URGENT - advice needed - My mates freshly imported Integrea impounded by Police!
- Thread starter Dave.
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Jay
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No worries Dave, easy mistake.
My advice is to make the first call to WRC and the second call to DVLA. The third call should be to a good solictor who will use the info from the first and second calls to offer sound legal advice.
From that point he will be in a better position to talk to the police.
Sounds like a messup between the trader and the DVLA so it shouldn't be too difficult to sort. Just a pity it's over xmas mate.
My advice is to make the first call to WRC and the second call to DVLA. The third call should be to a good solictor who will use the info from the first and second calls to offer sound legal advice.
From that point he will be in a better position to talk to the police.
Sounds like a messup between the trader and the DVLA so it shouldn't be too difficult to sort. Just a pity it's over xmas mate.
Monkfish
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Have you tried checking the reg plate against the DVLA Database to see what it comes up as?
As already said though. Telephone. WRC Sales. Hell. Go!
As already said though. Telephone. WRC Sales. Hell. Go!
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Dave.
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Well, the car is still in the impound lot, the DVLA check comes up all ok, and the V5 my mate has for the car is all correct, and the car is showing registered correctly to his name and address too, with no discrepancies in the make/model/details at all...
He's been in the police station all day today trying to sort this out, i'll let you all know how it goes.
Dave
He's been in the police station all day today trying to sort this out, i'll let you all know how it goes.
Dave
hardcoreep
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This is hilarious. How do you register an Integra as a motorcycle?
sx_turbo
Lifer
sounds like the police made a cock up originally and looked up the registration wrong, as dave said every thing checks out ok.
the downside is the the police have found another discrepency....... or have they????
sounds like a classic case of police not wanting to admit they have made a mistake.
the downside is the the police have found another discrepency....... or have they????
sounds like a classic case of police not wanting to admit they have made a mistake.
Damage
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Ditto ... how did they go wrong registered as a motorcycle to the code number beings played with ...
Monkfish
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If the chassis number has indeed been tampered with as the Police are stating, tell your mate to speak with the importers as that is something that should be checked against the Japanese documents, assuming the car has any.
There are 3 possibilites...
Either way, he should seek legal advise from a solicitor.
Your mate may also want to ask the Police how it is they know it's registered as a motorcycle despite the DVLA computer and V5 stating otherwise. If a registration check with the DVLA states that that given reg plate is an Integra, then that is what the plate is registered to. The DVLA is the sole database for vehicle registrations, meaning that if his plate is showing as a motorbike, it is entirely possible that the plate has been duplicated (As in, there is an illegal motorcycle in the UK with the same plate reported as stolen) or that the DVLA plain fucked up. This is all bollocks though if the VIN plates have indeed been tampered with.
Go young Clueso, go investimigate! :homer:
There are 3 possibilites...
- It was tampered with in Japan, given false documents and the importers honestly didn't know.
- It was tampered with in Japan, given false documents and the importers knew.
- The importers tampered with the car when it arrived in the UK.
Either way, he should seek legal advise from a solicitor.
Your mate may also want to ask the Police how it is they know it's registered as a motorcycle despite the DVLA computer and V5 stating otherwise. If a registration check with the DVLA states that that given reg plate is an Integra, then that is what the plate is registered to. The DVLA is the sole database for vehicle registrations, meaning that if his plate is showing as a motorbike, it is entirely possible that the plate has been duplicated (As in, there is an illegal motorcycle in the UK with the same plate reported as stolen) or that the DVLA plain fucked up. This is all bollocks though if the VIN plates have indeed been tampered with.
Go young Clueso, go investimigate! :homer:
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sx_turbo
Lifer
the police computers are linked direct to the DVLA, so if everything is correct as dave said, then im afraid the police have made a monumental fuckup.
i really cant see the VIN plates being tampered with. Theres a lot of restrictions and rules in place to prevent this. although im not saying its not possible.
Dave.
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^ I find it hard to believe the car has been tampered with too, WRC Sales are a very reputable company, and this kind of bad publicity wouldn't be worth the money in a situation like theirs...
I spoke to a few folk i know who are in the Police, and they said that any discrepancies like that mean the car has to be impounded pending further investigation, what i can't understand, much like everyone else here, is how (on two seperate occasions, two different sets of police officers and two different places entirely) the car could be stopped for the same reason, given that all the documentation, and the DVLA themselves all stating everything is good.
Because its happened twice, i can't see it being a Police mistake? If that makes sense?
Rather like when i got my last car, the plate seems to have been registered to something else previously, and when i used my old starlets reg plate anywhere (insurance websites etc), it came up as a Toyota Hilux...
Now all my documentation was indeed correct, and the only reason i could think of was that it was perhaps previously on a Toyota Hilux at some point (my on registration plate i mean). Perhaps this is the same confusion, but worse because his plate was on a motorcycle previously? (Perhaps scrapped, deported, written off or whatever)
Its food for thought, but who knows what the deal really is
Either way, the only possible outcome i find reasonable is a DVLA/Police mixup
Dave
I spoke to a few folk i know who are in the Police, and they said that any discrepancies like that mean the car has to be impounded pending further investigation, what i can't understand, much like everyone else here, is how (on two seperate occasions, two different sets of police officers and two different places entirely) the car could be stopped for the same reason, given that all the documentation, and the DVLA themselves all stating everything is good.
Because its happened twice, i can't see it being a Police mistake? If that makes sense?
Rather like when i got my last car, the plate seems to have been registered to something else previously, and when i used my old starlets reg plate anywhere (insurance websites etc), it came up as a Toyota Hilux...
Now all my documentation was indeed correct, and the only reason i could think of was that it was perhaps previously on a Toyota Hilux at some point (my on registration plate i mean). Perhaps this is the same confusion, but worse because his plate was on a motorcycle previously? (Perhaps scrapped, deported, written off or whatever)
Its food for thought, but who knows what the deal really is
Either way, the only possible outcome i find reasonable is a DVLA/Police mixup Dave
Monkfish
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What was the reason for the car being pulled over on the two occasions? From the original post, I see that not wearing a seat belt was one reason, but what was the reason on the other occasion?
Something is not making sense here. It is entirely possible the DVLA monumentally fucked up in not amending the database to remove a certain plate from a motorcycle (for whatever reason), which was then added to your mates car, but then surely if the database hadn't been amended, the plate would not have been issued as it's a duplicate?
Something is not making sense here. It is entirely possible the DVLA monumentally fucked up in not amending the database to remove a certain plate from a motorcycle (for whatever reason), which was then added to your mates car, but then surely if the database hadn't been amended, the plate would not have been issued as it's a duplicate?