And the paperwork's off

It's time to set my stopwatch - the countdown has begun... The reams and reams of paperwork have been completed by Dean and the team at CC Midlands, so it's now a only a matter of days until the car is ready for collection... According to the DVLA site it should take between 10 - 14 working days to process, however I'm aware of at least one individual who is now in week five of his wait!  Naturally (and like everyone) I hope mine will be sooner rather than later, but that's down to the DVLA and their processing "black hole" so who knows when I'll actually get the V5.

Dean sent me a picture of the vast number of written documents that need to be sent to the DVLA to get my V5 - and quite frankly I'm glad I didn't have to complete this lot.


The vast number of written documents that need to be sent to the DVLA to get a V5

The envelope of documents addressed to the DVLA.

Now that the paperwork is well and truly "in the post" it's now down to the final issues to be rectified.

The first item Dean has wanted to understand is the paintwork, so he has sent my bonnet to the paint shop that they use to have the paint tested for hardness and also how well it is adhering to the body.  It’ll be interesting to hear what the outcome is.  Maybe it is right, but during the build I got myself into such a frenzy that I was double and triple checking everything... Having said that there are some marks (top of nosecone) that were there when the bubble wrap came off, so I'm not convinced right now it is correct, BUT... We'll wait and see what the outcome is. 

It's a great feeling knowing that rectification issues are gradually being ticked off the list and I'm getting closer to that momentous collection day!