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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: PhilRich on 08 May 2012, 12:06:55

Title: New Red V5C?
Post by: PhilRich on 08 May 2012, 12:06:55
Just opened a letter from DVLC containing a new Red V5C & explanation letter. Seems someone has nicked a number of blank blue V5C's so the DVLC are replacing blue with red to reduce the risk of unwary buyers getting a stolen or cloned vehicle? The tealeafs must have got away with a lot of the original V5C's to warrant replacing all of them! :-\
Title: Re: New Red V5C?
Post by: aaronjb on 08 May 2012, 12:09:56
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The new form is to be introduced following the theft of an estimated 400000 blue V5C documents in 2006

So yes, quite a few .. and quite a few years ago now! DVLA, swift as ever ;)
Title: Re: New Red V5C?
Post by: PhilRich on 08 May 2012, 12:21:36
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The new form is to be introduced following the theft of an estimated 400000 blue V5C documents in 2006

So yes, quite a few .. and quite a few years ago now! DVLA, swift as ever ;)






Blimey, where have I been?  :D This is the first i've heard of it!!  ::)
Title: Re: New Red V5C?
Post by: aaronjb on 08 May 2012, 12:24:21
News travels slow to the North East? ;) It's been mentioned a couple of times here I think - it's obviously taking the DVLA quite a while to work their way through all the registered cars .. unsurprising, I suppose, if you imagine how many there are :)
Title: Re: New Red V5C?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 08 May 2012, 12:45:52
Not to mention the cost!!  >:(
Title: Re: New Red V5C?
Post by: the alarming man on 08 May 2012, 13:46:08
I think it was around 120,000 that were stolen...I got my red v 5 last year!!