Matt H
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I already think that paying money to put a number plate you own onto a piece of paper is a joke, the fact that the charge is £105 makes it a lot worse. Hardly a case of it being to "cover administration costs" 
But I gave in & went to my local DVLA office, happy in the knowledge that I was about to wait around for a long time in an un-air conditioned room full of idiots who don't know how to fill in forms. They don't have lines painted on the ground to mark out the spaces in the car park (Some places do have them, proof that the north is infact more technologically advanced than southerners first think). This is a blessing in disguise as the people who are visiting today are clearly not ready for such decision making situations. I make my own space, blocking the exit to the staff car park.
I go inside & there is a gay man talking on the phone. I thought this was odd. He must not be from round here. Go into the waiting room & its full of people from all ethnic backgrounds. Theres a woman applying for her provisional, she can't read, speak or understand English. Not only this but she's wearing glasses & keeps cupping her ear to try to hear the fella who works there. I hope she decides not to apply, but I think she could be the valet parker by the looks of the car park. He has a clipboard, bet he wants to hit her with it. I almost asked to borrow it.
There was a Jamaican bloke there, they talk really odd. But funny at the same time. He took some orbit chewing gum out of his pocket, was going to offer him some Trident chewy gum to see if it had the same effect on all of them but I didn't. I'll probably never get the opputunity again.
Played guess the car game with the people currently being served. I was quite good. The guy who looked & talked like a pikey was changing his address. Bet he comes here often. I guessed him right, the white transit van that had seen better days. It didn't have a tow bar. This was odd, just like the gay owning a motorbike. The roads are bumpy round here though.
At one stage all the women were stood up & all the men had sat in the seats. Women - know your rights. Then the woman who couldn't do English sat down in the place where the clipboard guy was sat, he'd nipped off to get a form for someone. He wasn't impressed. He went out of the room for a bit & came back with a bigger clipboard made from wood. She deserved a clip round the earhole for stealing his seat, she deserved the board bit because she was so annoying.
I eventually got served, which was a relief but I kept having to turn around to keep an eye on the clipboard guy. Bet she wouldn't have a problem filling in the compensation form when he cracks her in the face. My forms were already filled out, all I had to do was pay. The reciept she gave me looked cheap. Definately not worth £105.
Got a letter through the post a few days later, now they want me to take the car to the DVLA office so that they can inspect the vehicle. This seems odd as its the car I want to remove it from. Its going to cost me to have the car put on a trailor & take to the office, adding to the cost of paper-ising something I own.
Im going to keep an eye out for a metal clipboard
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ainsley_brader
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Joe
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Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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did you just write that?
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Welsh Dan
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Registered: 23rd Mar 00
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Can't you just drive it there?
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jr
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Location: Kent
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PMSL matt
mattb had to do the same iirc with his and his c4 plate
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Joe
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quote:
Originally posted by Welsh Dan
Can't you just drive it there?
I dont think the car he wants it off is in a driveable state or has no MOT one or the other.
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
They don't have lines painted on the ground to mark out the spaces in the car park (Some places do have them, proof that the north is infact more technologically advanced than southerners first think).
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Welsh Dan
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It must have an MOT, as you can't take the plate off without it.
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VegasPhil
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Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
did you just write that?
Yeah 
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by Welsh Dan
It must have an MOT, as you can't take the plate off without it.
You can if its SORN'd
You have 1 year to do it
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Robin
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Matt, this sounds like the last page of PPC mag
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jr
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thats what i thought rob
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Matt H
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Shall I mail it to them
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Robin
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Star letter 
After a bit of editing maybe
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mav
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class..
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Phi
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pmsl ..i was starting to get a bit bored this evening, and then i read that.. what a funny read! proper good.
I remember my day out to the DVLA office.. yes day out! i thinki was there 4 hours! it felt like 24! :-S
and yes there are some very weird people there, alli wanted to do was register a car and SORN it. and get Tax and register my B/fs calibra turb. i seriously did not want to que twice for the two seprate things.. they had them "take the ticket" and wait kinda things, so i took a few.... just incase... ! :-)
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Matt you are a crazy guy
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
Location: Under your sisters bed
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i love the dvla... it took them 5 months to return my V5 for the corsa after taking a plate off.. 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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DVLA are good - they know where every untaxed vehicle is in the UK. They should be in charge of immigration and crimes against children.*
* - blatently stolen joke, sorry if its a repost
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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Mafoo  &  for your hardship and suffering, but & for your story telling antics mate. Reading that little gem made my day. 
It's almost as bad at my local DVLA office.
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Rob H
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Sounds similar to my local DVLA office, only difference being they decided to put it in the middle of Birmingham, with only a handful of parking spaces outside - for which you have to pay at the meter to use (especially clever when you have no idea how long your going to be in there for, so are pretty much garanteed to have to go back downstairs, while missing your number being called out), and at premium rates becuase your in the middle of birmingham.
Also, as regards the woman who can't speak english - she's one of the people "serving" you, presumably because someone thought it would be a good idea to have someone to cater for the thnic minority, but forgetting the fact the majority of the people who go ther are, surprisingly, of the ethnic majority, and hence speak english . But hey, at least they won't get sued for racial discrimination  .
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andyc1234
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it made me smile dvla are funny people 
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Thats quite a funny story
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
Mafoo & for your hardship and suffering, but & for your story telling antics mate. Reading that little gem made my day.
It's almost as bad at my local DVLA office.
Yours is bound to be worse. Its southern, which means that no one speaks proper English
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