dragon2309
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Registered: 1st Mar 09
Location: Strood, Kent
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Do the rules still apply to imports where you cant make the car newer than the date/reg it was manufactured? I'm gettigna skyline imported, and I'm buying a private reg for it beginning with "R33". R reg in the UK means it has to be '97 I think.
Say the import was manufactured in '96, and I buy the plate before it gets registered in the UK, could I give it that plate or will the UK rule that it has to be '97 still apply?
Reason I ask is that I've seen imports for sale on ebya and the like with really new plates on them, but they are old models, maybe someone at the DVLA fucked up or somethign and gave it a current plate, not sure, but I've definitely seen it.
Obviously the simplest solution is to jsut wait for a '97 or newer skyline to come up in japan and buy that, lol, but being able to buy from before then would broaden the searches somewhat.
Cheers all.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Needs to be August 97 to go on an R plate.
Can be registered late, but that's based on its first use. Same as if you didn't register a UK car until the following year.
But if its been used, it'll get the date of first use.
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dragon2309
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Registered: 1st Mar 09
Location: Strood, Kent
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Ah okay, so being an import doesnt change the rules at all then, cheers.
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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You ones you see on ebay will probably either be photoshopped on or just show plates?
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Make sure you don't get fucked by the Passenger air-bag rules...
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