Dave Social
30-05-2012, 16:01
Not sure what to do with my British reg’d car…
I drove over here about 8 weeks ago. I have a nice 2004 Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 Hatchback (new shape) on British plates. Great car and although its right hand drive I find it very easy driving it on the island instead of the left. Have some months left to continue driving it legally over here but not sure which is going to be the cheapest way to go about things.
Do I export it and transfer on to Spanish /Canarian plates? Or do I sell it? If I sell it, I need to be selling it to someone going back to the UK. Or maybe could do a straight ‘SWAP’.
I called in at a local garage near Costa del Silencio they quoted me 1,200 euro’s to transfer the car over. That included import tax, itv and the rest. But told the head lights will cost an arm and a leg and that’s extra! However I have just been told that it’s possible that with my car being a modern car with HID’s the lights could be manually adjusted. I’ll need to check this with Vauxhall.
The tax duty quote was taken off the computer data base at the garage, but my car model was not listed. Vauxhall Opel Vectra GTi was listed but not my model. So they said they had to go on the nearest model to mine. GTi I believe is a more expensive car than mine. So I end up paying more than I should. Is this correct, anyone know?
If you can recommend someone that can do me a good deal on getting it transferred, Or if you or someone fancies doing a left hand drive for right hand drive a car swap let me know ASAP.
Dave
I drove over here about 8 weeks ago. I have a nice 2004 Vauxhall Vectra 2.2 Hatchback (new shape) on British plates. Great car and although its right hand drive I find it very easy driving it on the island instead of the left. Have some months left to continue driving it legally over here but not sure which is going to be the cheapest way to go about things.
Do I export it and transfer on to Spanish /Canarian plates? Or do I sell it? If I sell it, I need to be selling it to someone going back to the UK. Or maybe could do a straight ‘SWAP’.
I called in at a local garage near Costa del Silencio they quoted me 1,200 euro’s to transfer the car over. That included import tax, itv and the rest. But told the head lights will cost an arm and a leg and that’s extra! However I have just been told that it’s possible that with my car being a modern car with HID’s the lights could be manually adjusted. I’ll need to check this with Vauxhall.
The tax duty quote was taken off the computer data base at the garage, but my car model was not listed. Vauxhall Opel Vectra GTi was listed but not my model. So they said they had to go on the nearest model to mine. GTi I believe is a more expensive car than mine. So I end up paying more than I should. Is this correct, anyone know?
If you can recommend someone that can do me a good deal on getting it transferred, Or if you or someone fancies doing a left hand drive for right hand drive a car swap let me know ASAP.
Dave