jpringle819 Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 My Uncle has a house in France and has bought a German registered Audi A3 to leave across there. The car is currently in Nottingham still on German number plates. What is the best way of getting it across to France? He has been told that it must registered in this country before it can be insured. This would involve getting a certificate of conformity from Audi, changing the lights, changing the speedo, MOT, tax and the cost of actually registering it. All in this adds up to about £400. Is there anyway to get it insured without registering it here? Is it possible to register it in France before the car is taken over? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcool Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Why on earth do you want to register it "here" ? (The UK?) Surely if you're keeping it in France, it would be best to register it in France where it can have French insurance etc? Otherwise it'd have to come back to the UK every year for its MOT and you'd have trouble getting insurance covering you for more than 90-180 days a year abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpringle819 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 He needs to get insurance to take it to France from the UK. The insurance company he spoke to said they will only insure it if it was registered in the UK. Ultimately it will be registered and insured in France but I am guessing that the car will need to be in France before it can be registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcool Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Sounds a bit of hassle. I'd be tempted to transport it from Germany to France, then go through the registering proceedure unless you can find a broker in the UK thats willing to cover you. Me.. I'd have just bought a car already registered in France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insurance Jon Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 either get a temp policy from tempcover and insure it on the VIN number. or insure it in germany which covers all of europe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpringle819 Posted May 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 Thanks Jon. Do you have contact details for someone who will insure it based on the VIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanG Posted May 12, 2006 Report Share Posted May 12, 2006 http://www.angloinfo.net/ have a host of information for people with property in France, including car insurance and registration details etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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