Driving to Europe after Brexit? Here's when you'll need to ask your insurer for a green card
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Some major insurers have told MoneySavingExpert they've started issuing 'green cards' to motorists who want to drive in the EU in case of a no-deal Brexit - but one big name isn't yet providing them. Here's how to apply and how long each insurer will take to send them...
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So basically what we used to do years ago.0
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foxy-stoat wrote: »So basically what we used to do years ago.
Ridiculous, isn't it?0 -
foxy-stoat wrote: »So basically what we used to do years ago.
Do you enjoy the spectacle of watching your fellow citizens (the ones that get out a bit) having to negotiate the unexpected pitfalls of indulging in wishful backwards thinking? You must do if you voted for Brexit.0 -
Yes, back when driving on the continent was a rarity.
Ridiculous, isn't it?
Not at all. I had to do this last summer when we went on a driving holiday to France - pay to extend car insurance, pay to extend breakdown insurance, pay to extend health insurance, carry your log book with you, etc, etc.
Being in the EU hasn't made any difference to what we did in the 70's , 80's and 90's. The EU has sat on it's arris while the insurance companies keep ripping off the motorist."There are not enough superlatives in the English language to describe a 'Princess Coronation' locomotive in full cry. We shall never see their like again". O S Nock0 -
poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »Not at all. I had to do this last summer when we went on a driving holiday to France - pay to extend car insurance, pay to extend breakdown insurance, pay to extend health insurance, carry your log book with you, etc, etc.
Being in the EU hasn't made any difference to what we did in the 70's , 80's and 90's. The EU has sat on it's arris while the insurance companies keep ripping off the motorist.
And of course you have to carry your registration document - how else do you prove you haven't stolen the car? Even with a Ryanair airport never that far away in Europe now, you can't exactly say sorry officer I'll just pop back home and get it and bring it in later this week now can you?0 -
poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »Not at all. I had to do this last summer when we went on a driving holiday to France - pay to extend car insurance, pay to extend breakdown insurance, pay to extend health insurance, carry your log book with you, etc, etc.
Your car insurance covered you automatically, to a legal minimum. UK insurers are unusual across the continent in not extending the full comp cover automatically, and that's what you paid the extra for.
You chose a UK-only breakdown policy to start with, because it was cheaper. Again, UK providers are unusual across the continent in making extension so expensive. The German equivalent of the AA is €69/year for full personal cover for you + spouse/partner, €109 for global annual cover.
EHIC card is free for reciprocal health cover.0 -
...EHIC card is free for reciprocal health cover.
Let's ask poppa and foxy for their advice ... I am sure they've done it all before :mad:0 -
peterbaker wrote: »Yes ... for 43 more days. After that who knows? Chances are, some poor Brit with an EHIC could have an accident later today whilst ski-ing for example and put themselves in an EU hospital for a long stint. If they are still in hospital at 11pm 29.3, then what?
Let's ask poppa and foxy for their advice ... I am sure they've done it all before :mad:
Isn't that what travel insurance is for? Personally whenever I go abroad I make sure I have appropriate cover in place.0 -
poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »Not at all. I had to do this last summer when we went on a driving holiday to France - pay to extend car insurance, pay to extend breakdown insurance, pay to extend health insurance, carry your log book with you, etc, etc.
Being in the EU hasn't made any difference to what we did in the 70's , 80's and 90's. The EU has sat on it's arris while the insurance companies keep ripping off the motorist.
In the 70s 80s and 90s we were in the EU. I assume you meant the 60s.
The EU has given you Europe-wide 3rd party insurance, and reciprocal health care, neither of which we had before. And thanks to the single market (fought for by Mrs Thatcher) you could have bought very competitive Europe-wide breakdown cover from a German autoclub. And your car will have cost 10% less than it would have otherwise.0
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