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nrth reg car in the republic

beargrisley · 2010-03-04 15:21:39

hi all, ive bought a car from the nrth 1mth ago,changed my insurance over to it,no problem there,until i received a letter from quinn this morning telling me that they were going to cancel my insurance in 2 weeks time unless i changed the reg to an irish plate.the car has 12mths NI road tax as well as 12mths MOT.made me…

04-03-2010 4:21pm

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beargrisley

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hi all,

ive bought a car from the nrth 1mth ago,changed my insurance over to it,no problem there,until i received a letter from quinn this morning telling me that they were going to cancel my insurance in 2 weeks time unless i changed the reg to an irish plate.the car has 12mths NI road tax as well as 12mths MOT.made me think is this still legit in the south?

i was thinking what the hell has this got to do with them?why even bother insuring me in the first place?
anyone else been in this situation?

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#2 04-03-2010 4:25pm

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Are you a permanent resident in the republic?

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#3 04-03-2010 4:25pm

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You have to import properly and pay VRT .. you can't insure a UK or NI car in ROI. The reason they let you do it up front is so you are insured while driving it and waiting to re register ... but there's a time limit !
Only other option is if you have friends or family North of the Border who'll let you insure at their address.

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#4 04-03-2010 4:28pm

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This isn't going to end well.

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#5 04-03-2010 4:29pm

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beargrisley wrote: »

hi all,

ive bought a car from the nrth 1mth ago,changed my insurance over to it,no problem there,until i received a letter from quinn this morning telling me that they were going to cancel my insurance in 2 weeks time unless i changed the reg to an irish plate.the car has 12mths NI road tax as well as 12mths MOT.made me think is this still legit in the south?

i was thinking what the hell has this got to do with them?why even bother insuring me in the first place?
anyone else been in this situation?

All insurance companies will do this from now on. Either own, VRT and tax the car legally in the ROI or it'll be impounded. You're evading tax if you do otherwise.

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#6 04-03-2010 4:31pm

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beargrisley wrote: »

.made me think is this still legit in the south?
?

Yeah right you did. Pony up the cash like the rest of us.

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#7 04-03-2010 4:32pm

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beargrisley wrote: »

made me think is this still legit in the south?

If it was legit, you'd see nothing but yellow reg's on the road down here!

It's legit for a northern resident to use their car down here, providing they are still living in the North for a good proportion of the year (not sure of the duration)

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#8 04-03-2010 4:32pm

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Linked to this...guess a lot of people getting letters soon

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055819750&highlight=finance

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#9 04-03-2010 4:33pm

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would you not have thought to check stuff like this before buying up north?
:rolleyes:

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#10 04-03-2010 4:33pm

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If you're a resident of the Republic of Ireland and want to drive your new purchase here then you should have declared your car within the day to the Revenue so (unfortunately) they can hit you with a nice VRT bill.

link

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#11 04-03-2010 4:44pm

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All I can add is :

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#12 04-03-2010 4:59pm

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I don't think there is a need to let this continue.

OP if you are a resident in the Republic you need to pay VRT for your car. What your insurance company is doing is perfectly legit

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