Used car VRT procedure

[Rois]

I registered my car about 6 months after moving back from UK. It's also a model that's not sold in this country, so my Registration Documents just say "Unspecified Model" as does my motor tax disc!!

 

[allthedoyles]

Reg plate will be in the county of your postal address , regardless of what office you go to register car

 

[RS2K]

Done that, 2.0l titanium Cmax not on their system, they don't have the Cmax on there at all.

This is a different model to what they have as the Focus CMax

Different in name only I think.

 

[Ado]

I have had the misfortune to buy a car from the north back in October just before the economic downturn for which I could not drive as i was trying to sell my existing car to pay for the VRT.

Last week I sold my old car or should I say, almost gave it away in order to get my new car on the road. To my surprise, I contacted the VRT office to be told 1) the selling price for my new car had not been revised since July, 2008 and therefore, I will be paying well over the odds for a car that's value has reduced rapidly 2) Although BMW had been revised on the VRT Calculator, they will try and get to other cars!!! What does this mean...AHHH

I felt another way the government profiteering at the tax payers expense. With the local elections on the horizon, i felt duty bound to contact my local representative with a view of obtaining his support. Watch this space!!!