Thanks for your feedback. yes we definitely saved on the VRT but the real sweetner was going to be the low motor tax.
We are going to try and do battle with them anyway, sure no harm in trying.
Very disappointed and I feel really stupid for making such a fundamental error, because all the documents I read said "newly imported vehicles" not "imported new vehicles"
As for this government and Gormless Gromley, oh man! The 9 o'clock news made for pretty grim viewing tonight, I thought, personally.