I suspect a large fuel bill may be the only way to go. Have you considered knocking up a 1 to 1 scale model of a series 3 out of plywood to tow around with you? Should be lighter than a real S3 so cheaper on the old fuel but you'll still get the waves.

That sounds like a good wave and you are doing it right, very effective in the land rover. Not something I normally do on the bike cause the BMW and Merc owners that perform the said cut up manoeuvre are usually faster than my old leaky Triumph and can catch me up; not that I'm a chicken! I do...

Excellent thread, it has clarified a few things. I am well aware of the wave culture that exists on the road through my motorcycling experiences. There are a lot of similarities between the biking and LR etiquette, for example race rep bikers and freelander drivers, waving to a race rep is...

Possibly. Not going into too much details on a public forum in case I decide to pursue this legally. Still thinking about my options at this stage.

Too young for tax exempt; late nineties (the car, not me). Could be ringer or clone but the DVLA and myself can't find any evidence to support that. I think it was just a badly handled chassis swap - maybe a second hand chassis. Either way as far as I can tell it's legal, not marked as stolen...

That's what I thought. Either it wasn't a brand new chassis or there were no receipts to support that. Something whacky must have gone on for the DVLA to get involved, just don't know what it is.

Nothing of any significance apart from a replacement chassis.

Oh, another option. Option 1 - Get it tested and Q plated. Cost £1000ish for test and bits. Option 2 - Break it for parts and sell them on. Buy another. Loss'll be more that £1000 but no stress and no Q plate. Option 3 - Kill Him!!! Cost :censored: :censored: :censored:

smart arse - No I didn't to be honest. Take a look at the attachment, see if you can spot any:) To be serious the DVLA say it was a chassis replacement which was not handled correctly. IVA is the new SVA test I believe.

I'll pretend I didn't hear that:) EDIT : I'm not that much of a bas***d

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