Van re classified under 2 tonne!

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Van re classified under 2 tonne!

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After a letter to dvla stating after changing the suspension and that it now lowered and cant carry the same weight the sent me a generic plating letter back that I returned saying car derived vans aint plated the same as commercial I got my v5 back


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thats me now at car speed limits !!!


Oh I never carry much weight mainly empty in the back
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Nice 1 mate I can see a lot of letters going to dvla.
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Nice one, I mentioned this a long time ago and was told I couldn't be done. Nice to see my theory proven right. ;)
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Is it possible you can scan copy or write up exactly the letter contents and what the full process was?
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As above well done and very interested 8)
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A job well done buddy
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Yeah - wot Bandit said.

Any chance you could copy the letter and publish it here, so that we can structure our requests to DVLA in the same way, please?

Nice one!
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This is great news. I'm definitely interested in the letters you wrote. If we all write the same thing, it might make the dvla respond quicker to each new request.
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Does it have to be under 2tonne?

Mine states car derivied van on the v5 but shows normal 2211kg, that mean i have to drive slower!?
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Van re classified under 2 tonne!

Post by ants_caddy »

Mine states under 2 ton as well, and car derived van!

How comes our log books are all stating different weights???

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Mine states the same as Rubber12's
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This is my one

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Cracking job.

Get the letter up please so we can all have a go!.
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Mine states 3 seats but only have two. I noticed the last post has three seats on it as well
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Car derived van means nothing.

If it's LGV and over 2 tonnes GROSS weight then you are held at lower speed limits.

Only Corsa vans and Clio vans meet this gross weight requirement, as far as I know. Hence needing to get the under 2 tonnes gross weight clarification.
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