Buying a car

Hi there, well done, we made the jump 4 months ago and no regrets 😁. Expect your know 2nd hand cars  over here hold a good price and are generally high kilometerage? Having said that we bit the bullet and bought a really nice car from carsinspain and he took our rhd sportage in px.  Worth checking out his website. He also sorted our paperwork and insurance, maybe not the cheapest but got us going and we can shop around at our leisure next year 💶

Thank you

Try the car dealers on A sector .

Hi there,

We've moved over into our Sec D home in May with the thought of buying a vehicle out here.

As we don't find the driving position in our UK vehicle a problem, there are 3 main questions we've asked ourselves:

1. Are we staying here permanently or going back to UK regularly?

2. In Murcia, can we buy a vehicle of comparable use and reliability to the one we already have?

3. If Brexit happens, what difference will it make?

Our own conclusion was to travel across with our own very reliable UK vehicle. In order to do that we've covered our insurance for up to 270 days on the continent and also taken out a relevant Europe wide breakdown/recovery.

If everything goes - 'you know where' with Brexit - and the worst set of circumstances applied, and the letter of the European Law is invoked in Spain, my understanding is that we'll only be allowed to stay for up to 90 days in any 180. With that doubt at the moment and uncertainty in mind we've decided not to buy an added burden of a Spanish Registered car.

Just a thought for consideration

Cheers  

So what are you doing about an MOT ??

Presuming your car needs one.

Just a thought not a criticism.

Hi,

Not taken as any criticism at all.

If it becomes 3 months maximum stay then we will arrange to travel back with it to UK on one of those return trips for a service and MOT.

As I've tried to say, our decisions are made simply because of the uncertainty around the Brexit issues - if it happens

catastrophically

If things don't change then the need to buy a local Spanish vehicle becomes a more sensible option.

Cheers

Thank you very much

Hi there, interesting post. If you don’t mind me asking which company did you use for both car insurance for 270 days and European breakdown. We currently have cover for 180 days per annum with Saga and it includes European breakdown. As you say, depending on Brexit two “ stays” of 90 days each in Europe would be covered by our current insurance, and having to exit all European countries for 90 days in between then we probably don’t need to increase cover. Jaz

Hi there,

My car is 'Green Card' Insured (and with recovery policy) with Sterling Insurance ( just 'google') - Annual Cover throughout EU

And my motorhome is insured with CaravanGuard - 270 days cover In EU.

Cheers