Scirocco Central

Hi guys, im new to this forum and i have finally found the scirocco for me on autotrader and put a £500 holding deposit down on it 2 weeks ago.

The problem is that the scirocco is registered as a Scirocco GT TDI DSG and the colour is registered as unknown! But it is infact Scirocco GT TDI Manual in candy white. I am buying it from an independent dealer and he said to me that VW/DVLA have done a mistake along the lines of registering the car orignially. He has the original VW paperwork invoice for the car and it states its a Manual, in white. But for some reason the DVLA has it down as a DSG S-A in unknown colour.

He has assured me this is no problem and now that the V5 has come back to the dealer he can now correct the details on the V5 when he fills in the paperwork for change of owner when i pick the car up on Saturday. Also he has got in touch with VW that has provided him with evidence that the car is what he is describing and this letter from VW will be sent to the DVLA along with the V5.

Anyone else has similar problems with VW/DVLA not sending/receiving the correct details? I suppose the only thing i can check when i goto see and pick the car up is that the chassis number, engine number, vin numbers etc match with the original invoice for when the car was new in december 2009. I have read on the forums that there are information tags as usual in the engine, inside the door and in the boot.

Anything else is need to look for on the tags? I cant wait to get the car, just this little hurdle puts a little downer on things i just hope it all works out saturday!!

Thank you guys!

Dean

You have any links to the car ?, or the dealer

car has been taken off the website now but the deal is here http://www.haresofsussex.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's not an uncommon issue.... if you have the letter from VW, then i wouldn't worry too much.

pretty sure there's a section of the v5 that needs to be completed to correct the details and the DVLA will then send you a corrected log book. not a big problem. enjoy your car

Thank you guys! Yes Candy Monster i noticed this on my current cars V5, and this is what the dealer said also.

Will be posting pics up if everything goes ok tomorrow! Feels like its xmas eve when i was 8 again haha

I had a volvo SE and the reg book said it was an 'S' so I got a letter from volvo and kept it with the reg documents.
The only problem is when u talk to insurance companies etc the car will alwas come up with the wrong spec when they look it up.

The DVLA had my C2 VTS down as an Automatic! It doesn't even come in Auto, you have to chose the VTR for that.

Easily corrected though.