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craigus
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Hello brand new to all this...I have a 1989 westy ..lhd from Eastfalia...I m having a torrid time trying to get it registered in Manchester DVLA..they isist I have to have the speedo converted which I ve done...now theyre saying I cant drive it to br tested...it has to go on a flat bed...this cant be right can it.....or do I have a jobsworth ..help please going potty here in Manchester....
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Post by PEET »

Cant you do it all by post then you dont have to talk too anyone! NO you wont have to trailer it, just have a confirmed MOT appointment and have it put onto your chassis number.
The speedo is a grey area but seems to being more and more thrown in now! Good Luck!!
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craigus wrote:Hello brand new to all this...I have a 1989 westy ..lhd from Eastfalia...I m having a torrid time trying to get it registered in Manchester DVLA..they isist I have to have the speedo converted which I ve done...now theyre saying I cant drive it to br tested...it has to go on a flat bed...this cant be right can it.....or do I have a jobsworth ..help please going potty here in Manchester....

Hello craigus,
I am getting my old westie 1986 from switzerland to oxfordshire in early october. no idea what to do to have it registered here in the uk. did you change the speedo , what else ? how much does it cost ?
Thanks for the help !

Remy
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Post by littlepixel »

We got our '82 Westy registered in London with no need to trailer it, or convert the speedo. The 'inspection' they gave it to gain registration was cursory - basically a bloke came out to the carpark, got out a clipboard and ticked a box that said 'Big Green VW Van' and gave it it's deserved 'X-Reg' plate code.

It sailed it's MOT with electrician's tape on the headlamps too for two years so far so I think it must be a case of some rules are bent in different DVLA offices. Maybe try registering it elsewhere?
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The 'inspection' is only required on vehicles 20 years or older. It is to confirm that the chassis no. and engine number correspond to a genuine vehicle of that age, it's a leftover in case the government reintroduce the free taxin for older vehicles again which has actually been mentioned in the conservatives plans somewhere...
I'm not political at all ( as Billy Connelly says 'if u want to be a polictician then that should exclude you from the job!!') but labour changed the rolling 25 years tax thing at their very first budget and i think that it'll always be a Tory thing to keep em cheap and ya know why? Theres a HUGE amount of Tories that have classic car colections apparently.... not sure Maggie did tho... :lol:
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Hmm.Older vehicles should be exempt, its a green thing keep them on the road rather then manufacture more, on the other hand the gov will tell us that modern engines are better for the enviroment, , all I can say is I have a corsa 1.2 hire motor, did 355miles and had to put £40 in.
my old tdi golf would do this miles on £25
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