Poss to get MOT in Spain?
Poss to get MOT in Spain?
Hi,
Have had my UK car in Spain for a short while and since never intended to be permanently here I'm planning on driving it back.
Problem is, the MOT is due on it soon and I don't think I will be able to get it back before then.
Is there anyway of getting the MOT done in Spain so it's all legal and above board when I drive it back to the UK?
Have had my UK car in Spain for a short while and since never intended to be permanently here I'm planning on driving it back.
Problem is, the MOT is due on it soon and I don't think I will be able to get it back before then.
Is there anyway of getting the MOT done in Spain so it's all legal and above board when I drive it back to the UK?
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In short, no. Some ITV stations will issue a Spanish ITV certificate for a foreign registered vehicle but it has no validity in law other than to prove that the vehicle was roadworthy (according to their standards) at the time of the test.
It does not take the place of a UK MoT certificate and does not validate your insurance which will be invalid without a proper MoT certificate.
It does not take the place of a UK MoT certificate and does not validate your insurance which will be invalid without a proper MoT certificate.
British records will show that your MOT is out of date and unless you completed a SORN declaration saying your car was being taken out of the country then a fine could be waiting for you if you have a UK address.
Road fund license, Insurance and MOT are all monitored on the national DVLA computer and if one is element is not compliant then it's picked up and you receive a fine unless you have declared on a SORN that the vehicle is off the road for a period or as in your case not in the UK.
As has been said many times before on this forum. A miss match or hotch-potch mixture of Spanish and UK requirement is not legal.
If you drive a car in Spain or the UK with a mixture and have an accident you will find that you have no cover and will be in deep mire.
Road fund license, Insurance and MOT are all monitored on the national DVLA computer and if one is element is not compliant then it's picked up and you receive a fine unless you have declared on a SORN that the vehicle is off the road for a period or as in your case not in the UK.
As has been said many times before on this forum. A miss match or hotch-potch mixture of Spanish and UK requirement is not legal.
If you drive a car in Spain or the UK with a mixture and have an accident you will find that you have no cover and will be in deep mire.
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As stated by our learned friends, it is quite difficult to move your car legally from here to UK..However I did take one of my Sons cars back to UK with similar circumstances, I did have it ITV tested and it was insured and still had Uk tax, but I booked it into a garage in Dover, and had with me a letter confirming the booking and drove it straight there , less than 5 minutes from the port.....No Problems.....You could of course send it back by freight, some of the carriers and transport firms will take cars.And it isn´t as expensive as you may think, taking into consideration fuel etc.....Maybe worth a few enquiries.......
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Hate to rain on everyones parade but I know for a fact that you can get a UK registered car MOT´d spanish style over here and it will be valid for the insurance in Spain if insured by a company over here e.g. Abbeygate.
Very unikely to be calid in the UK but if insured by the company here that accepts it then it should be valid anywhere in that companies eyes.
Very unikely to be calid in the UK but if insured by the company here that accepts it then it should be valid anywhere in that companies eyes.
Blondie that is very true, but you will not be able to tax (Road fund licence) without an MOT from UK hence making car illegal.
Honest we explored every avenue with this for our car which we leave at the airport and the only proper legal way to do it was to bite the bullet and have it Spanish plated.
In the event of a costly or serious shunt I believe for the insurers not to quibble the car must be either fully UK compliant of fully Spanish.
Cheers,
Kenny
Honest we explored every avenue with this for our car which we leave at the airport and the only proper legal way to do it was to bite the bullet and have it Spanish plated.
In the event of a costly or serious shunt I believe for the insurers not to quibble the car must be either fully UK compliant of fully Spanish.
Cheers,
Kenny
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At the risk of repeating myself yet again, a foreign registered vehicle must be road legal in its country of origin including UK MoT, insurance and Vehicle Excise Licence. Anything less and you run the risk of having the vehicle impounded despite what some fly-by-night insurance company may tell you.
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Quite right beach - and you are only allowed to use such a car here for six months, then it must be re-exported.Beachcomber wrote:At the risk of repeating myself yet again, a foreign registered vehicle must be road legal in its country of origin including UK MoT, insurance and Vehicle Excise Licence. .
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Blondie, read Beachcombers and Peteroldracers comments and listen, they are correct, you cannot LEGALLY mot a UK reg car in Spain, you cannot LEGALLY tax a UK reg car in Spain, therefore you cannot LEGALLY insure a UK rgeistered car in Spain, take note of the word LEGALLYblondie wrote:Hate to rain on everyones parade but I know for a fact that you can get a UK registered car MOT´d spanish style over here and it will be valid for the insurance in Spain if insured by a company over here e.g. Abbeygate.
Very unikely to be calid in the UK but if insured by the company here that accepts it then it should be valid anywhere in that companies eyes.
Hope I didn't rain on your parade, this has been done to death I wish people would leave it alone
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blondie
It's still not LEGAL, according to the British or Spanish Embassy's.
You have Criminal and Civil Law. If the insurer wants to pay out that's fine, but under criminal law you are not compliant and god forbid you kill someone you would get the book thrown at you in a criminal court.
This thread was also about taking a car back to UK that has no MOT.
With half the UK police cars and motorways now having scanners that check your registration, you would be identified as not being 'Road Legal' within a very short distance.
It's still not LEGAL, according to the British or Spanish Embassy's.
You have Criminal and Civil Law. If the insurer wants to pay out that's fine, but under criminal law you are not compliant and god forbid you kill someone you would get the book thrown at you in a criminal court.
This thread was also about taking a car back to UK that has no MOT.
With half the UK police cars and motorways now having scanners that check your registration, you would be identified as not being 'Road Legal' within a very short distance.
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I obviously believe what Blondie says but the person she refers to was very lucky in my opinion to get paid out on the total loss.
In my two only insurance claims (one for house, one for car) I've felt the insurers have done their best to find a loophole or a breach in the terms and conditions of policy.
Therefore I think you are playing with fire if you use a car that is not fully compliant with the laws clearly set down.
As I said previously we scoured every avenue when we brought our UK car across a few years back and the only water tight method of being fully legal was to "Spanish plate it".
As for the original posting, I can offer no advice, all as I can say is that if it were me I'd try to get car back to UK before MOT expires.......The way my luck goes I'd probably run someone over through no fault of my own on journey back and be in debt and shame for rest of my life. Without the car legal even if you were blameless for the incident you don't have a leg to stand on.
Kenny
In my two only insurance claims (one for house, one for car) I've felt the insurers have done their best to find a loophole or a breach in the terms and conditions of policy.
Therefore I think you are playing with fire if you use a car that is not fully compliant with the laws clearly set down.
As I said previously we scoured every avenue when we brought our UK car across a few years back and the only water tight method of being fully legal was to "Spanish plate it".
As for the original posting, I can offer no advice, all as I can say is that if it were me I'd try to get car back to UK before MOT expires.......The way my luck goes I'd probably run someone over through no fault of my own on journey back and be in debt and shame for rest of my life. Without the car legal even if you were blameless for the incident you don't have a leg to stand on.
Kenny
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A suggestion: there are several firms offering a "transport your car/boat/moto to the UK" at what looks like less than it would cost you to take it, if you count hotels, food, ferries - everything. Why not send the car back to the UK with one of those, arrange for a DoT test beforehand and get the car taken there. You can then fly back on a cheapie, pay and pick up your legal car, and Bob's your uncle!
I still believe that anyone who thinks they are clever by not fully complying with the Spanish law on cars, ITVs, plates, road tax and so on is beneath contempt. An uninsured and wrongly registered car is always driven by an irresponsible driver - more liable to commit traffic offences (in the belief that they will not get tracked down), and much more likely to flee the scene in the event of a crash, possibly leaving wounded victims.
I still believe that anyone who thinks they are clever by not fully complying with the Spanish law on cars, ITVs, plates, road tax and so on is beneath contempt. An uninsured and wrongly registered car is always driven by an irresponsible driver - more liable to commit traffic offences (in the belief that they will not get tracked down), and much more likely to flee the scene in the event of a crash, possibly leaving wounded victims.
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If you are driving to a prebooked MOT you are allowed to drive the car, legally, without a valid MOT.BENIDORM wrote: , but I booked it into a garage in Dover, and had with me a letter confirming the booking and drove it straight there , less than 5 minutes from the port. :
That of course only applies to driving it in the UK so what the situation is on the way across Europe is a bit debateable!
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juliesteve&joe: is Gibraltar part of the UK, and are the cars there registered as British? Of course not - have a look next time and you will see that all the leal cars there are either Gibraltar registered, or Spanish (apart from tourists for anywhere else in the world, including Great Britain.
It is like the Isle of Man - they have their own laws, registrations, test regimes.
Why do so many people try to make out that they do not need to comply with a very straightforward set of rules re cars, just because they think the laws unfair or wrong? I suspect that the vast majority of the test/road tax/import duty dodgers are the same people who cannot be bothered to vote, either in the UK or Spain, as appropriate, in which case they have no right to a view.
It is like the Isle of Man - they have their own laws, registrations, test regimes.
Why do so many people try to make out that they do not need to comply with a very straightforward set of rules re cars, just because they think the laws unfair or wrong? I suspect that the vast majority of the test/road tax/import duty dodgers are the same people who cannot be bothered to vote, either in the UK or Spain, as appropriate, in which case they have no right to a view.
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peteroldracer:
We have never been to Gibralter so it was an innocent question!!! We are not trying to break the law or bend the rules- infact quite the opposite!
I find it hard to understand why some people on this forum cannot just answer a question, but have to turn it into some sort of argument, trying so hard to get their own point across. Its questionable, whether these people actually have REAL friends to debate and talk with, therfore need to vent their spleen on A.com.
Have a good day!!
We have never been to Gibralter so it was an innocent question!!! We are not trying to break the law or bend the rules- infact quite the opposite!
I find it hard to understand why some people on this forum cannot just answer a question, but have to turn it into some sort of argument, trying so hard to get their own point across. Its questionable, whether these people actually have REAL friends to debate and talk with, therfore need to vent their spleen on A.com.
Have a good day!!
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