Irish Mini Owners Club

Well, one thing i do know is that in my school up in donegal, the students drive into school, park in the school carpark, and drive about town during lunch and i dont recall ever hearing teachers giving out in fact they wave as they meet!

WAIT A SECOND!!!...u siad your mini is in shannon,

So what would you be driving too school????>>>

What happened was my mate Ste drove our track car into school. And I was asked who owned the car and I said I did and then the lecsure began

StanO'Toole

StanO'Toole wrote:What happened was my mate Ste drove our track car into school. And I was asked who owned the car and I said I did and then the lecsure began

StanO'Toole

thats your problem right there!

"our track car"

tut tut

It looks formal enough though but then again it does have a bright yellow half roll cage but thats just for my own saftey!

StanO'Toole

Did you get your track car back?

We didn't So far no sign of the van or car.

StanO'Toole

StanO'Toole wrote:What happened was my mate Ste drove our track car into school. And I was asked who owned the car and I said I did and then the lecsure began

StanO'Toole

Was he insured and licenced to drive etc etc....... Cause if not then i'd keep my head down and just say yes sir teacher sir it wont happen again.....


(which it kinda wont unless the car turns back up...)

He has full garage insurence a full licence, the car was on English plates but was taxed for another montha nd had another years M.O.T. The car was also in my mothers name and had her permission to drive the car

StanO'Toole

Technically he shouldnt be driving the car on UK plates over here, I think it is 24 hours you have to declare it to customs and cough up the VRT.

Garage insurance probably only covers the car for work purposes, not sure if garage insurance covers you to have passengers though, but that might be commercial insurance.

Well te VRT I will bow down to, and he seems to be covered with passegers and English plated cars as we have been stopped a fair few times on English bikes from work!

StanO'Toole

hey stan have you got yur full liscence??

Nope, just a provisional. At this stage though it looks like I'l have a full by the time Stud will be on the road. It's been in a garage in Shannon close to two months now and still no sign of it

StanO'Toole

The Marcos Graveyard wrote:Technically he shouldnt be driving the car on UK plates over here, I think it is 24 hours you have to declare it to customs and cough up the VRT.

Garage insurance probably only covers the car for work purposes, not sure if garage insurance covers you to have passengers though, but that might be commercial insurance.

Depends what type of cover he has. I have Social Domestic and pleasure so it covers me 7 days 24 hours and for what ever i an using the car except the usual insurance exceptions like driving while drunk or wearing roller skates etc......

do you get any hassel from the gards bout not having a fully liscenced driver be side you??

I haven't started driving yet but they aren't bothered about that.

Stan

Insurance companies will insure you on a non Irish reg car, but if a car is owned by a resident in the state (irish citizen or not) and not by a temporary visitor in the country then the VRT has to be paid the next working day and insurance or not the car can be taken off you.