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Expat-to-be, sell my car first?

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  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrwisp42Rx1qh26gbo1_500.jpg
  • Cool_Chick
    Cool_Chick Posts: 111 Forumite
    Haha! I'm just hoping my rusty old GCSE French will get me by!
  • angelil
    angelil Posts: 1,001 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Depends where you are moving to! If you are coming to where I am (Paris area) then definitely sell it before you come (or VERY soon after arriving in France). Enjoy! And if you have any questions about being in France, I've been here since 2008, so feel free to PM me :)
  • Cool_Chick
    Cool_Chick Posts: 111 Forumite
    Hi Angelil,

    Thank you so much for your kind offer! I hope you are enjoying it there. I'm definitely going to sell the car first and then fly over. Not sure where I'll end up yet, but I hope it will be a refreshing change to London.

    Thank you.
  • lovesgshp
    lovesgshp Posts: 1,413 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    If it's of any interest, we exported our RHD car from the UK over 6 years ago to Italy. It was re-registered here and we still use it even though we also have a LHD vehicle. It is no problem driving on the other side of the road at all, in fact you can take the corners much tighter ......lol
    As Manuel says in Fawlty Towers: " I Know Nothing"
  • Cool_Chick
    Cool_Chick Posts: 111 Forumite
    edited 21 May 2013 at 9:08PM
    Thank you so much for your advice. Was it easy to register your RHD car, please? And what did you do regarding insurance?

    Thank you.
  • lovesgshp
    lovesgshp Posts: 1,413 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Cool_Chick wrote: »
    Thank you so much for your advice. Was it easy to register your RHD car, please? And what did you do regarding insurance?

    Thank you.

    Don't know easy in France, but here in Italy there are agents in most towns who do all the paperwork for you, we just showed them the export certificate. It then had to have a MOT (here its every 2 years). Whole process was quite painless!!
    Insurance we have through a company called Clements International.
    https://www.clements.com/car/default.asp
    As Manuel says in Fawlty Towers: " I Know Nothing"
  • angelil
    angelil Posts: 1,001 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    ^^ Easy? Painless? France? HAH :p Not likely :p Bureaucracy is a way of life here unfortunately.
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    angelil wrote: »
    ^^ Easy? Painless? France? HAH :p Not likely :p Bureaucracy is a way of life here unfortunately.

    You understate the situation.
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