Re: Historic Vehicle applications next week...?
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:54 am
Come on chaps, get ya £245 (or whatever it is now) ready.
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Dan 6511 wrote:I've sent mine off to DVLA now, however I think this is what will catch us out, not the registered date:
DVLA do specifically say the vehicle must be manufactured in 1980 to qualify, so I am sure it'll be rejected and sent back.
jerzybondov wrote:Good spot Dan. I wonder if we'll all get stitched up for another year?
jerzybondov wrote:Dan 6511 wrote:I wonder if we'll all get stitched up for another year?
Dan 6511 wrote:Also wondering if that 'manufactured 1981' statement will also screw up the MOT exemption as well. I suppose I'll find out when I try to tax it!
Rissy wrote:jerzybondov wrote:Dan 6511 wrote:I wonder if we'll all get stitched up for another year?
I hate to say it, and don't want to cause any arguments, but nobody is really being "stitched up". Cock ups from DVLA employees doesn't really replace the actual facts.
Apart from the very first prototype, there isn't a DeLorean out there which should legally be allowed to be claimed as a historical vehicle this year according to the rules of satisfaction for this status in the UK.
April '22 should be the earliest any DeLorean owners should hope to be able to initiate this claimed status, and even then only for 1981 models. '82 models waiting for April '23 and the few '83 models having to wait until April '24.
Dem be the rules. Anyone sideswiping the rules will be consequential fluke. It will be an exception, not a rule and shouldn't be counted as being typical in any regard.