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Post by stevieh on Jul 26, 2005 14:38:23 GMT
My qt11 arrives on thursday, so i will need to take the paperwork to Portsmouth to get it Registered. IF i get a jobs worth behind the counter, what info can I tell them to convince them the cert of conf is OK.? Has anyone any experience of the the portsmouth dvla?
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Post by Ginger Phil on Jul 26, 2005 14:45:29 GMT
You need an insurance certificate before you can register it and according to Kitten (in the Trouble With Certificate of Conformity topic) the bike must be less than two weeks old. My advice is if they question the certificate just ask to see a manager as it seems that everyone who has stood their ground gets their bike registered in the end. Keep us informed chap!!  |
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Post by stevieh on Jul 26, 2005 17:44:53 GMT
Hi, will do. Re insurance, I was quoted £109 third party with lexus, but today given another quote of £90 with KGM (through Bennetts) which included punture breakdown cover. So i'll go with them i think.
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Post by Ginger Phil on Jul 26, 2005 17:48:30 GMT
Ninety quid? Can't be bad. |
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Post by stevieh on Jul 26, 2005 17:51:43 GMT
Thats with no claims too, cheaper next year then  |
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Post by Ginger Phil on Jul 26, 2005 17:53:42 GMT
Cheapest I could find was £130 TPFT with 0 years NCB. The thing with bloody insurance companies is once you've signed on the dotted line they've got you by the short & curlies for a year or you have to pay an "admin" charge.  Only about 10 months to go....  |
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Post by stevieh on Jul 26, 2005 18:01:17 GMT
They are also trying to sell me some policy that covers me if im sick long term for £25. Dont want that though. If im that sick i wont be needing the bike, and cancel my insurance.
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Post by drzoom on Jul 26, 2005 20:24:33 GMT
if you've held a car licence for a few years without any trouble then scooter insurance should be very cheap. I pay £120 for my Honda 125cc scoot, but that includes legal cover, puncture breakdown service....and the extra £20 they charged me after my disagreement with a speed camera....  |
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Post by Ginger Phil on Jul 27, 2005 5:37:12 GMT
I've had my car license since 1993 but £130 was the best I could find.  |
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Post by f1mad on Jul 27, 2005 10:38:07 GMT
"the bike must be less than two weeks old."
I had planned to buy a scooter now and wait till september to get it registered on a "55" plate, but I guess this means I'll need to buy the bike nearer the time?
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Post by Ginger Phil on Jul 27, 2005 11:59:48 GMT
"the bike must be less than two weeks old." I had planned to buy a scooter now and wait till september to get it registered on a "55" plate, but I guess this means I'll need to buy the bike nearer the time? Even then I bet there's no guarantee they won't make you take a test. |
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Post by weeyin on Jul 27, 2005 12:37:12 GMT
So how does the two weeks old bit work, surely these bikes have been sitting in warehouses after being imported for weeks, even months? There wasnt even a date on the import docs when i bought the bike, i just filled it in myself, dating it a few days before i was registering it. I also completed the "certificate of newness" myself and signed it on behalf of the importer, i had no probs at all with any paperwork. If anyone has problems go to Glasgow DVLA (obviously if its close enough) they seem to know what they're doing.
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Post by f1mad on Jul 27, 2005 12:39:59 GMT
Yeh thats what I was thinking about, the bikes are already months old, might just buy it and if its dated in anyway I'll just have to register it before september
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Post by Ginger Phil on Jul 27, 2005 12:45:45 GMT
Months old? Try years old!!  Thanks to a copper on a local car forum we found out that my bike was built in 2002. |
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