Return to UK using minibus?
Jul 10th 2008, 9:55 am
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Return to UK using minibus?
Hi guys,
We hope to move to Spain sometime next year but seeing as a lot of people are moving back to the UK, i'd like to run this by you all:
The plan is to buy a used minibus (£1000-£1500), remove most of the seats, fill it with essentials and drive over. Once there and settled with paperwork etc. done i would want to sell the bus on or swap it for a Spanish car with Brits returning to the UK.
Does this sound like a good idea? How many of you would be prepared to buy/do a swap?
Thanks,
Glenn
We hope to move to Spain sometime next year but seeing as a lot of people are moving back to the UK, i'd like to run this by you all:
The plan is to buy a used minibus (£1000-£1500), remove most of the seats, fill it with essentials and drive over. Once there and settled with paperwork etc. done i would want to sell the bus on or swap it for a Spanish car with Brits returning to the UK.
Does this sound like a good idea? How many of you would be prepared to buy/do a swap?
Thanks,
Glenn
Jul 11th 2008, 8:00 am
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Re: Return to UK using minibus?
No one will buy it because a UK specification RH Drive vehicle would be uninsurable.
Jul 11th 2008, 11:19 am
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Re: Return to UK using minibus?
Hi guys,
We hope to move to Spain sometime next year but seeing as a lot of people are moving back to the UK, i'd like to run this by you all:
The plan is to buy a used minibus (£1000-£1500), remove most of the seats, fill it with essentials and drive over. Once there and settled with paperwork etc. done i would want to sell the bus on or swap it for a Spanish car with Brits returning to the UK.
Does this sound like a good idea? How many of you would be prepared to buy/do a swap?
Thanks,
Glenn
We hope to move to Spain sometime next year but seeing as a lot of people are moving back to the UK, i'd like to run this by you all:
The plan is to buy a used minibus (£1000-£1500), remove most of the seats, fill it with essentials and drive over. Once there and settled with paperwork etc. done i would want to sell the bus on or swap it for a Spanish car with Brits returning to the UK.
Does this sound like a good idea? How many of you would be prepared to buy/do a swap?
Thanks,
Glenn
I would be very careful in terms of leaving your wordly goods alone even for a second in minibus. I have had friends have their van emptied in minutes while using big UK service stations and really when travelling across the continent (especially Spain) vans are particularly vulnerable when parked up.
Jul 11th 2008, 11:33 am
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Re: Return to UK using minibus?
At that price, easiest is to just scrap it. No one will buy it.
Jul 11th 2008, 11:49 am
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Re: Return to UK using minibus?
Sure. That's what i'd do if all else fails. But i imagine there would be people like us looking for a cheap way to get themselves and their stuff back and it would seem a shame to scarp it if it were still servicable.
Jul 11th 2008, 12:15 pm
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Re: Return to UK using minibus?
You would be better off hiring a van one way than trusting a cheap old minibus to make the journey. Plus a new engine would take far less fuel than an old one.
Alternatively, hire a minibus in Spain, drive to UK, fill it and drive it back, all insurance and road taxes will be inclusive of the hire price and it'll be cheaper than hiring a van in the UK (where they also don't like you taking them abroad), I'd have thought?
Alternatively, hire a minibus in Spain, drive to UK, fill it and drive it back, all insurance and road taxes will be inclusive of the hire price and it'll be cheaper than hiring a van in the UK (where they also don't like you taking them abroad), I'd have thought?
Jul 11th 2008, 12:32 pm
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Re: Return to UK using minibus?
You would be better off hiring a van one way than trusting a cheap old minibus to make the journey. Plus a new engine would take far less fuel than an old one.
Alternatively, hire a minibus in Spain, drive to UK, fill it and drive it back, all insurance and road taxes will be inclusive of the hire price and it'll be cheaper than hiring a van in the UK (where they also don't like you taking them abroad), I'd have thought?
Alternatively, hire a minibus in Spain, drive to UK, fill it and drive it back, all insurance and road taxes will be inclusive of the hire price and it'll be cheaper than hiring a van in the UK (where they also don't like you taking them abroad), I'd have thought?
