Importing a caravan
Aug 14th 2005 | 1:36 am
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Importing a caravan
Nothing is easy is it! I am trying to buy a Dutch registered caravan which is currently in storage in Rosas, Northern Spain. I am, of course, a UK expat driving a Spanish registered car and want to tow the caravan back to Valencia (500km) where I will go through the importation and registration process for the van.
Now the question is how can I legally do this. I am receiving so many different opinions and answers that I am completely lost. The problem seems to be that in order to tow the caravan with a Spanish car I need to have the caravan registered in Spain and insured which I cannot do until I have got the caravan back to Alicante. If this is correct its the classic catch 22 situation. There must be an easy solution to this but I cannot find it.
If anybody definately knows how to do this I would be very grateful!
Now the question is how can I legally do this. I am receiving so many different opinions and answers that I am completely lost. The problem seems to be that in order to tow the caravan with a Spanish car I need to have the caravan registered in Spain and insured which I cannot do until I have got the caravan back to Alicante. If this is correct its the classic catch 22 situation. There must be an easy solution to this but I cannot find it.
If anybody definately knows how to do this I would be very grateful!
Aug 16th 2005 | 7:28 am
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Re: Importing a caravan
Originally Posted by Bytesize
Nothing is easy is it! I am trying to buy a Dutch registered caravan which is currently in storage in Rosas, Northern Spain. I am, of course, a UK expat driving a Spanish registered car and want to tow the caravan back to Valencia (500km) where I will go through the importation and registration process for the van.
Now the question is how can I legally do this. I am receiving so many different opinions and answers that I am completely lost. The problem seems to be that in order to tow the caravan with a Spanish car I need to have the caravan registered in Spain and insured which I cannot do until I have got the caravan back to Alicante. If this is correct its the classic catch 22 situation. There must be an easy solution to this but I cannot find it.
If anybody definately knows how to do this I would be very grateful!
Now the question is how can I legally do this. I am receiving so many different opinions and answers that I am completely lost. The problem seems to be that in order to tow the caravan with a Spanish car I need to have the caravan registered in Spain and insured which I cannot do until I have got the caravan back to Alicante. If this is correct its the classic catch 22 situation. There must be an easy solution to this but I cannot find it.
If anybody definately knows how to do this I would be very grateful!
Aug 17th 2005 | 8:50 am
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Re: Importing a caravan
Could be a job for a grua
Aug 18th 2005 | 4:55 am
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Re: Importing a caravan
Originally Posted by shoo
Could be a job for a grua
