and run it on the roads here with relative impunity? I can't really see what the downside is tbh- how would anyone know. I've noticed a few other people seem to do it.
Asking because I bought an old bike back from Italy for restoration some years ago, and ended up selling it before doing the paperwork, but wondered at the time what would stop me using it on the road. Now wondering about a car.
This is going to run and run but basically as cars cost a lot more over there what are you going to save?
Unless of course you are planning on driving around like a fool and then you will struggle once pulled unless you have a matching passport and language skill.
No.
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Although if you buy insurance in the country where you purchase the vehicle you could probably get away with it until that insurance runs out. But after that you're going to have to insure it in the UK and that will be your sticking point.
If you say have a French registered car then the insurance has to be issued by a France based insurance company.This would cost you more than the UK equivalent.
The car could not be MOT'd or taxed in this country.
To my cost no claims earned abroad cannot be used in the UK so my 9 years counts for nothing here.
when I first moved in the uk , i had a french reg car for a while . as said above it needs to be insured in the country where the reg is from .
Yes you can, do you think all of those Lithuanian, Latvian and Polish cars have valid insurance, tags etc? You can buy Latvian registration plates and documentation in at least one pub I know.
