British Expats - new car

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Originally Posted by jonsol (Post 4295058)

So, How can you find out if a car has any debt`s on it when you but it ?:confused:

The Gestor would check it out for you.
This is a handy SITE scroll to number 8 for the paperwork required for transfer, and all must be in order.

Unfortunately you've opened yourself up to lots of possible issues, possible not probable tho (which is good!)

As JDR has said the only way to find out if the vehicle is lost/stolen/finance owing is to employ the services of a Gestor.

But having said that why not ask the company who sold it to you to give you evidence there is no finance/vat payable on it? One would hope they did a search before they purchased it.

The problem is and this mainly happens on 0-4 year old vehicles is someone starts a new life abroad, gets a loan/finance secured on a vehicle, purchases it, their new life doesn't work out and they do a runner and sell the car in another country. This is not to say that a company who is selling you the vehicle is even aware of it. That's why it's a risk purchasing a car in one country that has registration from another.

EG if you were going to buy a LHD car in the UK it should always have UK registration then you're covered as the DVLA do their checks to make sure everything is legit.

I'm sure everything is just fine, but it doesn't hurt to check! good luck!

It is also worth noting that to be legal driving it you need the following ;

1> Have the vehicle registered in the drivers name
2> Valid ITV (if applicable)
3> Valid Road Tax
4> Valid Insurance.

You obviously have to have an N.I.E number to register the vehicle in your name and employ a Gestor to do the searches/paperwork for you.

The days of driving a foreign plated car around and local police forces not knowing how to check the validity of the vehicle are long gone, the possibilities of being stopped are very real.

You are also unable to get the DVLA to issue export plates for it so you can export it that way either as it doesn't have UK registration.

If you can not obtain the above and you don't want to 'risk it' then the only way is to have it transported out to Spain.