Buying a used car in Spain

[Mark_J_W]

Hello to everyone on the Spanish PH Forum

I have been asked by my in-laws to help them purchase a used car for their villa in Javea on the Costa Blanca. I will be going out there in a few weeks for a few days to help them buy the car.

Can anyone offer any advice on the legal process/documents that they need to go through to legally own the car? I have heard stories of lawyers needing to get involved and the process costing approx EUR300ish?

Also, can anyone reccommend any dealers in that area? They are looking for a saloon/estate sized car that can seat 4/5 with luggage with a budget of 4000-6000 Euro's. (I was thinking E39 BMW Touring, Merc E-Class etc).

Many Thanks,
Mark

[Mark_J_W]

Thanks very much for the reply. Please excuse my lack of knowledge, I assume Gestor is some sort of solicitor/legal advisor?
Are you able to drive the car away before the Gestor gets the car transferred to you?

It seems on sites such as Coches.net most of the suitable cars near Javea are around the outskirts of Valencia, so would we need to find a Gestor nearby where the car is purchased? Or if the car was from a dealer/trader, would they be able to provide this service for us?

Edited by Mark_J_W on Wednesday 20th January 19:34

[Mark_J_W]

That makes sense to buy from a trader and get their gestor to do all the legwork - any ideas what this costs on average? They also have their own gestor who helped with the purchase of the villa so I suppose he/she could come in useful if it is local.

They are currently weighing up the pro/cons of buying a car down here and driving it down, I assume it would probably be less hassle to buy one out there?

Cheers,
Mark

[Mark_J_W]

Thanks again for your advice it is very useful. I will pass the info onto them tomorrow.

[Mark_J_W]

Only just noticed your post 111KAB so sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the advice, the rad on your Ibiza seems very expensive!

They have decided that they are going to buy a car in Spain now, so no more looking on the LHD section on PH!
I will (hopefully) post the results on here in a few weeks

[Mark_J_W]

An update as promised, I arrived back in the UK this morning having helped the inlaws do a deal on a used car.. not quite what I was originally looking for but yesterday we picked up a 2002 Focus 1.6 Auto with just 34,000kms on the clock with one owner and full service history at the local Ford dealer. Condition wise it is excellent for 8 years old.

Legal side of things was a bit of a pain but all the paperwork seems to be in progression at the moment so hopefully they (any any family/freinds that come out to the villa) should get many years use out of it with minimal cost.

Thanks to Kneetrembler & 111KAB for the very useful advice