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Converting and exporting a commercial 4x4

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  • 10-08-2007 2:06pm
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    dubstub
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I was hoping someone could help me with a query:
    Last year I bought a commercial vehicle through my company.
    I've since moved to the UK and I'm winding up my old company. I was going to sell the jeep but am now considering re-regging it on UK plates.
    What I'd like to do is get it converted back to a passenger vehicle with the seats and windows put back into the back and register it in the UK as a standard car not commercial van. Does anyone know if this is possible and legal?
    I love the jeep and want to keep it but not enough to de-value it to hell by bringing it over here as a commercial vehicle and never being able to sell the thing!


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Sell it and buy a passenger in the UK. Will work out cheaper and less hassle in the long run.


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,454 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    many commercial jeeps have had the seatbelt mountings welded ver or cut out making refitting seatbelts difficult or unsafe


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    dubstub
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭dubstub


    Thanks for the reply lads but I'm now living in the UK and I need to do something with the jeep; either sell it or import it to the UK. There's no way I'm importing it as a commercial vehicle and I haven't had any offers to buy it so I'm kinda stuck.
    It's a 2006 Touareg and in great condition and I love it but I need more than 2 seats. I've heard there are places up north that can convert them back but does anyone know for sure? Also, I am not sure about the legal aspects, if I then try to re-import it back to Ireland a year down the road, will the Revenue be after me as it'll now be a passenger?
    It would of course be easier to sell it and buy something else over here, especially as I'll be here for long enough to bring it back to Ireland with me, but the buyers ain't biting!


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