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DLM · Post by **DLM** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:48 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0374595525

Father Ted · Post by **Father Ted** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:58 pm

If memory serves me, you need the Italian plates to send back with the log book to Italy - it looks tidy with the nice brown dash and interior. But the sellers description is rather alarmingly vague.

ren16tx · Post by **ren16tx** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:39 pm

it would go well with my MK1 "ITALIAN" BX!!
So, whats the issue to register it here?

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:43 pm

Italian bureaucracy I'd imagine, ditto Italian postal system, lack of direct personal access to Italian bureaucrats to oil the wheels of that process...

sdelasal · Post by **sdelasal** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:57 pm

Can't you just take proof of ownership, i.e. receipt, plus VIN number to local DVLA and register on uk plates? Steve

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:11 pm

Quite possibly, I'm just speculating in the light of Father Ted's post and I don't know if that's written from experience (two wheels or four?).

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:16 pm

DLM wrote:Quite possibly, I'm just speculating in the light of Father Ted's post and I don't know if that's written from experience (two wheels or four?).

I'd say almost definately, unless the rules have changed it was the case that you could register an imported vehicle over ten years old with only the foreign logbook to prove age and identity, or should that not be present a dating letter from the manufacturer (which Citroen will provide on request with no charge) and inspection of the vehicle in question.

The Italians might not be happy, but I don't see what they could do, can't see them extraditing you to prosecute...

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:59 pm

About 10 years ago I bought a newly imported bike with no logbook or plates. With it was a letter from a company that had something to do with classic bikes (not the manufacturer) declaring the age of the bike. I sent it off to the DVLA and they were surprisingly efficient in giving me an age related plate and V5.

Compare that to this year where I have been fined £40 for not declaring SORN on a car I told them I scrapped 18 months ago, and the latest one where my wife tried to get a tax refund only to be told she wasn't the registered keeper of a vehicle she's owned for 6 years. Turns out that when we got married they made a mistake with her name on the V5, hence the records don't match - now she has already missed out on 2 months of tax refund as they have told her the refund will only start from the resolution of the matter.

jonathan_dyane · Post by **jonathan_dyane** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:26 pm

The DVLA can be swines

It is fairly easy to wriggle out of a SORN fine provided you say the right thing to them, as with the penalties for not notifying transfer etc. They mainly seem to rely on bluster and threatening letters, which isn't on really.