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You would buy a whole running beetle for €750.

I was thinking about doing that also buy one for parts but then i have no where to store it or know what I am looking for..Im calling that chap from Bugzbits this weekend so well have a chat..thanks

Foxman, I was driving from Navan to Nobber last week, passing the place from where you got an old Rover as I recall. One side of the road is cleared,(I wonder if the Opel rekord was saved)
Anyway the other side of the road still has 5 or 6 cars,
can you throw any light on the whys and wherefores?

Regards ,Rugbyman

rugbyman wrote: »

i am amazed at anybody considering buying a new engine casing/crankcase.
I bet there are 100 old engines available in this country.

regards Rugbyman

Easily!! Ropey beetles are everywhere.

Hi lads

Looking for a right hand rear tail light for a 1990 Volvo 740 saloon, just on the off chance someone here may have one.

I'm selling a 1990 Mercedes 500SEL with a 300 diesel engine fitted if anyone's interested. It's in very good condition, just had two new front wings fitted and the bumpers were painted to freshen it up. I got new brake pipes and new calipers are being fitted at the moment. I can get it NCT tested if it's an issue as all the hard work's done to it. A really lovely car and very well sorted too. I'm asking 4500 euros for it. It's Irish registered too.

Seweryn wrote: »

Which engine is fitted in the car? Om617(A), OM603(A) or OM606(A)?

I don't know to be honest, all I know is it's 6 cylinder and came out of a 1990 300D, hope that helps, i'll try and find out but I bought the car like this already. Here's a picture of it, maybe you can tell from looking at it.

me bolly wrote: »

SORN rules expected to come in soon might change that number . Lol

I personally don't see a problem with letting the government know that i have a vehicle that is off the road... Of course this well become an issue for tax dodgers

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

I don't know to be honest, all I know is it's 6 cylinder and came out of a 1990 300D, hope that helps, i'll try and find out but I bought the car like this already. Here's a picture of it, maybe you can tell from looking at it.

That will be a 603 so, good choice, smooth 6 cylinder with no electronics to worry about.

me bolly wrote: »

SORN rules expected to come in soon might change that number . Lol

I'm not including the many other cars in my name but not in existence anymore, surely in the 20+ figures...

If 'sorn' is introduced it will have to only apply to cars currently taxed when this is introduced otherwise the system would go into meltdown. Every car no matter if its in existence or not that's not registered as scrapped would have to be accounted for. That's not gonna work.

carchaeologist wrote: »

I'm not including the many other cars in my name but not in existence anymore, surely in the 20+ figures...

If 'sorn' is introduced it will have to only apply to cars currently taxed when this is introduced otherwise the system would go into meltdown. Every car no matter if its in existence or not that's not registered as scrapped would have to be accounted for. That's not gonna work.

Any vehicle registered in your name will be liable to be sorned or a cert of destruction issued to the dept of transport whether it is in a shed or crushed years ago. I reckon there may be an amnesty for those who have old brown books and no car connected to that book. You will probably have to post it in to be voided. Might not be a bad thing to clear up the ringing of cars.
Will also give them a better picture as to how many cars are actually on the roads. If one is facing a fine and has 10 cars in sheds one will start off loading as the fee to sorn them would be prohibitive unless they are on the cusp of becoming vintage or collectible models.and if they change the rolling 30 tax it's goodnight to hundreds of perfectly viable cars with high cc engines.I believe that the screws will begin to turn on the classics next year.

8~) wrote: »

We'll see. If there is a dramatic change (by that I mean cost) to the classic scene it will impact badly in the longer term. I know that people will give up their classic (old) cars rather than pay additional taxes; vintage rallies for charities or good causes will suffer... basically old cars will be scrapped and therefore remove revenue from fuel, spare parts, maintenance, vintage rallies and whatever else you can think of.

Agreed . The government doesn't give two figs about classic cars in fact they are a liability given the EU pending fines if our carbon emissions aren't lowered.
Once a sorn fee is introduced the government can double it or triple it on a whim as they did with the vrt(x4)
The EPA are also pushing to get cars sitting in fields and sheds dumped due to pollutants.SIMI want to see Joe Bloggs get into a new car rather than the Capri 280 he has years for to fall under the vintage tax bracket .

Esel wrote: »

^ You are doing a fair bit of scaremongering on the SORN issue. Where has it been said (i) that there will be a fee and (ii) that classics are in the firing line?

The number of vintage/classic cars in use (even occasionally) is miniscule compared to the total car pool.

All cars not being used that have not being taxed will be required to be sorned regardless of their taxation category.
Naieve to think a fee won't be applied .
Changes are on the way , in what manner they will be applied can only be surmised by past actions of the dept of Transport.

Esel wrote: »

^ You are doing a fair bit of scaremongering on the SORN issue. Where has it been said (i) that there will be a fee and (ii) that classics are in the firing line?

The number of vintage/classic cars in use (even occasionally) is miniscule compared to the total car pool.

Agreed.... Lads, don't forget that most rules here are a copy of the UK laws... and SORN is still free in the UK.