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Officially the car is supposed to leave Spain every six months. On the Costa del Sol loads of UK reg cars (plus others). Need to be a bit careful with the law if they get used to seeing the car around wherever you are going to be. Not every insurer will insure UK reg cars permanently here and dont think you ucan insure it in the UK but you need to check. For any insurance to be valid the car needs to be MOT'd every 12 months if over three years old which means taking back to the UK once a year for the MOT otherwise the insurance is invalid. Guess you have to decide whether you will drive the car here illegally or take it back every 12 months.

In theory you could change the reg to Spanish but if its right hand drive it is likely to cause some complication as beam of headlights etc have to be changed for the Spanish MOT. Also can be costly subject to the value of the car.

Rgds

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Only problem I have is getting through the tolls before the barrier comes down:

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HI Adrian who has told it is 1800€. Seems dear to me but might be wrong. Any car imported to Spain from another country is subject to import duty. The duty relates to the price of the car when brand new and then reduces gradually as it gets older. I dont know how quick the rate of reduction is but FYI hire companies benefit from a concession in that they pay no import duty as they are a benefit to tourism. After 4 years they can then sell the car without incurring the duty - if it is sold within 4 years they lose some (or maybe all) of their concession on that vehicle. Thus for a 6 year old Toyota Celica it seems a bit lumpy but then I dont know the price new - cars depreciate here much slower than UK so perhaps it is feasible a Celica of that age might cost that much.

Continuing the note about hire company imort duty - some of the companies will buy in more prestigious brand new cars for the high season. They only need them for the summer months until about Oct/Nov when all they can shift is Focus and Fiesta and Pug 307s etc. But of course during the summer there will always be people who want Mercs, Beemers, Cabriolets etc - so they buy them keep em 6 months and flog them on - they will sell them at a price reflecting the fact that they have not paid duty as they dont want them hanging around. It then remains on a vehicle hire contract to the buyer until 2 years has passed and then the Matricula can be transferred - can save quite a lot of dough this way - bit like buying ex demo in the UK - just make sure you know who youre dealing with - dont want the hassle of not being able to change the matricula if the company goes awol 

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Hi Orda,

Tempting not to do anything isn't it?

BUT, my Brother has an Englsih registered car in Spain, with an Irish number plate, which makes things more dificult!

Once the Spanish Policia Local have "clocked" you, they won't leave you alone.

He has been followed to his home now on two occasions and the last time was warned that if he didn't re-register, he would be heavily fined.

Once they have theri teeth in you, they won't let go!

Rgds,

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Don't you worry about what she said, Smiley?

She is thinking over what to says or said  or tell another tale next.

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" She is thinking over what to says or said  or tell another tale next."

Our Fibby doesn't tell tales.  She does great embroidery (maybe)  

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Actually, I have been thinking about my response to this one!

Being a Chelsea supporter, I chewed it over on a stick of celery for a couple of days first............

Irish plates are often bought in England and put on English registered cars.

Reason?

They are cheap!

We had one once, needless to say it was a FIB plate!

And they come with a free pint of Guinness.

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Irish plates are often bought in England and put on English registered cars.

Reason?

They are cheap!

Still don't understand. How can that be legal? On the same basis, you could just buy some Spanish "plates" and stick them on your UK registered vehicle. Somehow I don't think the paperwork would tally (unless you know some dodgy dealers at DVLA / Trafico?)

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You reckon thrashing a quality team like Roma 7-1 is legal?

Since I'm on the Driving In Spain board, I'd just like to report that I got knocked up the backside while cruising on a Malaga industrial estate this afternoon, by a taxi driver (licence number 8231 BHD). That's yet another scrape on my rear end.

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Roberto,

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Still don't understand. How can that be legal? On the same basis, you could just buy some Spanish "plates" and stick them on your UK registered vehicle. Somehow I don't think the paperwork would tally (unless you know some dodgy dealers at DVLA / Trafico?)

When you buy the Irish plates, you have to send back the car reg documents to DVLA

They then re-register your car with the Irish plates.

It is obviously legal, but I don't think DVLA would accept Spanish number plates!!

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