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Discussion
No idea, but I’ve brought a few cars back from mainland Europe and basically you:
1. Arrange insurance based on the car’s chassis number
2. Arrange breakdown cover if you’re a bit of a coward
3. Fly over, thinking that even if you’re driving back a 1975 Sherpa van it’ll be more comfortable than EasyJet
4. You might need to get export plates to drive the car out of the country, or the owner might let you drive out on the car’s existing number plates. A trip to the local vehicle licence office with the owner if necessary.
5. Drive back. Winter is an ideal time for this in an old car with flickering headlights, possibly no heater etc
6. Ferry or tunnel
7. Get to the UK, I drove straight through and home but if you want you can stop at the Something To Declare checkpoint and say “500 fags and an Opel Kadett please”
8. Drive it for an MoT which they can do on the chassis number rather than the UK numberplate you won’t have.
9. Fix the things you forgot – headlight aim, rear foglight on the correct side, don’t worry about the speedo in km/h
10. With an MoT, take it and all the other documents (including insurance) to your local vehicle licence office where they might ask to see it, or might just look over the papers and charge you for a tax disc (or free if it’s pre ’73). They’ll also tell you the numberplate you’ll get.
11. Get some plates made up
12. Go back to the MoT garage and get them to amend it with your numberplate instead of the chassis plate.
13. Avoid carparks where you have to slide across to put money in the slot on the passenger side.
1. Arrange insurance based on the car’s chassis number
2. Arrange breakdown cover if you’re a bit of a coward
3. Fly over, thinking that even if you’re driving back a 1975 Sherpa van it’ll be more comfortable than EasyJet
4. You might need to get export plates to drive the car out of the country, or the owner might let you drive out on the car’s existing number plates. A trip to the local vehicle licence office with the owner if necessary.
5. Drive back. Winter is an ideal time for this in an old car with flickering headlights, possibly no heater etc
6. Ferry or tunnel
7. Get to the UK, I drove straight through and home but if you want you can stop at the Something To Declare checkpoint and say “500 fags and an Opel Kadett please”
8. Drive it for an MoT which they can do on the chassis number rather than the UK numberplate you won’t have.
9. Fix the things you forgot – headlight aim, rear foglight on the correct side, don’t worry about the speedo in km/h
10. With an MoT, take it and all the other documents (including insurance) to your local vehicle licence office where they might ask to see it, or might just look over the papers and charge you for a tax disc (or free if it’s pre ’73). They’ll also tell you the numberplate you’ll get.
11. Get some plates made up
12. Go back to the MoT garage and get them to amend it with your numberplate instead of the chassis plate.
13. Avoid carparks where you have to slide across to put money in the slot on the passenger side.
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