Nearly there
Well the G500 is still a dream and working beautifully.
Any of you know SS Motors in Weybridge ? I like old Mercs and Joe is ace and looks after mine. What Mercedes Benz can not fix he does.
Back to the G500.
Here is the latest. Took the vehicle for an SVA test which it failed due to kmh speedo, although it has a valid MOT.
Solution was to change the speedo or remove plastic cover and stick a black piece of tape over the letter k on the letters km/h. This apparently would then render the vehicle legal as the speedometer would then show mph or rather in my case m/h.
When I said I would be driving at 50mph if I was doing 80 I was told that was ok. Don't even begin to try and explain that one to me.
Anyway, my beautiful G was 10 years old on Wednesday so no SVA required and I should be getting all the papers back on Thursday or Friday.
So all you G spotters M500 HAT is mine. See you about.
By the way DVLA at Borehamwood will check all your papers over the counter and give back ID and prrof of address papares and conmfiorm everything is in oredr, so saving any wasted time.
And you need the chasis number on your insurnace certificate.
Thats all for now.
Micky
What is a SVA test?
m/hr.that's a convenient unit
I was wondering that too. My speedo is only in KMs....
SVA = single vehicle approval.
After the Japanesse imports flooded the market and with EU compliance for a common/equal market.. they cooked up a nice little test about 6 years ago so each imported car under 10 years old had to have this test. However ... if you can get a EU certificate from MB that the car is EU compliant .. then there is no need for an SVA test. They were talking about forcing you to crash test one sample and then you could resell that "test" to others wishing to import a similar car but not clear on that..
SVA tends to focus on speedo in mph, right sized fuel filler for unleaded if petrol, how much heater knobs etc stick out, having right lights (lhd/rhd, placement, colour, side markers etc)
It also applies if you build a kit car.. and then I think there is new/recyled kit cars too.. which also messes with VAT..
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/vehicles/vssafety/importsapproval/thesin...
to quote "Generally, your vehicle will need to be approved under the SVA scheme and issued with a Minister's Approval Certificate (MAC) if it is up to 10 years old from the date of manufacture and is not covered by either an EC or national type approval (British or similar national approval from another European Economic Area Member State)." ... ie for us MB's type approval is what we use.
So why is Micky going down the SVA route rather than EU compliance?
I can only guess he asked a Japanesse importer .. who only knows of the SVA method so guided him that way. Certainly seems to me that a little reading of my DVLA link would be an idea for him... unless MB are refusing to give out a Type Approval letter?
Hmmm...
You shouldn't need SVA - as if it is a 10 year old G500 then those were officially imported into the UK (though of course RHD) and certainly EU compliant. I never did it for my G300 and those were never officially imported.
So have you kept the Puch badges intact?
Pleased that it has worked out. Enjoy this current phase of cheap petrol :D
I wanted to buy a Puch G a while back but ended up not doing so strictly because of all the paperwork in getting it registered in the UK was a nightmare and the fact that I couldn't find an insurance company that would deal with it.
Can I summon up some sort of trumpting noises
Try the Farmers Union :oops:
They got a whole list of Steyr Daimler Puch types on their list
Though i am aware it is not exhaustive and only valid for certain years
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The reason I had to go SVA was that although the vehicle is now registered in UK as a Mercedes Benz G500, my vehicle was sold new in Switzerland and was on Swiss plates when I bought it
Although MB have all the details of the vehicle on their computer and it has a Mercedes Benz data sheet,. MB said they could not provide an EU certificate for the vehicle because it was first sold in Switzerland where in fact it was registered as Puch. This is of course nonsense because the vehicle is identical to those sold into Germany or any other EU country at the time.
I either had to get it through the SVA test or wait until the vehicle was 10 years old. I decided on the latter rather than change the speedometer for no good reason whatsoever.
Anyway M500 HAT is now on the road with UK plates and is fantastic as ever.
Micky