McS Junior Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Last one for tonight, I promise!! We had a 2001 90 delivered to work today from a well known national hire company. The thing thats confused me is its a TDI... I thought the only TDI's manufactured after 1999 were for export only? surely this cant have sat from 1999 until 2001 before being registered??? Any thoughts? Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Anything is possible Ross..... could have been sat in a yard somewhere, or been re-imported from sunnier climes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 There are loads of hire cars (Defenders) at my place of work on a weekly basis. We had a nice 07 plate Defender T/C come in the other day. Went for a nosey to see what it was like inside and it was a TD5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead1 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Back in 93, when I worked on motoring magazines, I remember a colleague finding a new, unregistered '81 SIII 109 V8 CSW while mystery shopping a dealer. I don't know what became of it, but if bought at the time it would have been on a 93K! We also ran a few stories about huge stockpiles of new, unregistered cars that were parked on disused airfields around the country as there were no buyers for them. Some of the cars, of all makes and models, had been there for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Last one for tonight, I promise!!We had a 2001 90 delivered to work today from a well known national hire company. The thing thats confused me is its a TDI... I thought the only TDI's manufactured after 1999 were for export only? surely this cant have sat from 1999 until 2001 before being registered??? Any thoughts? Ross They are supposed to be, and shouldn't have type approval in the EU after 1999 but I guess somebody found a loophole somewhere What's the VIN number? from that I can tell you if it is an old stock vehicle or a genuinely 1999 onwards Tdi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Tdi's were fitted for export, so maybe this one escaped... I'd rather have the Tdi any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 they have about 100 white 110 TDI 07 plates near to where i am currently working so it shows they are all still about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McS Junior Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Ran the VIN and it was built in June 2001 - still trying to find out how it made its way onto the UK market though... Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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