Vehicle & Technical > Series Land Rovers
Tax Exempt?
S188:
Bodywork means nothing! Its the chassis that carrys the identity. The body isn't even on the points system! All these land rovers you see around with series bodys on range rover chassis are eather still classed as a range rover by DVLA, a modified vehicle if they have a Q plate. The exceptions to this are the ones built years ago when the regulations were lax. Thats why you sometimes get something very range roverish carrying a series 1 ID. Very handy for tax but its now ilegal to do such a conversion today and use a landy ID, it's be classed radicly modified. That doesn't mean these vehicles are ilegal because they heve been like that for ages. Whats less clear is how do you tell how long somethings been radicly modifield for? best ask an owner so such a motor what his V5C and MOTs say about it.
In short these days I think you'll be getting into Q plate teratory on anything thats got a wheelbase different to how that chassis was built (ie 100in for a rangie) if you play by the rules. If you bend the rules you may get away with it, or you might get it crushed.
ed209:
Excellent
I'll have the hybrid that's been parked in a field near mine since it was built in 1999-2000 less hassle than a Q and keep the exemption
Rambler-Dents:
--- Quote from: "S188" --- The exceptions to this are the ones built years ago when the regulations were lax. Thats why you sometimes get something very range roverish carrying a series 1 ID. . . .
. . . . . That doesn't mean these vehicles are ilegal because they heve been like that for ages.
--- End quote ---
These vehicles are illegal and always have been. The reason why they were able to be built is because it used to be easy for people to ignore the rules, which many of them did.
Under the points system the key wording with regard to the vehicle's chassis is 'original and unmodified'. If your 'Series I' or whatever it looks like is on coil springs and masquerading as tax-exempt you are living on borrowed time.
The DVLA are now clamping down on all this rule-bending. If you get hauled in for inspection with a dodgy registration you will have problems.
Paul Woodward:
I love your avatar and sig :lol: :lol:
Rambler-Dents:
Thanks :lol:
I've got a bee in my bonnet over that lot! :twisted:
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