Certificate of Conformity

Had to order a Certificate of Conformity from Vauxhall UK to get my Fronty registered here in France.
£75 quid for a computer generated piece of A4 :shock:

-John

even the paper at the stealers is a rip off :shock:

bloody eck ... :shock:

what was the paper made of .... gold leaf

I need to get a COC to import a LHD Frontera B, I have been phoning and emailling GM Luton for 5 weeks now, finally got through yesterday on the phone, it's gone up to £85 now. The guy said that he was sending me an email with the address and an application form. It didn't come through. 5 more phone calls today but still couldn't get through and his voice mail box is full, so you can't leave a message. Unbelievable to be charging this much and providing so poor a service, for a piece of paper which should be issued with the registration papes when you buy a car. :evil:

the COC is issued at time of registration
it was on my 99 & 2002 vx motors :drink:

Phoned 4 more times today and sent another e-mail - still no contact- unbelievable

The problem is that the import/export dept is in the hands of one man,and he seems to be a bit of a jobs worth.
You stand more chance of getting a reply via email (eventually) than by phone as you rightly say his phone is always on voicemail.
Good luck,
John

Finally got through, using the switchboard number ( calling early in the morning, as the phone is not answered in the afternoon). I had even asked Opel Ireland to send an e-mail on my behalf, but no joy for them either. I had ticked the delivery and read request notification, on the many emails I had sent and none came back as read.
There was undoubtedly a copy issued when the car was new, however I am the third owner and the original COC is long lost, I just feel that the certificate should be available from your local main dealer, or should be part of the vehicles log book.

The guy in GM told me that I would need to apply to the DVLA as it's a left hand drive. I needed a vat receipt from a garage to state that the mileometer had been changed to MPH and that the headlights had been permanently changed to RHD. I sent this off along with another £85 to the guy in GM who attached the COC and forwarded the lot to the DVLA. The certificate eventually arrived today :dance:

You wouldn't want to give up easily, or you'd never get it sorted. Ah well all's well that ends well and all that

Well done bud :clap: