by Rissy » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:39 pm
There's clearly huge discrepancies in information within the different departments of the DVLA on a per vehicle basis. It's pretty shocking actually.
The V5 is the thing which is first referred to (by the post office by the way!) when first starting out the process of claiming historic vehicle status (and therefore all the privileges which goes in hand with that). BUT, after first assessment, the "pack" for that vehicle gets sent to he DVLA for checking, and confirmation before the vehicle has its status adjusted and you are allowed to start operating under that description (you get your MOT-free vehicle Taxed with no money down).
As has clearly been discussed by many owners, me included; that their V5 document details do not match the Vehicle taxing web-page details. At some point, the two must have to be assessed against each other during the application checking and confirmation process (otherwise, what the hell is this process all about!?).
Only once all the vehicles details align, will the vehicle be classified to be a historic vehicle. (You'd expect)
I would encourage great reservation of expectation to anyone starting to down this line with a knowledge of misalignment in their vehicles documentation/statistics without either trying, or succeeding to have the discrepancies corrected. (trying to do this, of course you will probably have to provide proof of evidence to support claims) Otherwise the facts about your vehicle could come back to bite you in the arse if trying to claim too early (especially in the case of it being in an accident for insurance purposes - heaven forbid of course).
Of course, all my comments are being made based on the assumption that the DVLA has a modicum of sense and professionalism about them, which of course we all know, they don't.
Rissy
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