Brexit: expats in the UK right deal may be close
In Belgium, we now ask, what is the non-legal way.
I do not think it is possible at all, to legally drive a car in the UK in Europe, it must be of MOT, taxed and insured in the country, and just be there while on tour in Europe, it is also an offense for a resident of an EU country to drive a car abroad reg except to the procedure to be registered with local plates, etc. There are companies that will take your money, but you'll find most of the countries have a similar overwhelming law in the UK for lack of proper paperwork.
Does anyone know of a British insurance company which will ensure a British car in Germany My current insurance has just 90 days European cover and I go back I thought I would be able to provide here but I I said it would need to be registered here and I will not do that.
What you said is indeed correct, if you need to register in Germany, but you 3-6months I forget that before you have to do from the moment you leave the UK.
To the German version information of an MOT is called TUV and the German registration document is called a short Fahrzeug.
If the vehicle is a RHD car then you must have the LHD headlights and rear Foglight must be on the other side.
You will also need a manufacturer's document called a certificate of compliance to prove to the German gov, it received EU type approval.
Thank you for the information that I have no choice but to take the car in the UK and buy a German rather than Honestly, I thought I could drive here for 1 year before he had to be registered Driving a driving car right hand on the continent is a hair-raising experience anyway, and not one of my better ideas.
Or you can take the car to the UK MOT and renewal of road tax get another insurance coverage year is probably the most likely less expensive in the UK than anywhere else across the EU lead to the joy of your heart wherewher seems to take advantage of the combustion top descends excellent Autobahn if you get pain given by overzealous bureaucracy remember nobody can prove that you do not take the vehichle accross a non-policed border this country Belgium where on any randomly or regularly Don t have experience in Germany, BeNeLux but certainly the authorities do not seem to show much interest with such matters- if all they seem to enjoy seeing the plates around the UK, as opposed to zillions of Ukrainian Serbian Romanian Bulgarian Polish Russian Azebeijani and other Cheers exoticae newcomer.
Or you can take the car to the UK MOT and renewal of road tax get another insurance coverage year is probably the most likely less expensive in the UK than anywhere else across the EU lead to the joy of your heart wherewher seems to take advantage of the combustion top descends excellent Autobahn if you get pain given by overzealous bureaucracy remember nobody can prove that you do not take the vehichle accross a non-policed border this country Belgium where on any randomly or regularly Don t have experience in Germany, BeNeLux but certainly the authorities do not seem to show much interest with such matters- if all they seem to enjoy seeing the plates around the UK, as opposed to zillions of Ukrainian Serbian Romanian Bulgarian Polish Russian Azebeijani and other Cheers exoticae newcomer.
As with many EU countries now in the UK, DE, FR, ES, PT, etc., they require proof of when the vehicle left the country, it was recorded in the UK for example in that case.
I was even arrested in Belgium several times to ask about the status of myself and my vehicle, granted not as much as most other EU countries.
What you said would have worked there, and you're likely to get away with it here and there several years now, but if you are stopped by Highway Police Highway correct instead of local plod then they ask these information.
I know that I import vehicles for export throughout Europe to live and constantly get stopped in France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal now.
EU legislation indicates the vehicle time is when the car leaves the country it is registered, so it is not as simple as going to the border and return with a receipt of gasoline.
Just being stopped by a police officer informed and that's it.
As you mentioned countries intensified their random stop non-local plates because of the amount of illegal vehicles in Eastern Europe and, unfortunately, we are all suffering Not to mention local governments have cottoned on how much money they could force the expatriates to register their vehicles in their new home.
You'll also find that most VAST insurance UK covers you only for driving abroad and short-term vacation and you need to prove the insurance company to wash hands on you when you show a ticket chunnel ferry to eight months ago, so most people fail to read the fine print on their insurance coverage.
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One of my best friends and business associates in Luverne spelling Brussels just off the ring road R0 bought a Lamborghini LHD us with an entry in the UK.
I drove and parked on its input without a single problem, the next day, he drove over to a customer in Brussels and again stopped by police and asked how long the vehicle had been in the country and the status of itself and the vehicle.
Then I had to send a scanned copy of my ferry ticket that shows the car's registration number so he could give the police to prove how long he had been there.
Ok we could say because of the kind of vehicle, it shines from the crowd and therefore caught the attention, but it proves if you are unlucky to find the person of evil police who knows his job that knows where it would end .
It amazes me how the donation expatriates still t see a problem with the use of a vehicle registered in the UK when they're normally not a resident of the United Kingdom over.
As I say to some people, would you goto Poland buy a car and around Belgium and not re-reg it most people would never think to do such a thing, but it's the same principle.
However, the laws are there good or bad that is, but it is quite the person to take that risk and breaking the law, as is what it is.
I'm not here to judge, just here to give the facts to the people to decide what they want to do.
But how incredibly anal German taxation and the police are the law, Germany is the last country in the EU, I would risk such a thing.
At least luckyblackcat had no choice of qualified entry to be horses for courses and all that jazz can assume that you are well zel on knowledge and experience of German officialdom in these issues Everything I seem to know recently that it is quite impossible to know whether Muenchen Karlsruhe you can take two hours or 6 between hazardous humunguos endless road work to simply produce each summer high season; - similar to Salzbuerg to Karawanken for which you ordered a dubious pleasure of paying for heftily and Austrian tunnels thumbnail then super dangerously one line schlepp 20-30 km h between Moldovans pantechnicons scrapheaps suicidal Turks in 1970 with brick Mercs bound their gas pedals bleary eyes all the way from Hamburg or Bremen in the hope of hitting Belgrade or Sarajevo in one piece again inshallah all passengers drive 9-12 head-scarfed included today I would like someone EUrope a kind- give me heart sign of a better place to go and live the last years of my life Sorry hi-jacking a bit over it anyway.
One of my best friends and business associates in Luverne spelling Brussels just off the ring road R0 bought a Lamborghini LHD us with an entry in the UK.
I drove and parked on its input without a single problem, the next day, he drove over to a customer in Brussels and again stopped by police and asked how long the vehicle had been in the country and the status of itself and the vehicle.
Then I had to send a scanned copy of my ferry ticket that shows the car's registration number so he could give the police to prove how long he had been there.
Ok we could say because of the kind of vehicle, it shines from the crowd and therefore caught the attention, but it proves if you are unlucky to find the person of evil police who knows his job that knows where it would end .
It amazes me how the donation expatriates still t see a problem with the use of a vehicle registered in the UK when they're normally not a resident of the United Kingdom over.
As I say to some people, would you goto Poland buy a car and around Belgium and not re-reg it most people would never think to do such a thing, but it's the same principle.
However, the laws are there good or bad that is, but it is quite the person to take that risk and breaking the law, as is what it is.
I'm not here to judge, just here to give the facts to the people to decide what they want to do.
But how incredibly anal German taxation and the police are the law, Germany is the last country in the EU, I would risk such a thing.
How does this affect things if you still have an interest in the UK, for example, still have a home address.
I know there are some insurance companies in the UK that specialize in a car for the UK to spend all year abroad.
Also, what do you do with your driver's license in the UK if you are moving abroad - if you register a new address.
How does this affect things if you still have an interest in the UK, for example, still have a home address.
I know there are some insurance companies in the UK that specialize in a car for the UK to spend all year abroad.
Also, what do you do with your driver's license in the UK if you are moving abroad - if you register a new address.
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How does this affect things if you still have an interest in the UK, for example, still have a home address.
I know there are some insurance companies in the UK that specialize in a car for the UK to spend all year abroad.
Also, what do you do with your driver's license in the UK if you are moving abroad - if you register a new address.
Well actually the law is where you have the residence to say officially where you live for most of the year to which you reside official that s where your vehicle must be registered in in the period of correct time.
There are specialist insurers, but be sure to read the fine print very carefully to see if policy suits you and your status.
In terms of driving license, I have no idea about Belgium, but I know that in other EU locations they require you to have either a local stamp on your UK license or exchange for a room.
Some of us may be guilty of hi-jacking this too; not least my self this very cold afternoon while shopping for delicacies weekend essential walk as usual here I have noticed in particular not less than 20-25 UK reg-d from humble vehicles Peugeot 205's and Clios and luvverly latest Schkodas no offense please trifty sensible to us with any kind of Mondeos Beemers other Porsches Cayennes Mercs Jags Audis R Rovers a sumptuous Maybach LY-reg same brilliant; alltogether a situation a little better in relaxing and presentation mefinkz that dozens of people still remaing Coke style C-reg Cortinas probably never MOT -ed never imposed road you can really throw up every day on about stumbling over disgusting rusty scrapheaps prestigious supposedly Malaga, Marbella Puerto Banus, Gibraltar vinicieties still could not we just summise peacefully most of the history of similar style to successfully get away in circumstances like-for-yet-undefined everything If the cap with matching etc. Or you not argue, except the cost of the price wise.
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