petew

I am thinking of buying a Spanish registered right hand drive car - fully legal etc. I have experience of the minor problems involved with driving on the "wrong" side, having driven a lot in the UK in my left hand drive car. Also years ago, before we moved to Spain, I used to visit Spain in my UK car. However what I am wondering about is unforeseen problems like - does it attract extra attention from Trafico? Any comments (preferably based on experience) would be welcome.

olivefarmer

Resale value should be low i.e. you should be buying cheaply because when you come to sell you won't get much for it.

Practical issues. Not a lot really. Overtaking is harder and getting in and out of barrier controlled car parks and through motorway tolls is a fag unless there are always two of you.

Insurance wise I don't think there is any loading here for RHD. Not that I discerned anyway.

From a novelty point of view when you offer a Spaniard a lift they always get in the wrong side. You just toss them the keys and watch their eyes go even wider.

amideislas

There's still a few countries that drive on the "correct" side of the road. Not many, though. No wonder so many Brits so oft seem to believe the entire world is "wrong".

List of left- & right-driving countries - World Standards

petew

With all due respect I think you may be hi-jacking my post !!

petew

Thanks - I would be buying at a fair price. The car would probably end up being left in the UK back on UK plates, eventually. The issues you mention I already am aware of except for the insurance info. It sounds as though you own, or have owned, such a car.

Bri and Katee

As olive farmer says, the biggest drawback to them is barrier entries and toll booths, unless you have a passenger to do the necessary. The few times I have been stopped by traffico when our car was still UK registered, they haven't noticed the plates, they just go to passenger side, realise the steering wheel is on the 'wrong side' and waved us away no questions asked. Up to now since its been spanish registered we haven't been stopped at a checkpoint- hope it stays that way!

snikpoh

We do and insurance is not loaded - we don't have any problems except those mentioned.

amideislas

Somehow, I reckon you'll get through it. I have complete confidence in you!

petew

Despite your attempt to divert the discussion, I have had some very useful information .

amideislas

I knew you could do it.

Stick with me.

petew

I'm not too worried about problems such as toll booths - someone is normally with me and toll booths are a nuisance rather than an impossibility (I manage ok at car parks in the UK in my LHD car). We don't actually use our car that often - we tend to walk everywhere in the town where we live. The car would be used mainly for longer trips.

petew

[QUOTE=amideislas;11470832]I knew you could do it.

Stick with me. [/QU

I don't know about Tolls, we seem to have Trolls on here..

jonboy

Brace yourself,......... So you have a left hand drive car in the UK and a right hand drive one in Spain and you wish to know about unforeseen problems

petew

Sorry I completely fail to see the point you are making. I don' t have a left hand drive car in the UK nor do I have a right hand drive car in Spain. Have you actually read my posts ?

petew

PS This is supposed to be a forum for constructive discussion and exchanging useful information.
Not for honing ones' snide sarcasm.