Scrap UK car in Portugal
Mar 19th 2022, 9:00 am
#31
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Re: Scrap UK car in Portugal
##That would be an incorrect guess. The 6 month limit applies to the vehicle no matter who owns it.##
I appreciate the clarity of your statement : but can I ask for a link or reference to the legal provision which I imagine underpins it ?
And what would you say would be the position if the current owner were to drive the UK vehicle to Spain; then, while the vehicle is IN Spain, its ownership were transferred to X ( resident in the UK ) via the online DVLA facility; and THEN the new owner were to drive the vehicle s/he had only just purchased back into Portugal ? Would s/he then not have six months to use the car legally in Portugal ( assuming MOT and insurance in order, of course, for the duration ) ?
Just wondering.
I appreciate the clarity of your statement : but can I ask for a link or reference to the legal provision which I imagine underpins it ?
And what would you say would be the position if the current owner were to drive the UK vehicle to Spain; then, while the vehicle is IN Spain, its ownership were transferred to X ( resident in the UK ) via the online DVLA facility; and THEN the new owner were to drive the vehicle s/he had only just purchased back into Portugal ? Would s/he then not have six months to use the car legally in Portugal ( assuming MOT and insurance in order, of course, for the duration ) ?
Just wondering.
Mar 19th 2022, 12:58 pm
#32
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 666
Re: Scrap UK car in Portugal
##That would be an incorrect guess. The 6 month limit applies to the vehicle no matter who owns it.##
I appreciate the clarity of your statement : but can I ask for a link or reference to the legal provision which I imagine underpins it ?
And what would you say would be the position if the current owner were to drive the UK vehicle to Spain; then, while the vehicle is IN Spain, its ownership were transferred to X ( resident in the UK ) via the online DVLA facility; and THEN the new owner were to drive the vehicle s/he had only just purchased back into Portugal ? Would s/he then not have six months to use the car legally in Portugal ( assuming MOT and insurance in order, of course, for the duration ) ?
Just wondering.
I appreciate the clarity of your statement : but can I ask for a link or reference to the legal provision which I imagine underpins it ?
And what would you say would be the position if the current owner were to drive the UK vehicle to Spain; then, while the vehicle is IN Spain, its ownership were transferred to X ( resident in the UK ) via the online DVLA facility; and THEN the new owner were to drive the vehicle s/he had only just purchased back into Portugal ? Would s/he then not have six months to use the car legally in Portugal ( assuming MOT and insurance in order, of course, for the duration ) ?
Just wondering.
Spain, and the whole of the EU, has the same rules as they follow EU Directive 83/182. That Directive just adopts the same rule which are contained in the various UN Treaties on International road transport.
Mar 21st 2022, 8:13 pm
#33
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 377
Re: Scrap UK car in Portugal
If it doesn't appear to be the head gasket it is probably worth you having it repaired and then either taking it back to the UK or selling it in Portugal or Spain. Alternatively as you are offering to give it away I might be interested in taking a chance and taking it off your hands It would depend on location and how long it can be currently driven before it requires coolant and/or goes into limp mode.
As for adverts in PT or ES offering to buy/scrap UK registered vechiles based in PT/ES be extremely cautious as other posters here have highlighted.
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