I never stopped to think about that. But if you make time for your vehicle administration, it is enlightening. I was still living under the happy assumption that classics older than 25 years young at least still fell under the partial exemption scheme. But the rules for the transitional arrangement for old-timers are apparently […] More
The popularity of and the number of old-timers in the Netherlands continues to rise. In the Netherlands, old-timers are officially cars of 40 years and older that are exempt from road tax. But the RDW and Statistics Netherlands also take into account cars from the age of 30 that are still subject to road tax in their figures. At European level […] More
You have classics in all shapes, conditions and sizes. And it is now time for them to be widely offered again due to the changing of the guard / the departure of an entire generation. A good time to buy a nice restoration project. And this story is based on such a set of projects, Jawas with […] More
A loyal AMK reader had the time after his retirement to make his dream come true: he was going to restore a 2CV. That process started a few years ago, when old ducks changed hands for little money. And it ended for the time being at the RDW. A retirement project The car our reader found was […] More
Diesel is suspect these days, reprehensible even. The particulate matter from diesel engines is a threat to just about everything. No particle filter or shoddy electronics help with that. Administrators and the government have made this clear by reasoning clearly. We classic enthusiasts are also saddled with that realization. And soon we will not be allowed to go anywhere, drive or be like […] More
License plates and the Coop… And of course at the other postal agencies. Not a bad word about the supermarket staff who have been blamed for the RDW services. But it persists. The license plate blues This morning it took three people to…. Qualify a license plate as 'not transferable'. The problem was […] More
Is welding a frame allowed? Well, not actually no. But it is done quite often. Anyway. Think of the now highly popular cafe racers. And if it is done neatly and technically well? Then you will actually have no problems with a police check. After all, our engines are usually older than most […] More
Every year in the Netherlands about 1.000.000 used passenger cars - and that includes our classics - and about 125.000 motorcycles with experience legally change hands. And then we are talking about transactions between private individuals. Of course, that transfer can be made at one of the PostNL branches located in supermarkets. There is […] More
Imagine: You have been the owner of a classic for two years that you have known for fourteen years from your circle of acquaintances. And before that, the car already had a Dutch registration. So that car has been to the garage quite a few times and is a regular visitor to the RDW […] More
Vincent and the RDW. Who knows what to do? Vincent Merts has problems with the RDW to get his Haflingers on license plate. More
On the island it costs nothing, in the Netherlands you have to pay a lot for it every year. Since the introduction in 1988, various agencies have been busy convincing the government there that annual repeating is a bastard thing. More
Many classic enthusiasts have received a letter from the tax. Whether they just wanted to pay. In the communication between the Tax & RDW, something has gone 'smoothly': the date of first admission was looked at instead of the year of construction. More
