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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:00am
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If and when I move to Camposol I will need to drive from the UK because of my dogs would I be able to part ex my car in Spain for a left hand drive with Spanish registration ? 

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:17am

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:17am

You will get very poor value for it - ask yourself why would anyone living in Spain want a rhd car with all the problems of keeping road tax and MoT up to date, insurance problems and restricted time for it to be on the road? The option is to reckon on rematriculating it, costs depending on what the car is.

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:22am

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:22am

I was offered more for my uk registered car in Spain than I bought it for in the uk

It’s not a problem

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:26am

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 11:26am

You must have got a good deal, buying cheap and selling higher is an ideal, but rare.

Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 12:27pm

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 12:27pm

Steve12 wrote on Sun May 26, 2019 11:22am:

I was offered more for my uk registered car in Spain than I bought it for in the uk

It’s not a problem

From a dealer??

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 3:35pm

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 3:35pm

I'm not bringing my existing car it's leased through work so it's going back I was just going to buy something cheap to get me to Spainwith my dogs  then get something better in Spain that was the reason I've asked the question .

Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 7:59am

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 7:59am

You could consider having the car you take over ... transferred on to Spanish plates...costs approximately €1,000.

Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 8:09am

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 8:09am

That depends very much on what the car is. On some models the headlights would cost at least that much. I've never understood why anyone would want to put Spanish plates on a RHD car. Pay all that money and you still have a RHD car in a LHD country, and what happens when you want to sell it? Doesn't make sense.

Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 11:56am

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 11:56am

On the Costa Calida pages someone has posted about buying a Spanish registered car in Ireland.....an idea?

Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 12:13pm

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 12:13pm

Just google LHD cars for sale and you'll find dealers specialising in them. I have seen several on Spanish plates, and dealers usually offer to replate the ones that come in from Eastern Europe. Bargains to be had if you're looking for that sort of thing. It makes no financial sense to replate a RHD car.

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