watson6

Im going to be living in Spain for a year as part of my uni course. Because of the location I need to either buy a car or motorbike. Im 21 and have a full car licence and a CBT for bike.

Im getting confusing advice about what I can do!

any help would be much appreciated

Rob

lynnxa

if you have a full car licence you can both drive a car & ride a motorbike in Spain

Fred James

Not quite.

If you have a full car licence you can drive a motorcycle up to 125cc.

You must also have held the car licence for 3 years.

watson6

Thanks for replies. So, as I see it, I cannot ride a motorcycle as I have only had my licence 30 months. Is taking some sort of Spanish CBT an option?


Thanks

lynnxa

I thought there might be a size limit but expected it to be higher than that...............

my 16 year old can get bike licence for a 125 though - I wonder why they do that

he can drive/buy a car though, right? although hiring one would be tricky

watson6

i get the impression that insurance for a car may be a problem because of my age

teuchterpete

What about a moto. it seems that anybody can drive them!

lynnxa

a 50 cc?

you have to have a licence even for those - the OP could drive one on his UK licence though

Rosemary

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watson6

It seems im in a bit of a fix. I need to travel about 30 miles each day to where im going to be employed and buses are infrequent! A car would be an option but I believe that as a 'foreigner' in Spain, insurance would be hard to get.

Thanks again

teuchterpete

From other posts, I get the impression that linea direct ( hope this is spelt correct) are the best guys to speak to. It might be worth giving them a ring to find out how much the cost will be for the type of car you have in mind.
Pete

snikpoh

Insurance is not a problem at all - they will all insure you (not just Direct Line).

The issue is that you will have to have a Spanish car and not one on UK plates. So, you would then have to buy a Spanish car which would require Padron, NIE/residencia etc.

ionie

Passport and NIE is all that's needed to buy a car in Alicante province. Non-residents can buy Spanish cars here.

lynnxa

not everywhere in Alicante province

I know someone local to me who need the resident cert