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Peter & Sue Don't know if you're still in UK but if you are or have access to a UK address phone Lorna Mullis-Clifford at Mitsubishi UK (02185) 655777. Give her all the info on your V5 and she will send you a form to fill in to get cert of conformity. This normally costs around £200 but as it's UK reg it is FREE. Once in France and trying to register the car if you have the problem that we did (that the DRIRE didn't have any record of our VIN no) then contact a guy at Mitsi Fr , Firmin Nkom ([email protected] or tel 01 48 17 94 36), and he will sort everything out (eventually!) Hope this helps.

[quote]Having felt pleased that we didn't have to pay for a Cert of Conformity fom Mitsubishi UK, we went to the Hotel des Impots - no problems received form in a few mins and went off to the SP to get the C...[/quote] Well, after nearly two months we've finally done it - re-registered that is. After Mitsi Fr got involved and told DRIRE that they had never given French Authorities the VIN nos for RHD Pinins they sorted it out. Excellent work from a chap called Firm Nkom (really) at Mitsi Fr. However this news came though last month and another visit to DRIRE was called for. €80-odd later and only checking the VIN against the paperwork from Mitsi Fr, said all was ok but we'd have to change the lights, we knew we'd have to do this for the CT but thought we may get away with it for the time being. Appt booked with Mitsi Nantes following morning to change lights - big hole in pocket afterwards . Back to DRIRE to get paperwork signed off and assurance that all would be ok at SP. Went to SP and started ball rolling again. Hey-ho, NO RECORD of VIN on their database! Ushered into back office to see boss who took our paperwork and said he'd have to contact Paris to sort it out as their systems used old software! This week he phones to say all done so back to SP to pick up carte gris, get plates made and sort out insurance. Now that's another matter..... 13 years no claims to get a 50% bonus??

Many thanks for your reply. When I finally hear back from Mitsi Fr, it should all be straighforward

[quote]Having felt pleased that we didn't have to pay for a Cert of Conformity fom Mitsubishi UK, we went to the Hotel des Impots - no problems received form in a few mins and went off to the SP to get the C...[/quote] My original message seems to have lost a couple of threads in the shake-up, not to mention I never received an email with my new password so tried to log-in but told I wasn't registered, tried to re-register only to be told that my username & password were in use. So have re-registered under a different name. Anyway, back to the subject - Mitsubishi France have been excellent, have taken all my details by fax, and replied later that evening by email saying that the problem was that my vehicle was a RHD! Mitsubishi had never registered RHD's with DRIRE. Will be updating DRIRE's records in due course & I will be able to re-register my car without any problems (I hope .) I was also told by the lady at the SP that as my car wasn't 4 years old I didn't need a CT - is this correct? I would like to know as teh next time I go down there I want things to go as smoothly & as quickly as possible.