Dealer regged car as D reg instead of MH - can I change it?

maithancailin · 09-05-2014 12:50PM #1

Buying a UK reg car and dealer just confirmed me the new reg is D but I wanted it as my own home county reg MH, can I change it myself or is it too late???

tossy · 09-05-2014 12:54PM

Too late unfortunately. buying a UK car from an Irish dealer is a mine field i presume you got the original UK reg and did a HPI check ?

bazz26 · 09-05-2014 01:07PM

They normally go by the address either on a utility bill or the address associated with your PPS number.

Del2005 · 09-05-2014 01:07PM

maithancailin wrote: »

Buying a UK reg car and dealer just confirmed me the new reg is D but I wanted it as my own home county reg MH, can I change it myself or is it too late???

They letter on the plate should be the county of address you gave them, did you use a Dublin address when dealing with the dealer?

maithancailin · 09-05-2014 01:15PM

Yes did all the checks, I presumed it would be reg as my county where I live. Dealer tells me I can change it...........

maithancailin · 09-05-2014 02:06PM

I presumed he was registering it by the address I gave him when purchasing the car, but when he went to pay the VRT he registered it as Dublin, is there nothing I can do??

R.O.R · 09-05-2014 02:10PM

If it hasn't been taxed yet, you should be able to re-register it. That's the case with brand new cars anyway.

Wonder what address was given to get the D Reg?

fl4pj4ck · 09-05-2014 02:20PM

keep in mind that D reg might have a better resale value

_Kaiser_ · 09-05-2014 02:37PM

R.O.R wrote: »

If it hasn't been taxed yet, you should be able to re-register it. That's the case with brand new cars anyway.

Wonder what address was given to get the D Reg?

Really? I wonder does that only apply to imports/new cars?

I'd actually pay money if I could re-register mine as a D

I'm surprised Leo or Noonan haven't come up with it as an extra money spinner

maithancailin · 09-05-2014 03:00PM

R.O.R wrote: »

If it hasn't been taxed yet, you should be able to re-register it. That's the case with brand new cars anyway.

Wonder what address was given to get the D Reg?

He was paying the VRT so Im assuming he used the dealers address, anyway he rang me back just now to say it can be changed he will have all the paperwork for me tomorrow so I'll let yee know how I get on , thanks for all your advice!

R.O.R · 09-05-2014 03:16PM

maithancailin wrote: »

He was paying the VRT so Im assuming he used the dealers address, anyway he rang me back just now to say it can be changed he will have all the paperwork for me tomorrow so I'll let yee know how I get on , thanks for all your advice!

Don't be freaked if you end up with an RF100 and VRT receipt, with the D reg printed, and scribbled out for the new MH Reg. It's OK that way or the other way is an RF100 manually written out.

I've had both for new cars that were registered to one county then re-registered elsewhere.

nc19 · 09-05-2014 03:21PM

Why would it bother you? Ive had regs from loads of different counties. Its not important

BMJD · 09-05-2014 03:21PM

Dublin is superior to Meath anyway so you're better off with the D reg.

djimi · 09-05-2014 03:59PM

nc19 wrote: »

Why would it bother you? Ive had regs from loads of different counties. Its not important

Each to their own; I wouldnt drive an MH reg car if I had a choice

Idbatterim · 09-05-2014 04:07PM

the reg may effect resale price alright, more likely if its a premium car...

ironclaw · 09-05-2014 04:30PM

djimi wrote: »

Each to their own; I wouldnt drive an MH reg car if I had a choice

Genuine question, but why? Surely the overall spec, trim, condition etc is way more important than the two letters on the front / back?

gordongekko · 09-05-2014 04:39PM

Doesn't the vrt now go to the local council to help fund it rather than directly to central funds so if it's a d reg it will go to the Dublin rather than mh.

djimi · 09-05-2014 04:44PM

ironclaw wrote: »

Genuine question, but why? Surely the overall spec, trim, condition etc is way more important than the two letters on the front / back?

It wouldnt put me off buying a car if the car did everything that I wanted it to, but like I said given a choice Id prefer it didnt have an MH reg. I guess Im just a little bit racist like that :pac:

MarkR · 09-05-2014 04:47PM

Make sure you're classed as the first owner in the country on the documents. Just in case it was registered to the dealer before you.

djimi · 09-05-2014 04:49PM

MarkR wrote: »

Make sure you're classed as the first owner in the country on the documents. Just in case it was registered to the dealer before you.

A dealer doesnt count as an owner I dont think?

CiniO · 09-05-2014 07:27PM

maithancailin wrote: »

Buying a UK reg car and dealer just confirmed me the new reg is D but I wanted it as my own home county reg MH, can I change it myself or is it too late???

What difference does it make?
County codes in Ireland mean nothing, as they don't change with change of owner to one living in different county or owner changing address to different county.
Therefore everyone is using cars with every possible county letters.

Nonsense to even bother thinking about them.

They would make sense if they showed county of residence of the owner. But in current form those county codes mean absolutely nothing.

Wabbit Ears · 09-05-2014 07:33PM

Far better resale value on a D reg car. Absolute madness to devalue it this way

ironclaw · 09-05-2014 08:04PM

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

Far better resale value on a D reg car. Absolute madness to devalue it this way

Always found that to be the greatest load of Celtic-Tiger-esque nonsense. If someone offered me less for a car because of the reg, I'd actually laugh and end the sale there. Its the same car, the only difference is what a piece of pressed metal says on the front and back.

AntiRip · 09-05-2014 08:10PM

Was looking at a car today and the dealer said he reg them as D plates because of resale value and easier to sell. He was caught a couple times with people buying cars and when they realised they were KY plates they backed out of the sale.

He said one lady said as long as the plates weren't KY, LK or CE she didn't mind. Crazy stuff altogether but obviously people think like that so a D plate is probably best for resale.

CiniO · 09-05-2014 08:12PM

AntiRip wrote: »

Was looking at a car today and the dealer said he reg them as D plates because of resale value and easier to sell. He was caught a couple times with people buying cars and when they realised they were KY plates they backed out of the sale.

He said one lady said as long as the plates weren't KY, LK or CE she didn't mind. Crazy stuff altogether but obviously people think like that so a D plate is probably best for resale.

It just proves how utterly stupid some people are.

09-05-2014 08:20PM

CiniO wrote: »

What difference does it make?
County codes in Ireland mean nothing, as they don't change with change of owner to one living in different county or owner changing address to different county.
Therefore everyone is using cars with every possible county letters.

Nonsense to even bother thinking about them.

They would make sense if they showed county of residence of the owner. But in current form those county codes mean absolutely nothing.

Maybe people just prefer to have the reg of the county they are from?

It wouldn't be a deciding factor in buying a car but given the choice I'd prefer to drive a G reg as that's where I'm from, like you would wear your county colours etc.

cabledude · 09-05-2014 08:22PM

CiniO wrote: »

It just proves how utterly stupid some people are.

Hell of a lot of stupid people walking around on the surface of this planet.

I once heard of a man who was from Kilkenny and who had spent his entire adult life in Waterford. He was buying a new car and he enquired from the dealer if he could have KK on the plates as opposed to W. The dealer asked 'why'?

The reply was that as a Kilkenny man he was happy that they had won the All-Ireland that September and would like to rub it in his Waterford neighbors faces.

Wierd.

CiniO · 09-05-2014 08:23PM

Bexley Attractive Statistics wrote: »

Maybe people just prefer to have the reg of the county they are from?

It wouldn't be a deciding factor in buying a car but given the choice I'd prefer to drive a G reg as that's where I'm from, like you would wear your county colours etc.

If majority of people really prefer having own county letter on reg, so why don't we have a system where reg gets changed when you purchase a car from different county or move to different county?

BTW - I wouldn't wear any county (or country) colours

09-05-2014 08:28PM

CiniO wrote: »

If majority of people really prefer having own county letter on reg, so why don't we have a system where reg gets changed when you purchase a car from different county or move to different county?

I think we should be allowed to change reg if we want but not be forced to.

i.e. Buy a D reg and change it to a G reg as it's my home county, then I change the address to Cork as I'm living here at the moment but still be able to keep the G reg.

hardCopy · 09-05-2014 08:48PM

CiniO wrote: »

It just proves how utterly stupid some people are.

Is it really any more stupid than wanting to choose a particular colour?

Comhrá · 09-05-2014 08:56PM

It just proves how utterly stupid some people are.

What a totally ignorant statement.

People are free to choose whatever letter they prefer, just as they're free to make any other personal choices like colour etc. when buying a car without someone calling them "utterly stupid"

This is one of the most narrow-minded opinions I have ever read on this forum - or any other forum for that matter.

Dealer regged car as D reg instead of MH - can I change it?

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