Buying a spanish car in Spain

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Can anyone recommend an honest, reliable second hand car dealer in the Fuengirola area (or Benalmadena to Marbella) where they have had nothing but good service?

We are looking around at present for a reliable workhorse (we do up to 500km per week). 

Need diesel, small car (as will not be carrying a lot), up to 4yrs old?  Manual, 1.4? 

I am fully resident and have my own Gestor.

I do have a 1998 Renault Clio 1.6 Diesel for possible PX, but it needs some repairs. (Although has full and valid ITV to Sept 2011). 

Peugot 206, Fiesta?, Citroen, Skoda!, VW Polo.  All considered!

3 Door OK and body work does not need to be 100%, although bumps only and no major crashes/re-builds!

Full ITV and paperwork legal a must!

Original Mileage/no clocked vehicles! Lower milage and checkable service history preferable.

You must be willing to let our mechanic check the car over.

Budget?  Eu4,000?

 Try Polar Cars. (Avenida Los Pacos)

We bought a Seat Altea from them about a year and a half ago at a good price and we are very happy with it.

The service was friendly and professional.

I would totally recommend them.

Say Stan and Amanda recommended them if you do go in there.

Thanks AJB1, will give them a try.

Has anyone heard of John Briggs who has a workshop at San Pedro?

He advertises a lot of vehicles in the local press, but even though he says, 'Eveyone on the coast knows him' I have not found one  yet! 

The British Consulate suggests that it is advisable to exchange UK licences for Spanish ones, which are also valid for visits to the UK. In England the DVLA will not put a non-British address on a replacement licence, nor send one out of the country. Therefore, if a British licence is only registered with Spanish authorities and is lost or stolen, a replacement cannot be obtained from the UK, and Spanish authorities will not be able to replace one they did not issue.

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 Hi,

We are looking at a Spanish reg car for sale in the UK.  The owner has all the paperwork it's up tp date with ITV and SUMA etc.  He now lives in UK so if we buy we will be taking it accross to Spain in a couple of months and it will then stay there.  

Could you tell me what would be the procedure for transferring ownership on taking back to Spain?

Tks

Hi mazlester

I have just taken a car to Spain fthrough portsmouth to santander stayed in Madrid for 1 night. I wish I had stayed for two or three as Madrid is Fab. I then drove to Torre. Here is a copy of the mail received from my solicitor. 

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your email. When you buy a Spanish Plated car you will need to change the ownership to your name in Tráfico in Spain. It is a procedure we can help you with. To do the change in the ownership there are some necessary paperwork to be signed both by you, the buyer and the seller. Would it be possible for you to get the signature of the seller? We could email you all the documents necessary to be able to present the papers in Tráfico for the change in the ownership. Or if you bought it from an official dealer would you have the invoice of the purchase?

The other thing we recommend is to check if there is no any registered debts on the vehicle you are buying. We could do this for you as well, we would need the copy of the papers of the car and the details of the seller (FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND NIE NUMBER)

Once you could email us the copy of the papers of the car we could prepare for you a quote about the cost for changing the ownership of the car in Tráfico. And when you are here in Spain we could present all the paperwork in Tráfico and change the ownership on your behalf.

To prepare for you the Car Insurance Quote we would need copy of the papers of the car and copy of your driving licence:

- Copy of the logbook

- Copy of the ficha técnica (document with all the caracteristics of the car)

- Copy of your driving licence

To be able to drive the car you would need to have the:

- Original logbook in the name of the seller

- Original ficha técnica

- The last paid receipt of the Suma (road tax) it should be for 2010

- Car Insurance papers

- It is also recommended to have with you a purchase contract signed by both of you/or the invoice if it is through a dealer/ in the meantime you are driving the car and it is still not in your name.

It is also recomended for own convenience when you purchase the car to take a copy of the NIE number and the passport of the seller.

Vincente

I also had to get an addition to my english insurance for a week  (£100 )until |I got to spain and insured it with Direct line in Spain. The cost of name exchage is about 400Euro I can not remember exactley.

Hope this helps