quiltman

Make sure you have all the items on board that are required - Hi Vis jackets, triangles etc . Here's what you need on a country by country basis : https://shop.theaa.com/store/advice-...ving-in-europe
Get good breakdown insurance as well , plus tell your insurance company and if you have fully comp insurance then see about uprating the green card as otherwise it only covers you for the minimum required by law in whatever country. Have Fun!

Apple1

Thank you is breakdown cover essential

south_bound

No not at all, and I've never had it myself. Depends on how much confidence you have that your car will or won't leave you on the side of the road in the middle of the night on the eve of a public holiday and with a ferry to catch...and no one to call within 1000 miles of your location..

cyrian

British drivers face £640 speeding fines in France, the Netherlands and 12 other European countries under controversial new EU law.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...EUPd1kqdR314pw

cyrian

Unless of course you are involved in an accident.
Normally, my UK insurers offer me EU breakdown cover when I insure my UK car for driving in France.
I don't need it because my car is covered anyway.
Third Party is covered anyway but comprehensive is not.

My french car is covered for breakdown included with my french insurance - had to use it last month for a dead battery.

InVinoVeritas

There's already a thread on this here, Cyrian:-

http://britishexpats.com/forum/franc...-today-896405/

Apple1

I have insurance tpft cover in the uk, but to be honest it only covers me for 90 days I'd like a Spanish insurance to make sure everything is perfect if I'm honest and I'm thinking of changing over the plates etc etc does that cost a lot ? As I plan on staying over 6 months

Apple1

90 days cover in Spain I mean

EuroTrash

But only if they speed...

EuroTrash

I assume you know that you will need to apply for an NIE if you want to stay in Spain for that length of time? If you're intending to do that then fine, but if you weren't intending to do that then you won't be able to change your plates over or get car insurance or do anything that requires a residence certificate (which is quite a lot of things).
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/residenc...ments-in-spain
Spanish bureaucracy for expats make French bureaucracy look simple and I believe most people in Spain pay a gestor to handle it all for them.

Apple1

Okthank you for the info I plan on doing that as I plan on looking for work

cyrian

See post #15

Pulaski

In Spain?

Apple1

Yes

BuckinghamshireBoy

Ah well, that's the Swiss for you, especially if running on French plates... Swiss radars vary from canton to canton.

At least on the French peage, one <mostly> gets adequate warning signs that a radar is just coming up...

There are of course the mobile patrols who are not advertised up front and hide fairly well. Watch the oncoming traffic if you're cruising above the limit, often a few flashed headlights can head off a fine if one reacts in time.