Supra-love Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 So every time I go to insure the car etc. It keeps coming up for them as a non turbo? When it’s actually an original TT6! Pretty sure this must be a common affair. Anyway to update or change this so it’s correct nationally on checks and with company’s etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbieg1994 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Mine was registered as an Aristo, I was able to change it on my V5 and sent it off to DVLA. Not sure if its different for a change in engine, think it would be best to call DVLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-love Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Robbieg1994 said: Mine was registered as an Aristo, I was able to change it on my V5 and sent it off to DVLA. Not sure if its different for a change in engine, think it would be best to call DVLA Thanks mate I’ll give them a call. was hoping more people had this issue but clearly not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanj1142 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Mine comes up on some insurance websites as an Altezza, others as a supra sz. It’s strange. V5 says 2jzgte too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celicasaur Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 10:30 PM, Supra-love said: was hoping more people had this issue but clearly not No no, more people have this issue, but whether or not they see this post is another story. Mine also comes up as a non turbo model. What I did was tell my insurance company that it's infact a TT6 model and asked them to increase the quote to suit. Job done. I'm pretty sure that I did call DVLA about this even before I bought the car...I can't remember exactly what was said, but it was basically a case of them not being able to do anything about it. Even if you tell them that you've 'changed the engine' it'll go down as an engine change, but it won't change the name of the model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 10:30 PM, Supra-love said: Thanks mate I’ll give them a call. was hoping more people had this issue but clearly not You used to get it a lot on Aristo's, whey they get converted to GS300s by the DVLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-love Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 So regarding insurance, it’s fine telling them that actually it’s a 6speed rz turbo. But if a accident did happen (god forbid) would it be fully covered if the Dvla spec it as something different than what it’s insured for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celicasaur Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 19 hours ago, Supra-love said: So regarding insurance, it’s fine telling them that actually it’s a 6speed rz turbo. But if a accident did happen (god forbid) would it be fully covered if the Dvla spec it as something different than what it’s insured for? No no, if you've explicitly told them that it's a TT6 and sent them a pic of the vin plate with your logbook or whatever else they want, then they will have to honour it as what they would then agree it to be. In the small print, they ask you to confirm everything to be true about the information you have provided...well, not telling them that it's a TT would be hiding the truth and then them paying out for a non-turbo is to be expected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastcar Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 nothing to do with the DVLA is just the insurance companies havent really got a clue. Just make sure you tell them exactly what the car is and that they have understood what you have told them. They will do anything they can to not pay out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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