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left hand drive vehicles

Postby metalmonkey » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:27 pm

Hi

we are hoping to be out there before Xmas. Is it better to buy a left hand drive when we get there or buy one in the UK...the nearest town to us will be Antequerra

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Postby El Cid » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:21 pm

Buy in Spain and avoid all the tedious paperwork and expense involved in importing a UK car.

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Postby pwwm » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:27 pm

we bought our car and are currently in the process of changing plates. it will cost us around 500 euro's for the complete change including using a Gestoria. I have no regrets bringing my car it is LHD but you have to weigh the cost against buying here, second hand cars appear to be expensive.

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Postby metalmonkey » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:19 pm

Hi thanks for that...are there any specific places to buy in the Uk or is it a case of searching garages auto trader etc.? I guess it would be more convenient to buy here so that we can take a load of stuff with us

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Postby spanish_lad » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:17 pm

pwwm wrote:we bought our car and are currently in the process of changing plates. it will cost us around 500 euro's for the complete change including using a Gestoria. I have no regrets bringing my car it is LHD but you have to weigh the cost against buying here, second hand cars appear to be expensive.
only 500 ?? are you sure ? what car is it ?
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Postby pwwm » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:37 pm

Why doubt me? this is one of the reasons I do not post on here too often. I have it in writing and our Gestoria has very low charge's, engine size, age, etc all come into it. Our Technico has a list of the tax bands and has shown us the cost, but we already new them, he just confirmed it.

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Postby spanish_lad » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:50 pm

i heard it was alot more expensive, thats why i ask. (and thus the reason i am non-resident and drive a LEGAL english plated car :) ) - i just wondered because everyone i have asked quoted closer to 1000.
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Postby El Cid » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:40 am

spanish_lad wrote: i just wondered because everyone i have asked quoted closer to 1000.
Surely the total cost mainly depends on the value of the car.

On a 6 month old luxury car the tax at up to 12% would be a lot more than 1000 euros!

On older cars the tax office is usually pretty realistic about the cars value and often value it at less than you might expect.

It is also important to remember that cars imported at the time of applying for residency can be imported tax free.

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Postby paulellis » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:54 am

There is a lhd auction every couple of weeks down near Maidstone, but I guess a bit far for you to travel?

Try search engine like Google. I used them when I was looking and they can give a listing of lhd dealerships in the uk.

Where in Iznajar are you purchasing? We bought earlier this year on the Salinas to Iznajar road, about 5 mins from the lake

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Postby metalmonkey » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:24 am

hi

we are looking for a ruin within 10 min max of Iznajar, have a couple of agents on the case but will start searching in earnest once we are out there...hopefully before xmas but the property market here is dead at the moment...hope it's warmer where you are than here

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Postby keddyboy » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:59 pm

Try EBAY there may be a LHD for sale near where you live.
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Ref LHD

Postby steve w » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:27 pm

Have a look @ this company i found on the web, they do a lot of LHD

http://www.cutmaple.com/cgi-bin2/cutmaple/search.pl

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Postby spanish_lad » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:22 pm

metalmonkey wrote:hi

we are looking for a ruin within 10 min max of Iznajar, have a couple of agents on the case but will start searching in earnest once we are out there...hopefully before xmas but the property market here is dead at the moment...hope it's warmer where you are than here

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Postby spanish_lad » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:24 pm

El Cid wrote:
spanish_lad wrote: i just wondered because everyone i have asked quoted closer to 1000.
Surely the total cost mainly depends on the value of the car.

On a 6 month old luxury car the tax at up to 12% would be a lot more than 1000 euros!

On older cars the tax office is usually pretty realistic about the cars value and often value it at less than you might expect.

It is also important to remember that cars imported at the time of applying for residency can be imported tax free.

Sid
my car is valued in spain at 6000 euros, and its 35 years old ;)
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Postby Nerjaboy » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:10 pm

Are the tax office values for cars imported available on the Internet or do you have to go there in person?


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