Help with buying car in Holland

[111KAB]

Unsure if this is the correct thread to be posting in but here goes (if any better suggestions please advise) .....

I am looking to buy a LHD, second hand, car to bring back to the UK and register here. I make regular trips to France on business and I have decided it is easier for me to make the short motorway journey in the UK in a LHD then have the benefit of LHD in France.

Searching around the Netherlands seems the easier place to buy LHD and indeed BCA have an auction place .... http://www.bca-europe.com/en/group/Help/Import-Exp...

Don't really want to pay dealer price as I am confident in my own ability to check over and any warranty probably of little use.

Really looking for tips on

1) Any possible problems regarding importing/re-registering
2) Possible contacts in the Netherlands (nearer the airport the better) who may be able to assist.

Thanks all.

[111KAB]

Hugo - yes registered as trade however when I looked through auction listings the Netherlands seemed on a par with Germany on prices and Schiphol airport easier for me to get to plus ferry/tunnel back slightly easier as well.

[111KAB]

Thanks guys - well think I have been persuaded to have another look at Germany. Not sure what BCA charge but they do a 'package' if you buy a car through them - transport plates, insurance and necessary paperwork. Any other links to German auction sites etc appreciated.

[111KAB]

This was my original post and in that respect I eventually purchased a LHD car with UK plates - there were some problems but that is another story!

My point of posting again is to answer (in part) the last query. In Spain it is the car which is insured and not the driver ie my LHD is insured for anyone over 25 to drive. All I had to provide to the insurers was the vehicle registration number (in my case UK registration) and returned by email was my documentation. For 280€ per year I have full comp (350€ excess)- there was no need for MOT (although no doubt required somewhere in small print and it does have MOT)and the insurance has Europe wide breakdown cover.

Seems to me that you could look at this as a possible route for getting car insured (I assume it has some sort of registration number on it?) which will be part of your 'battle'. Years ago when buying new cars in Holland (favourable exchange rate time) all the cars I purchased had red transit plates on them but I suppose this is akin to the T1 authorisation you refer to.

[111KAB]

marky1 said:

I can't get any kind of a Gibraltar plate until the car arrives in Gibraltar unfortunately.

My point really insofar as you only need a plate (from any country) to insure in Spain. Obviously other paperwork (registration document, MOT, ITV etc may be of concern to you and rightfully so) but I am insuring a UK plated car with a Spanish EU insurer (paperwork acceptable to DVLA to tax the car)for use in Europe.