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Anyone buying a second hand vehicle might find these links useful.

http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp

will allow you to see the details the DVLA hold about the vehicle
(well, a limited subset anyway - enough to help verify the vehicle
legit)

and

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/html/home.html

will let you check the MOT status - if it has one of the new printed
out MOTs. You can even see if there were any advisories issued by
clicking "Request history".

Matt
 
On or around Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:29:33 +0200, Matthew Maddock
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Anyone buying a second hand vehicle might find these links useful.
>
>http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp
>
>will allow you to see the details the DVLA hold about the vehicle
>(well, a limited subset anyway - enough to help verify the vehicle
>legit)
>
>and
>
>http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/html/home.html
>
>will let you check the MOT status - if it has one of the new printed
>out MOTs. You can even see if there were any advisories issued by
>clicking "Request history".

you need the reference number off the reg doc for that one to work, though.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)
 
> you need the reference number off the reg doc for that one to work, though.

On the DVLA one you need it to check the V5 is genuine. but you can
still get some info by entering the reg. number and the vehicle
manufacturer.

On the VOSA one you need to number off the MOT cert. - but you can
easily get them from the vendor or just make a note and bring it home.
Or if you have a laptop and a mobile phone with you to check on the
spot with a GPRS connection :)

Still, they are both worth a look I reckon before buying if you are
a bit unsure.

Matt
 
On or around Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:46:32 +0200, Matthew Maddock
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>> you need the reference number off the reg doc for that one to work, though.
>
>On the DVLA one you need it to check the V5 is genuine. but you can
>still get some info by entering the reg. number and the vehicle
>manufacturer.
>
>On the VOSA one you need to number off the MOT cert. - but you can
>easily get them from the vendor or just make a note and bring it home.
>Or if you have a laptop and a mobile phone with you to check on the
>spot with a GPRS connection :)
>
>Still, they are both worth a look I reckon before buying if you are
>a bit unsure.

I for one would be wary about giving out reference numbers to all and
sundry, but yes, you could look at the document and make notes.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
George Orwell (1903 - 1950) Animal Farm
 

> I for one would be wary about giving out reference numbers to all and
> sundry, but yes, you could look at the document and make notes.

Yeah, know what you mean - I don't think I'd mind giving out a reference
number to someone who called, but when I sold the Espace a bloke phoned
me up and asked if I could fax him a copy of the V5! No bloody chance!!
Gave me some line about wanting to know exactly which model it was. He
wasn't happy with me just reading the model as written out to him over
the phone. Sounded very dodgy, especially as he wasn't English.

Matt
 
Wow it actually found one of my old Lambretta Scooters, says it is white, it
was blue when I left it.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Matthew Maddock" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> Anyone buying a second hand vehicle might find these links useful.
>
> http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp
>
> will allow you to see the details the DVLA hold about the vehicle
> (well, a limited subset anyway - enough to help verify the vehicle
> legit)
>
> and
>
> http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/html/home.html
>
> will let you check the MOT status - if it has one of the new printed
> out MOTs. You can even see if there were any advisories issued by
> clicking "Request history".
>
> Matt


 
What does it mean by date of liability then, I have found a former write off
with a date of liability long after I left it for scrap.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Matthew Maddock" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]...
> Anyone buying a second hand vehicle might find these links useful.
>
> http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp
>
> will allow you to see the details the DVLA hold about the vehicle
> (well, a limited subset anyway - enough to help verify the vehicle
> legit)
>
> and
>
> http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/html/home.html
>
> will let you check the MOT status - if it has one of the new printed
> out MOTs. You can even see if there were any advisories issued by
> clicking "Request history".
>
> Matt


 
Larry wrote:
> What does it mean by date of liability then, I have found a former write off
> with a date of liability long after I left it for scrap.

I think it is the date it is taxed until IIRC. Don't know why
it would say that - unless someone has revived it?!

Matt
 
On or around Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:33:35 +0200, Matthew Maddock
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Larry wrote:
>> What does it mean by date of liability then, I have found a former write off
>> with a date of liability long after I left it for scrap.
>
>I think it is the date it is taxed until IIRC. Don't know why
>it would say that - unless someone has revived it?!

that's my understanding but it's also the date at which you have to re-apply
for SORN.

and who was responsible for that bit of crappy programming? wonder how much
that costs in extra admin every year? I bet it's not as much as they gather
in penalties for not doing it. FFS, once it's off the road, it's off the
road, until such time as it goes back on the road (if it does) and at that
point it's liable for tax again. I can't see any good reason for having to
declare something off-road every year.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".
 
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:41:42 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

> ...
> I can't see any good reason for having to
> declare something off-road every year.

I can't see the reason for the sorn declaration at all.

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8
 
Serves no purpose at all. (Its illegal to use the vehicle on the road
whether you declare sorn or not).

Its so they can charge for it in the future!!!



"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:eek:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:41:42 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> I can't see any good reason for having to
>> declare something off-road every year.
>
> I can't see the reason for the sorn declaration at all.
>
> --
> William Tasso
>
> Land Rover - 110 V8
> Discovery - V8


 
William Tasso <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I can't see any good reason for having to
>> declare something off-road every year.
>
> I can't see the reason for the sorn declaration at all.

But to a goverment there is the best reason in the world.
Tax.
Taxes are the reason for goverments.
Historically tax is the only reason for goverments.
Why bother to rule people if they don't pay you for doing it?

If you don't file for SORN you are 'admiting' you owe tax.
Naturally they insist you renew.
We are lucky we don't have to get an official inspection with
a fee before we can scrap something and stop being liable for tax.

HTH
nigelH



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> We are lucky we don't have to get an official inspection with
> a fee before we can scrap something and stop being liable for tax.

Don't give them ideas!!
 
On Tuesday, in article
<[email protected]>
[email protected] "Austin Shackles" wrote:

> On or around Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:33:35 +0200, Matthew Maddock
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >Larry wrote:
> >> What does it mean by date of liability then, I have found a former write off
> >> with a date of liability long after I left it for scrap.
> >
> >I think it is the date it is taxed until IIRC. Don't know why
> >it would say that - unless someone has revived it?!
>
> that's my understanding but it's also the date at which you have to re-apply
> for SORN.
>
> and who was responsible for that bit of crappy programming? wonder how much
> that costs in extra admin every year? I bet it's not as much as they gather
> in penalties for not doing it. FFS, once it's off the road, it's off the
> road, until such time as it goes back on the road (if it does) and at that
> point it's liable for tax again. I can't see any good reason for having to
> declare something off-road every year.

Doesn't matter what you call that outfit in Swansea this week, their
computer records are unreliable. The Police don't trust them. It's not
much different, from their PoV, from the problem of a witness
misremembering the vehicle number.

And the whole business of congestion charging, speed cameras, and the
looming track-every-vehicle insanity, while there might be better input
data, founders on a central record system which can't even maintain
self-consistency.

(I may have mentioned the business of the combine harvester reported in
a supermarket car park, two years after I sold it.)

Incidentally, all this big brother stuff is one reason for the SORN. Not
that anyone seems to care that a vehicle might be carrying false plates.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."
 
So they can max out there revenue, I guess they are worried that something
that has been lying around in a field for years might sneak back on the road
and deprive them of a paltry sum.


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:eek:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:41:42 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I can't see the reason for the sorn declaration at all.
>
> --
> William Tasso
>
> Land Rover - 110 V8
> Discovery - V8


 
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