ruffday · Dec 27, 2012

BasilSeal said:
Thank you for clarifying that.

That sort of makes sense, though to my mind, at least where land rovers are concerned, it would make more sense if they allowed the vin number to be swapped on the existing V5 in the same way you'd notify an engine change.

That would eliminate the loophole where by people can sell the ID of a vehicle by including the chassis, which in reality is just a pile of scrap. To my mind, if a vehicle is broken up for spares then it should 'die' then, along with any 'benefits' attached to the ID like road tax or LEZ exemption. though i suppose this problem is more specific to land rovers because they are such an easy vehicle to ring, and the DVLA rules aren't made with land rovers in mind.

I dont think you really get the point of VINs and IDs.
Most landrovers have a seperate Chassis and then have a bodyshell attatched to it.

The vehicles ID or VIN is alocated to the chassis and stays with the chassis as this is the main part of the vehicle.
The next major part of the vehicle IMO is the engine which is why the DVLA record the engine number on the V5c docs.

If you buy or sell a secondhand chassis it should have its ID with it.

Landrovers are no easier to ring than anything else.

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