Hi everyone,

I’m hoping the Briskoda community might be able to help me track down an old car of mine that has a lot of sentimental value.

I used to own a 2002 Skoda Octavia Laurin & Klement (L&K) with the registration PA02 DCF. According to the DVLA, it has been sitting on a SORN with an expired MOT since late 2013, which gives me hope that it is tucked away in a garage or barn somewhere rather than scrapped.

I’d love to know if the current owner is a member on here, or if anyone recognizes the plate and knows what happened to it. I'm not looking to bother anyone, just genuinely curious to see if she survived—and if it happens to be sitting unloved as a project, I might even be interested in buying it back!

Any information or leads at all would be massively appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!

According to DVLA its last v5c was 9th may 2016 and it has an export marker on it so may not be in UK anymore. Its last MOTs were pretty good with no major advisories.

Alasdair

That’s what i had thought too , i had kept the car all good and always on time with mot and such and i had taken good care of her i just want to find out if she’s still living but just sat somewhere ?

Reckon as its got an Export marker its left uk at some point. Maybe owners moved abroad?.

It was a rare car in 2002 so must be very rare now. Does sound like a really nice car though. Hope you find it and its for sale.

Alasdair

16 hours ago, Hubertt said:

...... it has been sitting on a SORN with an expired MOT since late 2013......

Back then ye were still in the EU.

Lots & lots of used UK cars were bought by people in R of I ( driving on same side of the road 'n all that )

Is it at the back of some farm, a mile or two from Ballygobackwards with a bale of straw in the boot ?

.....not a joke.....I bought a '02 UK Elegance estate in '08 'n still have it here on The Emerald Isle

I’m not sure what you mean by what you have said , i just hope the cars still somewhere in England sitting somewhere rather than in Europe sitting somewhere i just hope i can buy it back

The Export Marker is on DVLA MOT status check under vehicle details. Its usually added to vehicle details if its being or been moved outside UK.

Alasdair

So would you say it’s been moved out of the uk ?

Might have been. Depends if the owner informed DVLA it was being exported then didnt export it or DVLA records are wrong. Not sure how you would check without v5.

Alasdair

I’m not sure either , i found out that you can fill out a form through the council and find out from them and they will tell you certain details about the car like who the last owner was and what not but you have too prove too the council why you need such information and you need a reasonable yet valid excuse and I’m not sure me saying i just wanna buy the car back is reasonable and valid enough

Do you still have the VIN? I don't know how the Irish MoT system works or if you can search by the VIN on the Irish website.
Maybe @olddog can answer that?