit but a car brought in from the UK is not an "import"

How so?

awec wrote: »

This is incorrect. If the vehicle is imported into Ireland it's an import. It's a fairly straightforward concept.

A UK import will have no impact on your insurance. Your insurance company may take a bit extra time to get you a quote if the exact spec of the car you are importing does not exist in Ireland.

I'm sorry but you are actually incorrect.

By that logic, EVERY car in Irleand is an import. - Last time I checked no cars currently on the road were actually manufactured here where they?

Insurance companies ask the "import" question to determine whether a car is a Japanese Domestic import due to the lack of security features and higher theft rate and scarcity of parts of such cars

A car personally imported from the UK or Northern Ireland is not classed as an "import" per se.

Some also sepeartely specifiy if the car is LHD or not.

Taken for T&C of an insurance doc:



So, in short, when obtaining quotes for a UK car, then NO you car is not an "import".

Mr_Man wrote: »

Hi Folks,

anyone have any experience with VRT'ing a car when the Co2 band on the actual car is much lower than than shown on the VRT calculator.

I am looking at an A3 which is listed as 133g/Km on the cars technical data. On the VRT calculator it is shown as 159g which puts it into a much higher VRT band. The difference is around €5k. The 159g/km is for the older engine of the same model.

Were you able to get the NCT staff to accept the lower rate or did you have to appeal it to the revenue.

Thanks!

What's on the V5?.

Thanks for the responses, I don't have the V5 and am going by the tech specs listed on the car advert which is on the official Audi UK website.

All the details entered into the VRT calculator match the car, I think that the change is due to an update of the engine as the model, number of doors engine size etc all correspond to those on the calculator except for the CO2 figures.