Bringing a car back from The Channel Islands
Discussion
Fastpedeller said:
Re the MOT, I asked a friendly plod about getting MOT miles away, and he said whilst technically ok, it was taking the p
s, and some officers would be within their rights to nick you if caught going excessive distance for MOT.
Your friendly plod is mistaken - they wouldn't. See the answer given by SS2. They would have to be able to quote specific legislation. Their personal opinions on the matter (which seem to be shared by the person you asked) are not sufficient grounds for 'nicking' you. I have been stopped 50 miles into a 250 mile journey returning home after buying a car without a current MOT. I got the frown but nothing more because the legislation is not (and if you think about it, could not realistically be) prescriptive.s, and some officers would be within their rights to nick you if caught going excessive distance for MOT.Fastpedeller said:
If getting a fail at 1st MOT on England's soil, I'd suspect then booking a 2nd MOT closer to home would also be frowned upon (even more than the above, which you could possibly be excused for, but KNOWINGLY using an MOT failure on the road would IMHO be worse)
Good luck.
My suggestion was to book both MOTs beforehand, not depending on the result of the first. The second booking is simply a precaution due to not being able to complete the journey in one go. Should it fail the first one, the legislation allows the vehicle to be removed to a pre-arranged place where it is to be repaired. Proper advance planning can take care of that.Good luck.
I was neither intimating nor condoning driving a vehicle for over 400 miles if it in a dangerous condition. There are many reasons why a vehicle may fail a test none of which make the vehicle unsafe.
Roo said:
User33678888 said:
pcvdriver said:
Motorrad said:
No it isn't.
Residency is the issue not citizenship.
What if you're borrowing a foreign friend's car while they are over here with it? How would that stack up?Residency is the issue not citizenship.
Unless you're a student.
I drove a fully legal French-registered van from the Alps back here with an English (but French resident) friend of mine last year. We shared the driving, and I was covered on his policy. I didn't think for a moment that my driving would be legal in France but not in the UK.
Any specific rules you can point to on this - genuine matter of concern for me.
My wife and I have 2 Guernsey registered cars both purchased there. One was an ex demo and the other a private sale of which it had been purchased by the seller a number of years ago from the UK.
We have been living back in the UK for a year now and still have both cars registered with Gnsy plates!
We have looked into re registering back to the UK, and will do shortly. We will not have to pay VAT if we keep the vehicles for a minimum of 1 year after re registering, which we intend on doing.
We have checked this out on the DVLA site, and it is common knowledge in Gnsy that this is the case.
We have been living back in the UK for a year now and still have both cars registered with Gnsy plates!
We have looked into re registering back to the UK, and will do shortly. We will not have to pay VAT if we keep the vehicles for a minimum of 1 year after re registering, which we intend on doing.
We have checked this out on the DVLA site, and it is common knowledge in Gnsy that this is the case.
gazzad said:
My wife and I have 2 Guernsey registered cars both purchased there. One was an ex demo and the other a private sale of which it had been purchased by the seller a number of years ago from the UK.
We have been living back in the UK for a year now and still have both cars registered with Gnsy plates!
We have looked into re registering back to the UK, and will do shortly. We will not have to pay VAT if we keep the vehicles for a minimum of 1 year after re registering, which we intend on doing.
We have checked this out on the DVLA site, and it is common knowledge in Gnsy that this is the case.
I would have hoped the OP would have got it all sorted one way or another by now as they posted this thread back in November 2013! We have been living back in the UK for a year now and still have both cars registered with Gnsy plates!
We have looked into re registering back to the UK, and will do shortly. We will not have to pay VAT if we keep the vehicles for a minimum of 1 year after re registering, which we intend on doing.
We have checked this out on the DVLA site, and it is common knowledge in Gnsy that this is the case.
A UK resident MAY NOT drive a car registered elsewhere in the EU.
However, if a car is temporarily imported into the UK from a country outside the EU by the car's legal owner, a UK resident may drive it so long as the UK resident is named on an HMRC Form 308. The owner must be within the EU whilst the named UK resident is driving it. The car must be re-exported with six months of its arrival.
However, if a car is temporarily imported into the UK from a country outside the EU by the car's legal owner, a UK resident may drive it so long as the UK resident is named on an HMRC Form 308. The owner must be within the EU whilst the named UK resident is driving it. The car must be re-exported with six months of its arrival.
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