Uprating a previously downrated vehicle?
Uprating a previously downrated vehicle?
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Slow

Original Poster:

6,973 posts

166 months

Monday 12th July 2021
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About to register my fresh import pickup. 4900kg gvwr is factory weight.

I only have a B licence so going to register it at 3500kg (it weighs like 2700) by just reducing the payload.

At a later date I get my C1 licence is it just a case of sending something off to dvla to rate it back to 4900kg?

Pica-Pica

16,568 posts

113 months

Monday 12th July 2021
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So are you going to fake the VIN too?

Slow

Original Poster:

6,973 posts

166 months

Monday 12th July 2021
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Pica-Pica said:
So are you going to fake the VIN too?
What?

People downrate transit vans etc all the time from 4 ton to 3.5 ton. Almost every american pickup I have seen for sale has been downrated to 3.5 ton for the average buyer. Was wondering if you can just uprate it again at a later date back to how it was if I was to do my test.