"John Page" <
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> Does anyone know if it is possible to get the registration changed for a
> 110 CSW if you take out the rear seats, My wife's license will not
> let her drive anything that seats more then 8+driver and as it's a medical
> thing it can't be changed. We really wand a defender with a 2 + 3 seat
> configuration and crew cabs are very pricey.
>
> So can we take a 110 with 12 seats, take out center front and rear bench
> and then get it classified as a 5 seater?
>
> John
>
> Kangoo 4x4 - soon to be suplemented I hope
John,
It is not the seats - it is literally the number of people you carry . Try
having an accident in a Fiesta with six up and see what happens.
To elaborate: Technically you do not even need to take out the seats. All
the preserved buses etc. that you see at vintage rallies have more than
eight but unless you have an appropriate licence you cannot carry more than
eight passengers or your insurance is in-valid. Nobody ever checks, as such,
but if there was an accident then witnesses could be asked and there would
be trouble. To avoid complication you could indeed take out the extra seats
in your Landy (as I have done on my 110, but to gain space) and nobody could
dispute the fact that you might have had more than eight passengers. You
simply declare the number of seats to your insurance company and that is
that. I'm not even sure that it is possible to re-register the vehicle as
different from standard, because the DVLA computer does not like things that
cannot be neatly standardised. They are mostly concerned with regulating
crime through the use of traceable numbers. Your insurance company are much
more interested in the fine details of your car and take what you say as
correct - but if it is wrong (new powerful engine, wrong number of seats,
fitted anti theft device etc.) and you declare incorrectly then the
insurance is invalid from day one. Declare everything correctly: No
problem.
Nick Webster
110 TD5, CPC & PCV licence holder