Has anyone imported a used car into the UK from Europe?
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Bosh.
Ave a butchers Registering an imported vehicle : Directgov - Motoring
Ave a butchers Registering an imported vehicle : Directgov - Motoring
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If you intend to keep the car in the UK then it has to be brought to UK spec's. You can drive it here for a short time.... not sure of the limit..... but to remain it must be converted. This will include lights and odometer obviously but the easiest thing to do is ask an importer a few questions. Have a look at 'Grey Imports' which is how they are classed. British Forces have brought quite a few in from the continent and I brought a Disco in from Cyprus via Sawmills Garage at Lyneham.
Ah, so I can bring it in for a short period... the part on the DVLA that says:
This must be done as soon as possible as the vehicle cant be used or kept on public roads.
I thought... how can I bring it in if I can't actually drive it in.
I'll give them a ring... just thought someone may have gone and brought one in themselves.
I don't want to use an importer, just go and buy one and drive it in myself.
Thanks
This must be done as soon as possible as the vehicle cant be used or kept on public roads.
I thought... how can I bring it in if I can't actually drive it in.
I'll give them a ring... just thought someone may have gone and brought one in themselves.
I don't want to use an importer, just go and buy one and drive it in myself.
Thanks
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you'll not get insurance on a foreign tagged mota, hence you cant drive it in.Although all the latvians and pole round here just drive around all the time without tax and probbably no insurance.
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Back in the 70's (things may have changed) to comply with the law you should drive off the ferry and to the nearest registration office (Dover?) and if necessary sit on the step till it opened, but in practise they expected you to drive it home, but not keep driving round in it.
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I see wot yer saying pikey but this page What is the Single Vehicle Approval scheme? : Directgov - Motoring confuses things.Sez dont need an sva if its from euope but ya do if its a left hooker.Wot like those motas from euorpe?:doh:
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This should cover the SVA
"There are five basic ways of demonstrating compliance:"
"Showing that European Approval Standards are met - by, for example, a Type Approval number on the VIN plate or documentary evidence from the manufacturer (Directive Compliance)"
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Not correct mate
Fortunately insurance in the rest of Europe is a bit different from over here .
When I moved here I brought my Portuguese car with me (which now has been sold back home)
As we are all part of this big community called the EU, you can drive anywhere.
Thing is insurance here only covers you in England and if you want to drive somewhere else you have to pay more.
On the other side of the channel (at least Portugal) when you get insurance it entitles you to drive in any EU country.
So you can bring your car over here and drive with foreign plates, you'll be covered by insurance and you only have to pay tax in your home country, as its supposed to be temporary.
That's why you can only have the car here for 6 months in each 12.
So once the 6 months end, you just drive to France and come back in
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True that but i read it as a british citizen going abroad to get a foreign mota, ie he wont get a qoute from and english company on a mota overseas.But that might not be the OPs case.[JP];804854 said:Not correct mate
Fortunately insurance in the rest of Europe is a bit different from over here .
When I moved here I brought my Portuguese car with me (which now has been sold back home)
As we are all part of this big community called the EU, you can drive anywhere.
Thing is insurance here only covers you in England and if you want to drive somewhere else you have to pay more.
On the other side of the channel (at least Portugal) when you get insurance it entitles you to drive in any EU country.
So you can bring your car over here and drive with foreign plates, you'll be covered by insurance and you only have to pay tax in your home country, as its supposed to be temporary.
That's why you can only have the car here for 6 months in each 12.
So once the 6 months end, you just drive to France and come back in
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Oo yeh, you are right on what you said.
I was only commenting on what you said about foreign cars driving with no insurance or tax.
I was only commenting on what you said about foreign cars driving with no insurance or tax.
