Car
Friday, August 23, 2019 @ 12:36 PM
Car
Yet another thing we got wrong!
We found a car we wanted to buy, Spanish plated, old and cheap.
But we were still waiting for our appointment to get our NIE numbers.
Again we listened to the wrong people this time the person selling the car, we were told we would not be able to get it transferred into our name until we had our paperwork. WRONG!
After renting a car for much longer than we needed to we found this just wasn’t true. You can legally drive a car on a piece of paper issued by an asesoria until you have the correct documents and it can be insured.
We would never dream of driving an uninsured car, as it turned out that’s a good job.
My first ever drive out in our new car and it broke down!
Unable to speak Spanish, I didn’t know what to do. I found the documents (they were in English) and called the number. Thankfully they spoke English but when the mechanic called me back to find out where I was, which I wasn’t 100% sure of, if truth be told, he only spoke Spanish.
Panic started to set in but then it hit me, one of the Estate Agents we had been dealing with (not the bad one!) was within walking distance.
I walked up and he was so helpful, came back to the car with me and spoke to the mechanic on the phone and then stayed with me until it was fixed.
The car didn’t give us any more problems after that until it was written off almost a year later.