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[joshspragg]

if a car has been imported from poland (which in this case it has) whats the laws on what i can do with it if i bought it? and would insurance insure me on it? because it is a left hand drive aswell. if you know anything please tell. if not then dont bother.
cheers

[ANON]

as long as you're going with a specialist insurer then there shouldn't be a problem.

[Cooperman]

You insure it using the VIN number so that you can drive it to a pre-booked MoT and get it MoT'd after converting the headlights for driving on the left hand side of the road. In theory you can drive it to and from MoT without any number plates - apparently it's a 'grey' are of legislation, or so a traffic inspectortold me when I imported a Porsche 911, butt aking it by trailer might be a better idea. Then you go with the MoT and your receipt for the purchase to the DVLA and they will give you a registration. If it's a classic and you want an age related number you'll have to take documentation with you to prove date of manufacture.
Then you tax it if it's post 1972 and away you go.

[charie t]

You insure it using the VIN number so that you can drive it to a pre-booked MoT and get it MoT'd after converting the headlights for driving on the left hand side of the road. In theory you can drive it to and from MoT without any number plates - apparently it's a 'grey' are of legislation, or so a traffic inspectortold me when I imported a Porsche 911, butt aking it by trailer might be a better idea. Then you go with the MoT and your receipt for the purchase to the DVLA and they will give you a registration. If it's a classic and you want an age related number you'll have to take documentation with you to prove date of manufacture.
Then you tax it if it's post 1972 and away you go.

If it passes you can't drive it on the road without the tax, so would need to be trailered away or left there until taxed.
Oddly you can drive it away if it fails, to one place of repair.

[joshspragg]

well i think its already been through most of that because when i spoke to the guy he said he'd been driving it around and said it was fine, so i cant imagine him driving illegally, but the advert says it will still need to be registered.

[coopdog]

your not get a fiat 500 you gay

[joshspragg]

lol one on ebay for 3600 in mint condition haha. i'd have one any day of the week. but the way insurance is looking on it i doubt i'll afford it

[Cooperman]

I think the legislation says you can drive from the place where the vehicle is kept to a pre-booked Mot and back again. What you can't do is to drive around after the test, like to the shops or a post office or the DVLA offices. That's what a traffic inspector told me when I imported my 911. In fact he told me that it was a 'grey' area and that if i was stopped to refer the traffic officer to him.
So that's what I did, drove it without plates to the MoT station, it passed so I drove it back home, then took my usual car and drove to the nearest DVLA office and registered the car. They even gave me a number of my choice from their list of numbers and were most helpful. Once I had the registration document I bought a set of plates, went home and fixed them, phoned the insurtance company with the registration and took the 911 out for a blast.
If he car currently has foreign plates on that makes it easier, although you need to insure it against the VIN number, as the foreign plates have no standing in the UK. They just keep the police away from stopping you for having no plates.

[joshspragg]

I think the legislation says you can drive from the place where the vehicle is kept to a pre-booked Mot and back again. What you can't do is to drive around after the test, like to the shops or a post office or the DVLA offices. That's what a traffic inspector told me when I imported my 911. In fact he told me that it was a 'grey' area and that if i was stopped to refer the traffic officer to him.
So that's what I did, drove it without plates to the MoT station, it passed so I drove it back home, then took my usual car and drove to the nearest DVLA office and registered the car. They even gave me a number of my choice from their list of numbers and were most helpful. Once I had the registration document I bought a set of plates, went home and fixed them, phoned the insurtance company with the registration and took the 911 out for a blast.
If he car currently has foreign plates on that makes it easier, although you need to insure it against the VIN number, as the foreign plates have no standing in the UK. They just keep the police away from stopping you for having no plates.

thats super useful cheers.