Corsa project / Insurance / Tax

burtons

I've been watching a video on youtube where someone did a corsa project but how will this effect the insurance and tax if the car is still registered as a 1.2 on the V5 even though they changed the engine to a 1.8. The person did apply to the dvla about the conversion but they haven't said why dvla haven't changed the V5. He's now plans to insure and tax the car but he's planning on telling the insurance about all the mods so what will happen to any potential buyers that don't plan on telling the insurance.

Retrogamer

The insurance will be fine, if all is declared but the tax will be wrong.

Often the problem with the DVSA is that when you tell them you have changed the engine you need lots of proof such as an engineers report / receipt for the engine etc, and that's not always easy to get.

So it's common for people to tell the DVSA and if DVSA won't make the changes without all this evidence then they can try and use that as a defence if caught. i.e "i told the DVSA but they didn't believe me"

It would make emissions tests very difficult come MOT time though

burtons

Retrogamer wrote: »

It would make emissions tests very difficult come MOT time though

It's just passed the mot with no advisories.

Dekiany

Ahhh, savage garage :cool: . Are you going to buy it?

Scrapit

Retrogamer wrote: »

The insurance will be fine, if all is declared but the tax will be wrong.

Often the problem with the DVSA is that when you tell them you have changed the engine you need lots of proof such as an engineers report / receipt for the engine etc, and that's not always easy to get.

So it's common for people to tell the DVSA and if DVSA won't make the changes without all this evidence then they can try and use that as a defence if caught. i.e "i told the DVSA but they didn't believe me"

It would make emissions tests very difficult come MOT time though

Why would it effect emissions? A clean burning engine is clean regardless of size.

foxy-stoat

Scrapit wrote: »

Why would it effect emissions? A clean burning engine is clean regardless of size.

Because the emissions from a 1.2 ltr engine are less than from a 1.8 ltr engine and that is what the VED is based on.

Scrapit

foxy-stoat wrote: »

Because the emissions from a 1.2 ltr engine are less than from a 1.8 ltr engine and that is what the VED is based on.

But a clean running engine would probably still pass though wouldn't it? And VED based on emissions is for new vehicles, doesnt cover all vehicles.

Car_54

Scrapit wrote: »

But a clean running engine would probably still pass though wouldn't it? And VED based on emissions is for new vehicles, doesnt cover all vehicles.

Just all new vehicles since about 2005 .....

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I think you are at cross purposes.


Scrapit is asking why it wouldn't pass MOT, and of course it will, except there are some engines that are allowed a little leeway on the figures for HC that you might not get if the engine needed it and the registration says it doesn't. They don't measure the amount of CO2 at MOT.



For VED purposes they need the CO2 per km figure, which they won't have for the custom fit.



They won't measure it for a one-off, I would expect them to just stick it in the same VED band as those road-legal quadricycle off roaders and charge a set figure of £240 (TC39- light goods vehicle post 2001 below 3500kg)

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Car_54 wrote: »

Just all new vehicles since about 2005 .....

It came in with Y reg in March 2001. My X reg suzuki is miles cheaper on a below 1549cc VED (£140) compared to the Y reg version which are taxed on CO2 emissions (£250).

Scrapit

Car_54 wrote: »

Just all new vehicles since about 2005 .....

Yeah, so no where near all vehicles.