4. aug 2011, 00:53
Stear clear of 8 valve with catalytic converter. It has K-jetronic with a lambda circuit added. It works great, but when something goes wrong it is shit to do fault finding on. Just my opinion.
About number plates. When a car has a valid MOT but no plates you can go straight to the motor office and buy the plates. The price is 1200-1300 dkr I believe. So this has to be considered. When bidding on a car you should get at least 1000 extra off the asking price I would say. If the car has no MOT and no plates, you can get temporary plates for driving it to the MOT-test or workshop. A MOT-test is typically 450dkr. If you loose your plates (don't get the car MOT'd in time etc.) you have to buy new plates for the full price again.
It cost 380 at the motor office to get the car registered in your name. The road tax for older cars is calculated by weight of the car.
http://www.nysynet.dk/vagtafgift.htm so a 900 weighting 1250 kg will be 1880 every 6 months. It is possible to get yellow plate as a private person, but the car has to be a van. A 900 could be converted to a van by removing the rear seat, and install a screen behind the driver chair etc. . But I don't know the procedures/prices etc for this.
I would suggest you try "GF-forsikring" for insurance. They have a calculator you can play around with on the homepage. The price is, of course, highly individual depending on driving experience etc. I think it may be possible to get classical insurance for cars more than 25 years. There may be restrictions like maximum km/year and it must be a second car you own.
When you buy a car from a private person, I would suggest you use a standard buyer/seller contract. They can be printed from bilbasen.dk, or fdm.dk for instance. There the seller can check yes/no on several important points, like previous collision damage, is there any debt in the car and so on.
When you decide to buy the car it has to be registered in your name. It is common for sellers not to trust buyers and they want to do the registration them selves. This is okay because this is a vulnerable spot which can be exploited in bad ways. . There is also a check point in the contract about this. The person in charge (you or the seller) for the registration need two papers: the registration certificate from the current owner and a note from the insurance company. You get the note from the insurance company by requesting them to insure the car. You don't commit to the insurance company by asking for the insurance note. If you have the insurance note (and enough money) with you to see the car, usually you can drive away in your new car. If you don't buy the car you just destroy the insurance note. You can get it by phone or in person or possibly via mail. You only need the VIN number and car brand/type from the seller. The final contract will be mailed to you when the registration is done. So you can change to another company within this period. Usually 2 weeks. The new registration certificate will also come in the mail. At the motor office you get a temporary registration certificate witch is the carbon copy of the form you (or seller) must fill in.
Mvh. Thomas, Medlem nr. 710
9000 CS 2.0i 1997
99 Turbo, 1980
og9-3 SE 2.0 LPT aut. 1999
og900S LPT 1993
9000 T85 rosenkvartz
(my Danish language course starts in September). Good to see the forum is fully working again.
Very happy with our new ride, thanks all for helping along finding the right Danish motor!