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Wow, that’s a nightmare.

A little while ago I looked at importing an used, unregistered 2016 motorcycle to the U.K. it was Euro3 compliant, which was correct for the year. But not correct for now of course.

I contacted the DVLA to try and find out the score. My biggest fear was importing it only to find it impossible to register. The DVLA could not answer me. We had a long and pretty incredible conversation that the Monty Python script writers would have been proud of. To no avail. In the end they basically said I should go ahead and import it, then start the process, then find out. When I pointed out that this may leave me with an expensive motorcycle that I can’t register, they said “we cannot help that”. Absolutely useless.

I have since spoken to a dealer who does EXACTLY what I was trying to do, and does it regularly and without issue!

Moral of the story? The laws are more complex than the people enforcing them can hope to properly understand or administer.

<blockquote data-quote="Fast Eddie" data-source="post: 461004" data-attributes="member: 5411">Wow, that’s a nightmare.A little while ago I looked at importing an used, unregistered 2016 motorcycle to the U.K. it was Euro3 compliant, which was correct for the year. But not correct for now of course. I contacted the DVLA to try and find out the score. My biggest fear was importing it only to find it impossible to register. The DVLA could not answer me. We had a long and pretty incredible conversation that the Monty Python script writers would have been proud of. To no avail. In the end they basically said I should go ahead and import it, then start the process, then find out. When I pointed out that this may leave me with an expensive motorcycle that I can’t register, they said “we cannot help that”. Absolutely useless.I have since spoken to a dealer who does EXACTLY what I was trying to do, and does it regularly and without issue!Moral of the story? The laws are more complex than the people enforcing them can hope to properly understand or administer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fast Eddie, post: 461004, member: 5411"] Wow, that’s a nightmare. A little while ago I looked at importing an used, unregistered 2016 motorcycle to the U.K. it was Euro3 compliant, which was correct for the year. But not correct for now of course. I contacted the DVLA to try and find out the score. My biggest fear was importing it only to find it impossible to register. The DVLA could not answer me. We had a long and pretty incredible conversation that the Monty Python script writers would have been proud of. To no avail. In the end they basically said I should go ahead and import it, then start the process, then find out. When I pointed out that this may leave me with an expensive motorcycle that I can’t register, they said “we cannot help that”. Absolutely useless. I have since spoken to a dealer who does EXACTLY what I was trying to do, and does it regularly and without issue! Moral of the story? The laws are more complex than the people enforcing them can hope to properly understand or administer. [/QUOTE]

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