Registering a UK car in Ireland and getting insured help!

PalerPaul · 26-11-2009 3:55pm #1

I’m really hoping someone can help me out on something.

I recently got a given a car by a relation in the UK to help me learn to drive. It’s an old car and had lost most of its value with the new UK scrappage scheme.

At the moment it is in my car park (private land). I still have a provisional license. I plan to put my dad on the car and have me as a named driver while he helps me learn to drive. But this is where I have the problem.

To register the car over here, I have to fill in the forms (have all the Irish and UK ones sorted) and bring it to the VRT office. Fair play, can see why they would do that. Is it possible to get insured on a car that is UK plated and neither my Dad or I are on the UK documents as owning it (these documents will be changed to my name when we go to the VRT office)? Trying to do this by the book but no one at these places (VRT, Guards station etc) have a clue.

Kind of hit a wall with this and keen to get it sorted as soon as possible. Would really appreciate any help on it.

Thanks

2 Espressi · 26-11-2009 4:52pm

You seem to have called everyone else, why not ask your insurance company?

Worst case scenario they say no, and you trailer the car to the VRO for inspection.

I've insured cars in the past with no plates at all (JDM import) long enough to get them off the dock and to the VRT office. Should be the same for UK plates.

Marlow · 26-11-2009 5:47pm

If the car is over 4 years old, the VRO doesn't even want to look at your car.

You can get for example Quinn to give you insurance on a car, even though it's on UK reg. Just state, that you are importing it.

/M

CarMuppet · 26-11-2009 5:50pm

You can transfer an existing insurance policy temporarily to the UK Reg-ed car for a period of time (don't know time limit). This will allow you to drive the car to the VRO for inspection. Ask your Dad to use his policy maybe.... just make sure his own car is safe and locked up!

Don't know if you can kick off a new policy on UK plates; but can't see why not if you explain the situation to the insurance company. They don't care about reg numbers, VRT or tax etc..

I brought a car in from the UK last year on UK plates and drove it on my insurance policy for a few weeks. Hibernian even issued an insurance cert and disc with the UK reg on it.. when I got the IRL plate they simply re-issued the same with the new reg number...

Let us know how you get on....

CarMuppet · 26-11-2009 5:55pm

Marlow wrote: »

If the car is over 4 years old, the VRO doesn't even want to look at your car.

You can get for example Quinn to give you insurance on a car, even though it's on UK reg. Just state, that you are importing it.

/M

yea, if the car is under approx euro20k they don't want to see it..... forgot that...

Registering a UK car in Ireland and getting insured help!

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