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  I don't know if this could be any help, but I noticed our local (in Italy) Land Rover agent offering new vehicles either as cars or as autocarri, at the choice of the purchaser.   Reading between the lines, it sounds like it is a choice available at first immatriculation, and therefore should not be impossible to change. (I think the IVA might be confusing the issue: clearly if you are buying a commercial vehicle as a non-registered person you won't be able to claim the IVA back. I agree with your finding from the insurers - they all want an IVA number to insure a commercial, but I cannot see any good reason why they should insist, if pressed, and you talk to somebody high up in the insurance copany).   It just might be worth your while talking to your Land-Rover agent - you never know, they might be helpful if this 'offer' is a national promotion by the company.

 There are a number of Colleseccos (collesecchi?) in Umbria - which is  your nearest town?

 I rather think shas was confused by by your attempt at spelling buongiorno!

 I should have been more precise and said ½ûÂþÌìÌà (tax) resident, and not ½ûÂþÌìÌà national, sorry. There are also various lists of countries, (paradisi fiscale, Cee which is EU plus Norway and Iceland, and 'collaborativi'). Neither Switzerland nor Jersey are on the Agenzia list of collaborativi - if that makes any difference.

 I understand your worries, though I believe Jersey has jumped through the requisite hoops to not be considered 'on the grey list'. (That isn't just an ½ûÂþÌìÌà thing). I don't think (unless your client is an ½ûÂþÌìÌà national) that the 5% 'import tax' should be applicable - it is basically designed to sanitize money which ½ûÂþÌìÌà tax-payers have, in the past, hidden out of Italy. I'm not expert in this stuff in any way: it might be worth your while paying the €3 for the IlSole pdf on the current scudo, but meanwhile you could trawl through this stuff!

 This particular issue (seeing the most recent posts first) which you are worried about I believe you can sort out by changing your personal preferences within the 'community'. The other ridiculous snags which you are by no means alone in having encountered cannot be excused as 'browser related'. With all respect to Firefox, Chrome, Safari and the rest (and Mac and Linux afficinados) - Windows Internet Explorer is the browser used by an overwhelming majority of 'ordinary' computer users, and if a site doesn't work for them, then the site doesn't work. Period. In my opinion there is no browser issue. This is an evil site. I hope and trust that this evilness is not intentional, but the cretinous excuses from poor Valentina are quite hopeless. If she has (poor soul) been charged with defending an 'adventure into the unknown', then she should simply throw in the towel. It is not possible to defend the indefensible. Vbulletin works: basta. Reinventing the wheel is pointless. Putting your own pretty face on Vbulletin is worth a shot - but this is crap. It seems to have lost even adriatica......which is a shame

 EE Exact Sprostoni - just look at the first letter typos all over the place! (From IE8 if it makes any difference!)

  24 hours on, I realise that I had put a 'theoretical' date into my search. It could be that on some days (of the week, month, I dunno) the train 780 just might have a couchette carriage. Maybe (you know it could make sense) - on a Friday or Saturday or maybe a Sunday, Trenitalia might attach a couchette carriage to that train. So, search on the date you want to travel - and if the site still says no couchettes, believe it.

I I I assume you are looking at train 780, and it does not have couchettes. You can find this information on the trenitalia.it website - first you 'select' the train by ticking the 'seleziona' box and then you ask for 'dettagli per selezione'. It is quite clear that this train is seats only.

 This may be of some help. Once the propoals have been approved or modified (today, I believe,) IlSole will no doubt print a special.