Sorry .... have you become a moderator over night?
You are referring to a long time poster here who has been very helpful over the many years she has been here ....... have a bit of thought!!

that's OK - I can do the maths - I wasn't confused by you



nice edit btw

Madrid and Mitzy boys, and Lynnax, sorry I misunderstood, I thought this forum was open to everybody and anyone who was able to provide something useful was welcome. It seems I may have been wrong, and that it's a bit of an 'Old Boys Club' where ganging-up to be unpleasant to new members is acceptable, at least to some.

I have no wish to become a moderator, but I should appreciative his/her/their comment on whether being impolite is acceptable behaviour and within the forum's guidelines.

Lynnax, Thought interesting - clear as mud - but interesting meant you had not understood, apparently I was wrong, yet again, but if it did not I cannot imagine what it meant. !

no, the information on the site was clear as mud - lots of conflicting info - typical government type stuff

as I said though - surely some of it will be useful to some people

As usual, I must be missing something here cos it all sounds a bit iffy.

Please don't blame me for the web site, although I have been through it before and believe I understood what it meant, but at that time I had a need to know.

I wasn't blaming you

can we leave it now?

No it isnt acceptable behaviour, which is why I pulled you up on it.
If you want to discuss moderation further then pm me, or if you are unhappy with moderation then report it to the site adminstrators
Thank you

Blimey! Am sorry I asked!

I came here to ask for help not to be judged!

My OH is a policeman, none of his collegues knew the correct information (by correct I mean 150% correct no room for any error!!!!!), so we spoke to the Spanish police and Spanish insurance companies on the Monday (I asked the question on the forum on the weekend)...... plus he is not a regular policeman, so doesn't need to know minor things like traffic laws! Far from it!

We need him to be able to drive my Spanish car whilst his is in the garage, so we needed to be very sure that he was ok to drive it! Plus we are looking to buy new and as I cannot drive a Gib car, we are thinking of getting a new Spanish car!

He is a Gib resident with a house in Spain, so that is why I said that he lives here or there depending on whose asking! It was meant to be funny! Not something dodgy!

For example he got caught speeding by one of those hidden cars recently (see policemen are human too!) and as he was on his Gib bike, he had 2 choices...if he told showed them his NIE (needed originally to buy the house) and gave him his Spanish address then he would be given a ticket and would have to go and pay in with 7 days....or if he told them his Gib address and showed them his Gib residencia he gets an on the spot fine.....both are 70€.....but as he had the cash on him he choose the pay now option as it saved him a trip to the townhall!

Don't judge us please!

Sorry but you do seem to live a complicated life.

A visitor to Spain (your OH) can drive a Spanish Reg or foreign reg Vehicle. Having a house here makes no difference, and in fact many people who have a house also have a vehicle.

Thus I don't see there was any problem producing any documents including his NIE and giving his Spanish address. I am not sure that would have stopped the on the spot payment demand.

A resident of course has, I believe, a month to pay and then will get a 50% discount.

A friend of mine had his car was towed Tuesday. As a resident he was able to go directly to the pound, pay the tow fee, 64€ and was told his fine, 90€, would be in the post, and that the 50% discount would apply if he plaid within one month.

This a web forum with all the usual misinterpretation that goes with forums.
I think you are mistaking people trying to understand the enigma of your posts as being judged.
To me it seems a bit iffy, that is my opinion, not a judgement.

Hello,

Our life is always complicated!

With any speeding fines, the regular ones around here are 100€, if you pay within 7 days you receive a 30% discount......as he was paying on the spot it was obviously within the 7 days so he only had to pay 70€...

Foreign plated cars normal always have an on-the-spot fine and if you don't have the money they take your vehicle until you do (or the police in Puerto Banus have been know to drive people to cash machines or to their homes to get the money!)

Fun and games!