Rosemary

I think that the Spanish people would love the answer too!!!!

MnM

I think they already know the answer.....it's Pepe *lol*

We had imported a Dodge Ram from the US for a client.....for over a year we were told it was impossible to get it matriculated! Absolutely NOT! Nada! Their spec books just did not cover it!

Well, we met a "Pepe" .....done and dusted in one month! All legal and sold on.

scampicat

I know I will have to wade through Spanish bureaucracy. Or I could just be illegal like loads of expats and not even attempt legality. The bureaucracy is my reward for attempting to be a law-abiding resident.


I'm just having a bad day with it today.

Mitzyboy

Oh well .... I guess that figures!!

scampicat

I really am beginning to believe that they do not want us to import our car, it has been made so difficult.

We bought our Seat for £6000 four years ago in the UK. It has been valued at 15,000 euros this yearfor import tax purposes. Rip-off or what?

I really do believe they deliberately make it as difficult and expensive as possible to import a British car.

TBH, I now feel as though we shouldn't have bothered, plenty of other people don't/haven't and nothing happens.

If we didn't want to take it to the UK this summer, I'd feel inclined to say 'forget it' to the Gestor.






(Please forgive me, I'm feeling pretty pi$$ed off about it today).

Dxf

Hi Anyone can PM me to get a copy of our "crib sheet", but basically:-
Get a "Baja de residencia" from the consulate of your nationality,
Get a "ficha technical reducia" from a spanish qualified engineer (ask at ITV for names & phone numbers)
Get "volante de empadronamiento" from ayuntamiento,
go to ITV with the car - eventuall get a proper ficha technical
Go to hacienda and comlete form 06
pay the road tax at the ayuntamiento using the ficha technical
go to trafico with all the documentation collected!

You will need originals and photocopies of EVERYTHING, and loads of patience
But the feeling of achievement is beaten only by parachuting !!!

Dave

Mitzyboy

I'd say your gestoria is not doing the best job for you. Managed to get mine valued at 3000 and paid abt 200 tax. Hes based in Alicante though which is too far for you

marc22

cant seem to get on to this site
can u help

bfg69bug

15,000€ new, minus a certain % per year. what year is it? thats what they cost new here in spain. what year was it made ? (and what model is it ?)

Mercedes

Has anyone brought a lhd drive in Uk but still with another European's number plate etc so haven't had the modifications for the uK and then taken it to Spain and imported it?

scampicat

It's eight years old and a Seat Alhambra 1.9 TDI.

scampicat

Well, the plot thickens.

Our car papers are STILL at Granada. Our translator who acts as intermediary with the Gestor doesn't appear to be speaking to us. But we have been talking to another expat who has had the same problem with her Gestor (we think it is the same one). She has been trying to import her car for as long as we have.

The person we were talking to has not only been told she has to get a Spanish licence (untrue), but also told she has to take a Spanish driving test! and that she will be prosecuted if she does not do so. She was told this by the Guardia.

She knows someone who was asked by Trafico for 4000 euros in tax to import an eleven year old car. He just refused to pay it and was eventually told he didn't have to.

So....it's obviously 'rip the Brits off time' in Granada province.

If Gestors, Trafico and the Police don't uphold the law, why the heck should we?

If this goes on much longer I think we'll pull the plug on the importation and just drive illegally. We can't possibly be any worse off.

We'll have to spin some yarn to the DVLA if we want to take it to England though. They will never believe the truth.

Rosemary

I bought a LHD in France but could not tax and insure it in the UK without having a MOT showing that the modifications were done. I bought it about nine months before moving and registered it and used it in UK before driving it down to Spain.

Rosemary

Big_john

Your being fed loads of twaddle.

I am in the process of changing two vehicles over and the total amount of time it will take is 6 weeks, for everything including the ITV & having new placas made

Change your gestor he or she is bulshitting you

I used to buy motorhomes in germany bring them back on 30 day plates and change them over back some 9 yrs ago without any problems into Malaga

scampicat

Yes, I think we are well aware now that we are being fed a load of excrement of male bovine.

Trouble is, most of the work has been done, he is still going to want paying and the car STILL won't be imported.

We thought we may as well stick it out to the end now.

We are thinking of just going back to the UK because of things like this. It worries me so much when things are not done and people make the rules up as they go along.