liveaboard

I did a lot of work on mine recently.
The workshop manual is of limited usefulness, but you can get them online these days.

rhody

Not that I enjoy bureaucracy but the CoC is actually an important document to show that the car in question conforms to EU specifications without having to inspect it. Believe it or not, almost all manufacturers make cars for multiple markets and often you can't tell that the specs are different from just looking at the car or examining the VIN. The VIN will always have the country in the first few letters, W for West Germany (now for all of Germany) for example but that doesn't mean it was made for the EU market. But it is a matter of trust, if the car was registered in say Germany then it most definitely conforms even if it was imported from North America it would have to be modified first and inspected. I've had zero problems getting the CoC for both German and Japanese cars I have imported from Denmark to Germany. Not surprised about Land Rover though. Shitty cars, shitty service I guess.

liveaboard

I had to get one from Mercedes once.
There was a dedicated department for that, and as it's not a revenue earner for the company the desk was incredibly overworked with a big backlog.

I haven't heard anyone say Mercedes made shitty cars with shitty service, but it took a while to get that CoC from them.

rhody

Just got mine from Mercedes last November. Took 2 days. Maybe speaking German helps, not sure though.

mfesharne

It's important in as much as it's a required document but as I see it, the VIN number will tell you where & when it was made & for which market & the type CoC is usually freely available AND the vehicle has to undergo a thorough matriculation inspection to check it still complies with the relevant standards all of which (as I see it) makes the individual CoC rather pointless.

Let's face it, it only details the standards/tech spec of the vehicle on the day it rolled out of the factory not what it might have been adapted to since......... which is one of the reasons for the inspection.

rhody

Well, that's definitely over the top then. In Germany, that's why you have the CoC so you don't have to have the car inspected top to bottom. Now I see the frustration - not looking forward to it...

Diddion

.....Just in the process of getting one for my Jaguar. £100 including VAT, so probably the cheapest thing I have ever bought for this particular money pit.

mfesharne

Damn but that made me laugh!

Mitzi2012

I just received mine from Jaguar LandRover, pretty painless process as long as you can photograph the VIN code. It was located in three different locations.

Mitzi2012

Have to disagree with your last comments about LandRover. Owned two over the last four years and never a problem. The CofC process was clear and easy. As long as the requested documentation is sent with the application you will receive the CofC by return.

mfesharne

The matriculation inspection really is thorough........ they even made me fit a different exhaust box because the existing one didn't have an EU approved stamp on it.

RichardHenshall

If you'd just bought a Portuguese car you wouldn't have needed to do any of these things.

Diddion

The particular car I’ll be bringing is unllikely to be available in Portugal. When I bought it there were only two on sale throughout UK

mfesharne

If it was just about cost we'd all be driving Toyota & Aixam but sometimes it's not about miles per gallon but rather smiles per gallon.

rhody

JD Powers Quality rating: 2 out of 5, Reliability 2 out of 5. Maybe your cars were Wednesday made.