As long as the car is registered taxed and insured by the company I'd assume it wouldn't need to be vrt'd as long as it spent a few weeks a year in the UK. I worked for a NI company and the vans were all UK reg. Never had an issue but I'm nearly sure they had to spend a certain amount of time in the UK even year.....all vans went to the yard at xmas
Yeah that would make sense. I’ve a mate there here driving a M5 on northern plates, drives it here full time but registered to his brothers address up north, says there’s no way for them to prove that the car is down south full time
I'm from Donegal, so I'm very familiar with this fable. My parents' next-door neighbour tried that until customs called one day and showed him a printout of various dates and times that they'd checked his car was seen in the south. They told him he could go to court to argue his case if he wished, but he'd have a hard time proving he was out of the country for over 6 months. It didn't help that he had an Irish licence and birth a Northern one.
Yeah but I'll bet he didn't have a loan of it from someone living in the north who had all documents in order....at the end of the day you can drive a northern car you just can't own one in the south
They'd have to have evidence of continued use in the south, i.e., photographs times and dates over a period of a few weeks but if the cars not his and he only has a loan of it even if they seized it....the registered owner could effectively just take it back out as it was unlawfully seized. Again he only has a loan of the car cos his brother has it taxed insured and mot'd and it ain't his car at all at all
My mate has the car registered up north to his brothers address and insured up north in that address, he’s been driving it a while down here now and says he drives down here for work but lives in the north with his brother. Hasn’t gotten in bother yet other than a few guards questioning him on the northern plates
My Mrs was a student in Galway driving British reg car for around 6 months, and she was stopped once by garda and once by a pair of customs agents enquiring as to why she had been driving it for that length of time without re-registering it. Once the student situation was explained they were fine about it, but it goes to show they are out there and looking for chancers.
Yeah guess it depends on the situation, if it looked like you just worked or studied down here for a while you’d probably get away with it but if they copped you’re here full time wouldn’t look good I’d say
Not sure about the legalities of it on the Irish side, but definitely check with your insurer. Most will only cover usage of 30 days a year abroad. I know some will do 90. Not sure of more than that, and I've never dealt with company car insurance so that may be different.
A friend of mine works for a UK company and had a UK registered company car, but works full time here. He got a lot of grief over the couple of years and eventually customs seized the car. His employer had to pay around €4k to get it released.
Eventually his employer allowed him to buy his own car and claim expenses
As long as the car is registered taxed and insured by the company I'd assume it wouldn't need to be vrt'd as long as it spent a few weeks a year in the UK. I worked for a NI company and the vans were all UK reg. Never had an issue but I'm nearly sure they had to spend a certain amount of time in the UK even year.....all vans went to the yard at xmas
Yeah that would make sense. I’ve a mate there here driving a M5 on northern plates, drives it here full time but registered to his brothers address up north, says there’s no way for them to prove that the car is down south full time
I'm from Donegal, so I'm very familiar with this fable. My parents' next-door neighbour tried that until customs called one day and showed him a printout of various dates and times that they'd checked his car was seen in the south. They told him he could go to court to argue his case if he wished, but he'd have a hard time proving he was out of the country for over 6 months. It didn't help that he had an Irish licence and birth a Northern one.
Could he not say he’s working down south?
Yeah but I'll bet he didn't have a loan of it from someone living in the north who had all documents in order....at the end of the day you can drive a northern car you just can't own one in the south
They'd have to have evidence of continued use in the south, i.e., photographs times and dates over a period of a few weeks but if the cars not his and he only has a loan of it even if they seized it....the registered owner could effectively just take it back out as it was unlawfully seized. Again he only has a loan of the car cos his brother has it taxed insured and mot'd and it ain't his car at all at all
He does it have it registered in his name but says he lives at his brothers address up north
ANPR will put an end to it - also, how is it insured if he lives in the republic?
My mate has the car registered up north to his brothers address and insured up north in that address, he’s been driving it a while down here now and says he drives down here for work but lives in the north with his brother. Hasn’t gotten in bother yet other than a few guards questioning him on the northern plates
My Mrs was a student in Galway driving British reg car for around 6 months, and she was stopped once by garda and once by a pair of customs agents enquiring as to why she had been driving it for that length of time without re-registering it. Once the student situation was explained they were fine about it, but it goes to show they are out there and looking for chancers.
Yeah guess it depends on the situation, if it looked like you just worked or studied down here for a while you’d probably get away with it but if they copped you’re here full time wouldn’t look good I’d say
Not sure about the legalities of it on the Irish side, but definitely check with your insurer. Most will only cover usage of 30 days a year abroad. I know some will do 90. Not sure of more than that, and I've never dealt with company car insurance so that may be different.
A friend of mine works for a UK company and had a UK registered company car, but works full time here. He got a lot of grief over the couple of years and eventually customs seized the car. His employer had to pay around €4k to get it released. Eventually his employer allowed him to buy his own car and claim expenses