V5 documentation
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Anyone knows where I can get a V5C or how do I contact the insurance company that has the V5C document .
Bought a Cat B car and it has been exported , it had a light damage and car is now running well.
It’s a 2020 model , the country I am exporting it too is a 3rd world country and asking for Cat B. Showed them the BL and all documents but they still insist on V5C.
Anyone can help ?
Bought a Cat B car and it has been exported , it had a light damage and car is now running well.
It’s a 2020 model , the country I am exporting it too is a 3rd world country and asking for Cat B. Showed them the BL and all documents but they still insist on V5C.
Anyone can help ?
992porsche said:
Yes, I wrote to DVLA and they said the same thing .
Is there any other documentation beside the V5c I can use to identity the car.
Thanks
Then you know the answer and are asking the wrong people I think. You need to ask the authorities of the 3rd world country it's going to surely?Is there any other documentation beside the V5c I can use to identity the car.
Thanks
992porsche said:
Very strange law as it should just be deemed not suitable for UK roads or Eu.
They can always blacklist the chassis / Vin numbers so it can never be driven on UK roads
It's to prevent scum exporting and then importing them backThey can always blacklist the chassis / Vin numbers so it can never be driven on UK roads
It's also to prevent someone buying one to use it's ID on a stolen car
BertBert said:
Then you know the answer and are asking the wrong people I think. You need to ask the authorities of the 3rd world country it's going to surely?
Those people just want the usual documents , I guess I would just share the email that DVLA shared with them and see how it goes . 992porsche said:
Oh well, such a waste when the cars they deemed cat B especially with flood damaged is deemed a parts card is basically useless .
The car isn’t useless - it can be broken for parts to keep other porkas on the road, just this car itself cannot be put back on the road - which prevents people stealing cars and ringing them (in theory)To be fair to the OP I too have wondered this myself in the past as while the Cat B classification *usually* refers to cars that have been in a really REALLY horrific accident, the Cat B class is also used for fire and flood damage, due to a chemical contamination risk.
Certainly when it comes to some more special, classic or "potential" classic cars, a bit of fire damage or flood damage should not make the car un-repairable (see what wrecks are dredged out of barns 50 years later...). Acquiring these Cat B cars is the first hurdle, but clearly the OP has laid his hands on it, as others often manage to as well.
In any case, it is perfectly *legal* to export a Cat B car (unless someone can point to some legislation that says otherwise). It is up to the 3rd country to either accept it as a car, as a box of parts, or reject it, based on its own rules. MOST countries (I've exported a car to another EU market in the past) will want to see a valid set of "ownership papers" which is usually satisfied via the V5 registration document (the irony being that it says "not proof of ownership on it"). If you can't satisfy their requirements, you're stuffed. Look for another country to export it to.
However, I do believe you can legally get it back on the road here, via IVA (Basic Scheme). You'd need a new VIN and a new registration, therefore the car will always be "marked", but once again, I can think of a number of examples where even that is still worthwhile pursuing.
Certainly when it comes to some more special, classic or "potential" classic cars, a bit of fire damage or flood damage should not make the car un-repairable (see what wrecks are dredged out of barns 50 years later...). Acquiring these Cat B cars is the first hurdle, but clearly the OP has laid his hands on it, as others often manage to as well.
In any case, it is perfectly *legal* to export a Cat B car (unless someone can point to some legislation that says otherwise). It is up to the 3rd country to either accept it as a car, as a box of parts, or reject it, based on its own rules. MOST countries (I've exported a car to another EU market in the past) will want to see a valid set of "ownership papers" which is usually satisfied via the V5 registration document (the irony being that it says "not proof of ownership on it"). If you can't satisfy their requirements, you're stuffed. Look for another country to export it to.
However, I do believe you can legally get it back on the road here, via IVA (Basic Scheme). You'd need a new VIN and a new registration, therefore the car will always be "marked", but once again, I can think of a number of examples where even that is still worthwhile pursuing.
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