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there should be a law against the motor museum charging me 55 of her majesties finest coins for the heritage certificate and allowing 5 weeks for the pleasure of waiting . oh and another for dvla lightening my wallet of 50 quid and taking six weeks to get it registered.

Assuming that was you being funny?
 
Assuming that was you being funny?
a little facetious perhaps ,about what i perceive to be costly bureaucratic institutions. The last time i registered a car it was at my local office and took only 2 days. It was certainly quite tortuous waiting over 3 months to have my first drive on public roads. regards IAN
 
3 months!? Holy cow. Ours is instant -you walk in pay the cash, drive away (actually if you have your paperwork in order you can drive in to get it registered).
 
3 months!? Holy cow. Ours is instant -you walk in pay the cash, drive away (actually if you have your paperwork in order you can drive in to get it registered).

We have nowhere to walk into. You have to provide the paperwork, send it off to a nameless person in a nameless office, and if they agree, you get a positive reply. If not, they'll send back the paperwork, with more questions to be answered.

I've generally had a good response from them when dealing with Rovers - simply because they're not worth a huge amount. I have had issues with classic Jags in the past, to the point where they threatened to deregister my E-type while I was in Afghanistan, and accused me of falsifying the chassis plate - simply because they'd mixed up the letters and numbers on the V5 (logbook).

It took pictures of the original chassis plate, and copies of Heritage Certificates along with Jaguar reference books showing how the chassis number was formed, as well as the threat of legal action against them, before they issued a new V5 - but never admitting they were at fault.
 
....I prefer our system......

And I would have never thought of saying that about our Transport Department!!
 
We have nowhere to walk into. You have to provide the paperwork, send it off to a nameless person in a nameless office, and if they agree, you get a positive reply. If not, they'll send back the paperwork, with more questions to be answered.

I've generally had a good response from them when dealing with Rovers - simply because they're not worth a huge amount. I have had issues with classic Jags in the past, to the point where they threatened to deregister my E-type while I was in Afghanistan, and accused me of falsifying the chassis plate - simply because they'd mixed up the letters and numbers on the V5 (logbook).

It took pictures of the original chassis plate, and copies of Heritage Certificates along with Jaguar reference books showing how the chassis number was formed, as well as the threat of legal action against them, before they issued a new V5 - but never admitting they were at fault.

Hence my post #17
It is a must to photo copy everything you send to DVLA. Send a covering letter with your wishes clearly outlined, send the envelope well sealed and signed for recorded delivery, keep postage receipts and a time log, all in a file until you get a satisfactory conclusion.
 
Registered an ex US Honda motor bike with DVLA last year and it just took 7 days for V5C to arrive, followed by a letter 2 days later to say the Bike was registered and the V5C was on the way . Do not send any original documents unless they insist, send certified copies instead, as they can get lost in the system.
 
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