Right hand drive cars
Please can you tell me how long I can bring my right hand drive Smart Car over here for most sights say six months and then I am told it’s one month can you help thanks.
Please can you tell me how long I can bring my right hand drive Smart Car over here for most sights say six months and then I am told it’s one month can you help thanks.
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:42pm
It's 6 months a year. If you come in January you can only get 6 months but if you come in july you can get a year as it will be 6 months of year 1 and 6 months of year 2. Then the car has to be registered on The island which is very expensive and timely or you have to take it home or scrap it. We have researched it as we are currently on our way with our car now. we will be ok till june.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:23am
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Posted: Sun Dec 2, 2018 10:26am
Alan99 wrote on Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:13pm:
Please can you tell me how long I can bring my right hand drive Smart Car over here for most sights say six months and then I am told it’s one month can you help thanks.
Hi is it possible to buy a car in mainland Spain and use that or do the same rules apply.
Posted: Sun Dec 2, 2018 2:06pm
I believe it is a lot easier but it's still a process to register it on the island and pay the tax on it. Best if u get a receipt for much less that the value u pay for the car as the tax is a percentage of the value of the car.
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Posted: Sun Dec 2, 2018 2:15pm
Ok thank you.
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:41am
you can have a vehicle here for 1 month before starting the importation process.if you don´t import it then you can have it here for max. 180days and then it cannot return for 180days.
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:44am
Jodial2012 wrote on Sun Dec 2, 2018 10:26am:
Hi is it possible to buy a car in mainland Spain and use that or do the same rules apply.
if you buy car on mainland you must still re- register the vehicle as being imported into the canaries.
We recently imported our RH drive Suzuki to the island with the help of a local agent - it was very easy.I will PM you her details.
If you haven't already left the UK it might be worth getting a few things before you do - you will have to change your headlights to European ones in order to pass the MOT and also break lights and reverse lights are the other way round here - although the MOT office let us off for that - but say we will have to have it done by the next MOT in 2 years time.
You might be able to get that kind of stuff 2nd hand on ebay maybe - it was pretty costly to buy it out here from a local Suzuki dealer - around €500.
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