Insuring a car in UK while living abroad

[Wild Child]

Hi all,


Is there any way to legally insure a car in UK and run it on UK plates when not residing in UK?

The reason I'm asking is following: as you probably know, most countries in continental Europe are basically forbidding any serious modifications on cars, whereas from what I know, pretty much anything goes in UK. For this reason, I'd be very interested to know if there is a way to run a UK plated car while residing in another country.

Many thanks in advance for your input.

BTW I've seen rally cars with UK plates here in Switzerland, although not recently.

Cheers,


david

[anonymous-user]

Run it on Polish plates, Insurers here really don't seem to care about much and the vehicle is insured as opposed to the driver,

[996TT02]

Stuart Collins

[Wild Child]

Wow, cheers for that!

This might be what I'm looking for! Question is, do I need a UK address?

david

[Wild Child]

Wow, cheers for that!

This might be what I'm looking for! Question is, do I need a UK address?

david

[Robert Elise]

you need a uk address for st collins.
will cost you nearly twice best price in uk, but as you're used to ch insurance that won't be a big shock. underwritten by axa btw.

[Lord Pikey]

996TT02 said:

Stuart Collins

Seconded. Been with them for years

[santona1937]

I do not know about the rest of the EU ( but it surely is similar) but in France a lot of the expats run UK plated cars. For insurance you will need a UK address. AS long as you keep your UK license there is no problem. IF you switch licenses to a local one it is illegal to run UK plate on your car.

[Robert Elise]

santona1937 said:

I do not know about the rest of the EU ( but it surely is similar) but in France a lot of the expats run UK plated cars. For insurance you will need a UK address. AS long as you keep your UK license there is no problem. IF you switch licenses to a local one it is illegal to run UK plate on your car.

if op is in ch he's probably swapped licences, as it's v risky in that country not to if yr resident. so yes, he can't run the uk car in ch on a ch licence.
he can enjoy it anywhere else in eu though. Technically the expats in france shouldn't be running uk plates after 6 mths either, but the risk there is minimal.

[Wild Child]

Thanks all for your feedback.

Just to make it clear, I'm a swiss citizen.

Cheers,

david

[Finlandia]

Robert Elise said:

santona1937 said:

I do not know about the rest of the EU ( but it surely is similar) but in France a lot of the expats run UK plated cars. For insurance you will need a UK address. AS long as you keep your UK license there is no problem. IF you switch licenses to a local one it is illegal to run UK plate on your car.

if op is in ch he's probably swapped licences, as it's v risky in that country not to if yr resident. so yes, he can't run the uk car in ch on a ch licence.
he can enjoy it anywhere else in eu though. Technically the expats in france shouldn't be running uk plates after 6 mths either, but the risk there is minimal.

I've run a UK registered car in Sweden, and I hold a Finnish licence. All perfectly legal here.