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Riverstick

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theanswers wrote:
I'm not so sure you are correct. I believe the only law is that one uses all the seats and seat belts available. After that, there seems to be no law against overload so therefore no penalty points. One possible could be done for using a commercial vehicle outside work, however if one is overload for the purposes of work I cannot see this happening.

Ehh...no...If you carry passengers in the back of a van, I can assure you, you will be done for it. There were a few high profile crashes a few years back...a few passengers in the back of vans were flung around the place and killed. One local guy survived a minor shunt whilst sitting in the back of a VW Golf van...however he is now paralyzed from the neck down... 2008 Range Rover TDV8 435,000kms
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8th Apr 2014 11:57am

Robert

Member Since: 25 Oct 2011
Location: Perigueux
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Would the taxman not come around to let you pay the tax you pay for the non commercial?
I think that is the case in Holland. If you have people in the back of a car that has been changed to commercial and if you take out the blinds at the back.

8th Apr 2014 12:15pm

theanswers

Member Since: 30 Jul 2012
Location: Ireland
Posts: 305

Riverstick wrote:
theanswers wrote:
I'm not so sure you are correct. I believe the only law is that one uses all the seats and seat belts available. After that, there seems to be no law against overload so therefore no penalty points. One possible could be done for using a commercial vehicle outside work, however if one is overload for the purposes of work I cannot see this happening.

Ehh...no...If you carry passengers in the back of a van, I can assure you, you will be done for it. There were a few high profile crashes a few years back...a few passengers in the back of vans were flung around the place and killed. One local guy survived a minor shunt whilst sitting in the back of a VW Golf van...however he is now paralyzed from the neck down...

I'm not saying it's the right thing to do. I don't agree with it myself - however I was talking to a garda recently who informed me once all belts/ seats in use there is no direct rule against overloading.

9th Apr 2014 7:37pm

theanswers

Member Since: 30 Jul 2012
Location: Ireland
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Robert wrote:
Would the taxman not come around to let you pay the tax you pay for the non commercial?
I think that is the case in Holland. If you have people in the back of a car that has been changed to commercial and if you take out the blinds at the back.

They would. However in the mean time one would have to also pay VRT, which can be rather expensive. On my jeep it might be 2000 euro I'm not sure. However when new it could be upwards of 50,000. They will also charge you the different tax rate @ 1800 per year and finally leave you sitting on the side of the road.

Motoring in Ireland is not fun.

9th Apr 2014 7:39pm

Gruute

Member Since: 05 Jul 2012
Location: Flanders
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i pay only 520 Euros/year for my 5.0 SC ... and i have all the seats

Ok you made your point. Germany is much cheaper for road tax and also for insurance cost. But I could buy a new one ... at 47.5% discount and I can deduct 100% VAT of my fuel bill as a commercial. And it's diesel high power.

In the end it's the result under the bottom line that counts.

And that's something everybody has to made for his own. I made my calculation and an SC petrol would kill my bank account.

I would love to have my Porsche on german plates instead of Belgian ones.

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11th Apr 2014 3:22pm

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