MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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Chesters DVLA is the same...small pokey place...no car park spaces...
All this hassle is one of the reasons I got rid of my private plate...in the future when I get one its all getting done by post...
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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Update
I sent them a letter explaining my situation, they responded but forgot to put a stamp on the letter. Cost me £1.24 to pick it up 
The letter briefly touches on what I'd mentioned, full on copy/paste job from some "help" page no doubt. Can't see whats very helpful about it
Apparently its not a random inspection, 1 in every 10 applications must be inspected. That 1 car being picked at random of course
The letter also says that they do travel out to inspect cars if its an exceptional circumstance. I've asked for an example of this, there getting back to me about it. "we dunt do that narr" according to the female advisor I spoke to
I offered to pick up the inspector so the inspection could be carried out at my home........"narr we dunt do that"
Im really pissed off, its starting to get annoying now as I can't take parts off the car till this inspection has been carried out 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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So they want to inspect it and they won't come to you?
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Take it on a trailer, find as many Corsa parts as you can. Put it in the middle of the car park blocking everything up, spread some more parts about, throw them the keys. Inspect away mr DVLA.
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
Take it on a trailer, find as many Corsa parts as you can. Put it in the middle of the car park blocking everything up, spread some more parts about, throw them the keys. Inspect away mr DVLA.
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Little Vik
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
Location: Herts
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I used to have to deal with them every single day in my old job. They are a nightmare!!!!! If you want the plate youve gotta do what they say unfortunately. The inspecters ive come across are a bit like little hitlers. Swansea tells you one thing, your local office tells you another. you could try another DVLA local office - i used to play two off against each other at my old work. The 1 in 10 is rubbish though, they inspect when they feel something is iffy e.g a cars been off the roads too long/ was previously written off
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JadeM
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Registered: 9th Feb 06
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Transfer the VIN No onto the white shell, proceed with swapping the other bits over, save £105!! Thats what my mate done when he rolled his Nova & had to reshell it!!
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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Matt your a bloady legend
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Rhino
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Registered: 18th Oct 03
Location: Falkirk
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what can i say Matt, do you remember all the trouble i had a few months ago with them tryin to change my plate of and cos my car wasnt taxed they wouldnt do it?!
Even tho the car was a total wirte off!!
Guess what, its still fuckin goin on an now they too want me to take the car for inspection.
Tryin to explain that i wasnt doin this as the car has body pannels missing, no engine, not interior at all, no brakes and huge dents everywhere and that this would not be possible is a joke!!!
I've have the e-mail address for the guy that sent me the letter out an im using it!!
I have requested that they come out and see the car as i have no means to transport the car to them.
try it... you might get one!
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cooperjazzy55
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Registered: 4th Dec 03
Location: Peterborough Drives: Corsa sport
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wicked read! best ever haha
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
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.
[Edited on 29-04-2007 by escortgti.com]
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
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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
Don't make me come up there and windmill you.
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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Update again
There coming to inspect it today
Wonder what it'll fail the inspection on
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