driving english reg. vehicle in spain
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driving english reg. vehicle in spain
a relative is considering spending 3 months or so in spain after christmas and wants to know about bringing over u.k vehicle. A friend of mine has said that they took over their u.k vehicle and had some paper work to say they would only be using for up to 6 months of the year? any advice would be appreciated as my relative cannot afford to buy a vehicle in spain.
I can`t see it being a problem as your relative is actually only a genuine tourist, therefore no restrictions other than the 6 month rule should apply. Make sure she notifies insurance co. and brings all paperwork with her. I`m taking my car over next week, will let you know if there were any problems!
Is it hot here, or is it just me?
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I think you will find that they secretly drive back to the UK every twelve months to get an MOT and car tax! If not their insurance technically isn't valid.
The insurance companies all pay into a pool which can be used to compensate "not at fault" victims of traffic accidents so you should be OK there.
Despite it being the EU, to be legal you have to change your English car into a Spanish registered one or take it out of the country. The tedious matriculation process was exceptionally well explained a few months ago by Spanish Lad - if my memory serves me well.
olive
I think you will find that they secretly drive back to the UK every twelve months to get an MOT and car tax! If not their insurance technically isn't valid.
The insurance companies all pay into a pool which can be used to compensate "not at fault" victims of traffic accidents so you should be OK there.
Despite it being the EU, to be legal you have to change your English car into a Spanish registered one or take it out of the country. The tedious matriculation process was exceptionally well explained a few months ago by Spanish Lad - if my memory serves me well.
olive
IIRC illegal cars may be subject to seizure by the Guardia Civil Trafico and subsequently may be scrapped if not changed to Spanish plates. This requirement can indeed be both a horrid bureaucratic process and quite costly.
This may be why you see many elderly UK registered cars here - if seized, they aren't worth anything anyway, so no worries!
This may be why you see many elderly UK registered cars here - if seized, they aren't worth anything anyway, so no worries!
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I look at it this way, you wouldnt do it in the UK by running around illegal so why try and exploit the Spainish system, afterall we are (will be) guests in their country, respect is needed when thinking on these lines.
I'll also be offering this service as part of my business when I get there end feb in and around the Costa del Sol region
Cheers All
I'll also be offering this service as part of my business when I get there end feb in and around the Costa del Sol region
Cheers All
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In UK, (not sure about Spain) the data base for vehicles is growing like topsy.
If you want to find out if your UK registered vehicle has a LICENCE (or has been 'exported') just tap in your number plate on this site and it will (should) give you current status.
http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/
Since the end of last year, when you get an MOT done the testing station must input all the details on the computerised online data base. Gone are the days of little green bits of paper with a friendly embossed stamp !
http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/
Of course, when licensing the vehicle, the Insurance can also be checked using the Motor Insurance Database (MID), and so the chances of an Uninsured vehicle being driven without a current MOT is minimised.
It's all about Identity cards for vehicles !
If you want to find out if your UK registered vehicle has a LICENCE (or has been 'exported') just tap in your number plate on this site and it will (should) give you current status.
http://www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/
Since the end of last year, when you get an MOT done the testing station must input all the details on the computerised online data base. Gone are the days of little green bits of paper with a friendly embossed stamp !
http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/
Of course, when licensing the vehicle, the Insurance can also be checked using the Motor Insurance Database (MID), and so the chances of an Uninsured vehicle being driven without a current MOT is minimised.
It's all about Identity cards for vehicles !
- olivefarmer
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Dead easy as long as your vehicle is actually roadworthy. Make appointment, go to ITV centre for advisory ITV on a foreign car, pay 30 euros bit more if diesel, get paperwork put sticker in window. Doesn't mean anything though.
Now why doesn't someone open up a licenced MOT centre in Gib doing proper UK MOT's?! they would do a roaring trade.
Do the stickers have a black market value?
Now why doesn't someone open up a licenced MOT centre in Gib doing proper UK MOT's?! they would do a roaring trade.
Do the stickers have a black market value?
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Re: sticker
there is already, and yes they are, but you shouldn´t cos its illegal. and pointless. a spanish mot on a uk plated car means nothing. a foreign plated vehicle must have mot and tax from its own country to make insurance valid.olive wrote:Dead easy as long as your vehicle is actually roadworthy. Make appointment, go to ITV centre for advisory ITV on a foreign car, pay 30 euros bit more if diesel, get paperwork put sticker in window. Doesn't mean anything though.
Now why doesn't someone open up a licenced MOT centre in Gib doing proper UK MOT's?! they would do a roaring trade.
Do the stickers have a black market value?
they only have any sort of value to an owner of a spanish vehicle. but as i say, still illegal without the corrosponding stamp on the green form (cant remember what its called, somethinglike a "licence to use" the car, i´ll find the name later.
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some one i know purchased a car in u.k informed insurance company that they were taking it to spain and that it would only be used for 6 months of the year, some paper work signed and they have had no problem
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