I don’t see why not. Provided the garage you’re dealing with has an appetite for the car you should be able to include it in the deal.

I will email you the registration of the Corsa now. Thanks for that.

Thanks for getting back to me. Well im a bit confused myself to be honest about it. My dad did explain to him that i hadnt the car insured at all so i kind of knew i wasnt gonna get the full scrappage on it, but he told my dad that i would get the €320 at least. Mean my dad did have it taxed for about 3months earlier this year as he borrowed it as his own car was gettin fixed and i think he did say that to the man in the garage, maybe he picked dad up wrong or something. I have been going to different garages just looking at different cars, and i did happen to go to our local ford dealer in Sligo the same day, and when my dad mentioned that i would get the €320 to that dealer, he said no that i dont qualify for any of it. So i dont know what to think now, as both garages telling me different things. If i didnt get any scrappage for it, is there any other deal i could get? Or would i be more than likely to pay the full price of €13,990?

I’m a little confused too. Either your car qualifies for scrappage or it doesn’t. In your case because it hasn’t been insured for the required time it won’t qualify so I’m not sure what government rebate the garage is referring to. Maybe he was talking about a refund of road tax but if the car wasn’t insured I doubt you were paying road tax for it?

I have been the registered owner of my 98 fiesta since the end of last October, I have just bought a new car and am handing mine over for scrappage. Everything is in my name except that I don’t have a log book. I inherited the fiesta and I never got a log book with it. I do however have a certificate stating that it’s my car. Is that sufficient for scrappage?

We’re not aware of any time limit between registering a car and transferring ownership.

If your father’s insurance policy allows him to drive other cars that are not in his name then yes, he will be insured on your car, but obviously you’ll then have to inform the insurer when he takes ownership of the new car.

There’s no fixed length of time you have to own the car before you transfer it to your Dad’s name. Once you buy it – it’s yours to do with what you will.

It all depends on the type of settlement you reach with the insurance company. Some will allow you to retain your existing car if you forfeit the ’salvage value’ put on it by the insurer. For this to make sense for you the salvage value will have to be less than the scrappage discount so check carefully.

I saw similar queries, but not sure if covered this exactly. Basically a ‘00 Avensis involved in an accident that means it’s written off due to the cost of fixing being more than the car’s worth. I wasn’t the cause of the accident so the other driver’s insurance is covering it.

But was wondering, could I get the compensation from the insurance company and then use the car for the scrappage scheme? Or do I have to choose one or the other?

I’m sure it would but are you sure you really want to scrap it? Surely it’s worth more than 1,500 Euro??

No mandatory length of time required. Once your daughter has purchased the new car she’s free to sell it to whomever she likes whenever she likes.

One other idea – Have you had your Fiesta valued by a local dealer? It may be worth close to the 1,500 Euro without having to scrap it?

Thanks for stopping by the blog. It looks to me like you are a great example of the situation that persuaded Revenue to change the rules to accomodate spouses in the scrappage scheme. I’ve written more about the relaxed rules here but I’d advise you to drop into a dealership whenever you’re ready as you should be able to qualify.

Regards,
Shane.

PS. You’re English was perfect!

Thanks for the comment. You’re in a bit of a fix all-right. Unfortunately the changes Revenue made earlier this year didn’t make allowances for ‘couples’. I wrote a piece about it at the time and asked Revenue for an opinion on what constitutes a ’spouse’. Their reply was;

“While this opens up the scheme somewhat, it does pose some challenges to the dealers who will have to determine exactly what a spouse is and who is a spouse. It may prove quite challenging to determine whether two people sharing a name with the same address are brother and sister, father and daughter or spouses and whether two people with different names sharing an address are a married couple who have retained their own names, living together without any State recognition or simply housemates or flat mates who see an opportunity.”

Right now I think you’re best bet is to find a dealer who thinks you’re car is worth the 1,500 euro with or without scrappage.

Hope this helps!

Is there any way she can avail of the scrappage scheme? I know there is provision for “spouses” in the amendments to the scheme but have you seen or heard of any situations where a couple in our situation have been able to avail of the scheme? If we can’t qualify for the scheme as is – she may force me to marry her and we don’t want that

It seems a bit harsh that we are being punished for doing things by the book, whereas if I’d kept the car in my name and added her as a named driver on my policy (which would have been the cheaper option) we would be eligible.

I have contacted revenue on this but they don’t really know what the story is. Basically I’m hoping for precedent to convince the dealer that it’s ok as I suspect he will be reluctant to try and scrap the car if there’s a chance the revenue will refuse his rebate (can’t blame him for that).

Thanks
Ciaran

We have two lists on our blog at http://www.motorcheck.ie/blog/scrappage-scheme-band-a-cars/ and http://www.motorcheck.ie/blog/scrappage-scheme-band-b-cars/. It’s a while since we’ve looked at it though so there may have been some changes since we published it.

I’m sure official confirmation from your insurance company would be fine. If not, you could always ask them for copies of the original certificates. They’re usually very good about that.

As it stands you would have to complete your purchase before the year ends which means a mandatory 2010 registration. I have a feeling though that the industry will be lobbying hard for an extension in the scheme that would cover the first quarter of next year. Stay posted!