Whats involved buying a car from Isle of Man

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

Gents as per title, can anyone tell me exactly whats involved as you all may know there is a VR on the for sale thread that im interested in but a moajor sticking point is that its in the Isle of Man

 

and the fact they dont have MOT's

 

So basically want to know whats what???

 

Cheers in Advance Andy

[Walesy 0]

Its fairly simple I think dude, just buy it and when you get it over here and it's been registered in your name you can tax and MOT it.

[iow_corrado_g60 0]

Walesy so when registering mate,

 

literally ring up the DVLA and they will issue a new log book or?

 

i was worried a SVA test might be needed etc,

 

can I drive it england for a while without registering?

[dukest 0]

wasnt there an issue with VAT with the last one or was that going from Jersey to the IOM? cant remember which way round it was?!

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

Surely you only pay VAT on new items?

I don't see why you'd bother buying a new car from the IOM ;)

[VR6 0]

It's fairly straightforward - Walesy will know better than me as I know he's looked into it. I could tell you about bringing a car into the IOM though :)

 

MOT's not really an issue - ok we don't have one but I'm sure there's far shoddier cars that can pass an MOT that would fail a buyer's inspection.

 

VAT's not an issue either - that's only going to be new or commercial vehicals AFAIK.

[sprinterVR6 0]

''why buy from IOM''

 

Well I was very close to going over last year for a mint MK3 Golf GTi 16v. It ticked every single box.

Gleaming red w/tidy black trim (not faded), sunroof, RS4 Alloys, neat twin back box, the lot.

And I was coming from Ireland :lol:

 

If it's the car for him, then go get'm Tiger! :salute:

[Walesy 0]

Yeah, being a small island you can pick up some low mileage cars from the rock! And they're all loaded out there so they're usually well maintained and cheap to buy!

 

I only looked as far as my insurance, but they were fine with insuring me on it to drive it back - as far as the tax and MOT go, I would have thought that if you have all the documents to say you've just bought it, and you're insured, then you *should* be OK tbh! Being the responsible moderator I am though I would have to recommend you speak to the DVLA to get concrete information on it though mate, make sure you know you're above board before driving it on public roads! :grin: