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tax book cheats

  • 26-03-2010 08:05PM
    #1
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭


    Just out of curiosity. Say I wanted to buy this Saab 900 turbo
    Saab 900 Turbo (1993)

    looks like ordinary SAAB 900, 2 ltr 16v on tax book.
    http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=201012197348210

    How would I actually go about making it legit?
    Just tell the tax office and the insurance that it's in fact a turbo and that's it?
    Or would there have to be an engineers report or something?
    And what would happen to the previous owner?


    (btw, I don't want to buy that Saab)


Comments

  • #2
    Gitb1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭Gitb1


    Wouldnt the tax be the same as it'd be taxed on the old cc system? And when you give the insurance the reg of the car the exact model/trim/etc would come up on their system


  • #3
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,759 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    If the engine number is different from the reg cert, the tax office would want a written statement (headed paper) from the garage that fitted it. At least, that was what I had to provide about 14 years ago!

    Regarding insurance, it would certainly be very foolish not to declare the engine/modification.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #4
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Gitb1 wrote: »
    Wouldnt the tax be the same as it'd be taxed on the old cc system? And when you give the insurance the reg of the car the exact model/trim/etc would come up on their system
    Yes, in this case the tax would be the same anyway. But if the entry on the reg cert is wrong, the insurance would not know it's a turbo. The Saab may be a bit of a benign example, but we've all seen the Japanese performance cars that pretended to be humble family saloons
    esel wrote: »
    If the engine number is different from the reg cert, the tax office would want a written statement (headed paper) from the garage that fitted it. At least, that was what I had to provide about 14 years ago!

    So far I've imported two vehicles where there was no mention of the engine number on the original paperwork and the number itself couldn't be seen on a quick inspection.
    So the VRT people entered a random part of the chassis number as the engine number


  • #5
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    No car has a tax book that says its a turbo on it anyway, all its concerned with is the cc of the engine.

    Its legit as it is, just tell your insurance company its the turbo version


  • #6
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,999 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    draffodx wrote: »
    No car has a tax book that says its a turbo on it anyway, all its concerned with is the cc of the engine.

    Its legit as it is, just tell your insurance company its the turbo version

    Well mine says Tfsi & also gives the BHP.


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