VRT anonoly

I've posted a few times before about VRT anomolies - and some opportunities to take advantage of them.  Heres one to avoid

Came across one today - checked a '04 120i 5dr - boggo basic spec.  VRT with 25k miles is euro10667.  A same age and mileage (higher spec) 120i SE 5 dr is approx euro4.5k.

Go figure!

Bayerische wrote:  If I was serious about bringing a car in, I would prefer a written quote.

Will the vrt office in santry provide written quotes? Online its quoting 6.5k+ for an 02 330ci iirc

I heard they won't even take cash anymore you have to have a draft for the amount so maybe they have to quote and stick to it?

Dergside wrote:   This assumes they don't make any adjustments for specification

That would be my worry i have a good friend who deals in mercs and the like and he reckons on one occasion the revenue crowd have looked into a car(c220cdi coupe 2004) and just decided on the spot that they want 500 extra for the leather seats-which you can't give them in cash.And he'd given a price for the car it may even have been prov sold at that stage...........Not a happy bunny

That price on the 120i could give someone a nasty shock

Sorry for the slight detour on this thread but I may be paying out a bit on VRT quite soon and the car in question started life as a SE spec but has had a retrofit up to the m-sport. I was going to declare it as a SE (that’s what the log book says) that costs €9775. When they inspect is they should notice that it looks like an m-sport spec, that costs €10722. In your experience will they just charge me the higher of the two or will common sense prevail? Maybe split the difference?

Blue bullet - the basic VRTfigure they come up with will be based on the spec of the car described on the registration document so  if its an SE on the log book that is what they will base the VRT charge on.  They do have the right to charge you additional VRT on options but my experience of a decent number of cars over the years is that they don't pick up on them.  That includes cars that have been heavily optioned.

They are more likely to pick up on visible luxury features such as leather for example, but they are rarely knowledgeable enough to know that a UK model year 2000 318i SE didn't have pdc or mfsw as standard but they were standard on a 2001 model year car.  Likewise they will rarely know what spoilers are standard or options.