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RIP our car, advice needed...
Hola all,
Our car has died spectacularly, it is in Spain but on Gib plates, does anyone have any info on scrap etc....... in Spain and in Gib? Thanks in advance (you guys always come up trumps!) -:) |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Emma-Louise
(Post 8957482)
Hola all,
Our car has died spectacularly, it is in Spain but on Gib plates, does anyone have any info on scrap etc....... in Spain and in Gib? Thanks in advance (you guys always come up trumps!) -:) |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Hi Rotor,
Thanks for the info.... Telling Gb that the car is exported, does that cost anything? The Gib car is on a personalized plate, any idea how we keep the reg? |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
I dont know much, but I would probably suggest you sort this out on the Gibraltar side. Get it toed back in across the border. Scrap it there, deal with the paperwork there. Probs be the easisest thing to do.
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
we've heard that you have to pay the scrap yard to take your car! If that is the case there would be no point in paying the grua!
This is a nightmare, we've already spent nearly 3000 euros on repairs this year! -:( |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
The easiest way to get the right answer is to ring the Department of Transport
Gibraltar 20051603 |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Thanks Fred,
My OH is in Gib today so have asked him to call :fingerscrossed: |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
The scrapyard picked my daughters up and gave her a few bob for it, but you need all the paperwork and tax paid up to date, and the reg owner has to sign all the docs when they pick it up.
Not sure about the reg plate though, it makes me laugh when I see all the illegal Brit cars around here with personalized plates on, some obviously worth lots of money. I don`t think the owners realise that they can lose the car and the plates if they have no UK tax on it. |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
We're fully legal, no tax as Gib doesn't have tax, but fully up-to-date on insurance and MOT, it was our main car until it bloody blew up! it is on personalized Gib plates as my OH is Gibraltarian and bought them when he was younger.... think he has had them near on 25 years now!
JDR are you talking here or Gib ref. the scrap? We're just trying to figure a way of getting some money out of a crappy situation..... the car broke down in Spain.....so need to figure if it is worth paying the grua to get it back into Gib..... -:( |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Doesn't your vehicle insurance include breakdown cover? If so you can get your car taken by grua from wherever it has broken down to eg a scrappie or home or a taller...
Maybe Gib car insurance is different...? |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Hi, we broke down in the middle of the motor-way, the insurance co sent the grua and we had a limited choice where to send the car, so seeing as we were near the garage in Spain that mended the car before (different issue, then gear-box now engine!), that plus we were told that to get back to Gib we would have to pay a supp of 85 euros, we chose the garage..... So insurance co will wipe their hands of us now!
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
When my van died on the Mway a few weeks ago, the grua took it to the taller (via the insurance), then when I was told the van was uneconomically repairable the insurance covered a grua to take it from the taller to my home. I was told you are allowed multiple movements, up to 100km in total, but that once it was removed from the taller to home, they wouldn't then take it away from home...wonder if your problem is because of the border?!
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
? thanks for the info Hillybilly it may be worth a phone call....
ps. we found out today that there is scrappage in Gib, but we don't get any money nor do we pay any, but that means that there is probably no point in getting it taken back there.... Still looking into scrappage in Spain... |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
In Spain it's pretty much the same. I scrapped another van a few years ago, got nowt for it but paid nowt either for them to collect the van and they dealt with all the paperwork to baja it. Don't know if a scrapyard in Spain would be able or willing to deal with the paperwork on a Gib plated car tho...?
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Emma-Louise
(Post 8961522)
We're fully legal, no tax as Gib doesn't have tax, but fully up-to-date on insurance and MOT, it was our main car until it bloody blew up! it is on personalized Gib plates as my OH is Gibraltarian and bought them when he was younger.... think he has had them near on 25 years now!
JDR are you talking here or Gib ref. the scrap? We're just trying to figure a way of getting some money out of a crappy situation..... the car broke down in Spain.....so need to figure if it is worth paying the grua to get it back into Gib..... -:( |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by John & Kath
(Post 8965081)
If Gib DVLA operates like UK DVLA you have to "transfer" the plate to your new vehicle. The favoured way to do this if there is no hope of an immediate transfer is to get something like a just about running legal such as a honda 90 bike and "park" the plate there until you need it.
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Emma-Louise
(Post 8957482)
Hola all,
Our car has died spectacularly, it is in Spain but on Gib plates, does anyone have any info on scrap etc....... in Spain and in Gib? Thanks in advance (you guys always come up trumps!) -:) |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Will have to get the OH to make some calls in Gib on Monday and find out what to do with the plate....
Even for a 2nd hand engine plus labour it'll be 1500 at the least.... we've already spent 2500 on this car as the gear box (10 mths ago) and the starter motor (2 mths ago) and battery (1 mth ago) died.... so we've pretty much decided to call it a day with this one now! Can't keep throwing good money after bad as they say! Looks like neither Spain nor Gib scrap will give us anything for it.... Am thinking about maybe trying to advertise it for spares? What do you guys think? It is a Ssang Yong Musso and we know from experience that parts for this are really expensive! Feeling a bit down in the dumps! :( |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Emma-Louise
(Post 8966784)
Will have to get the OH to make some calls in Gib on Monday and find out what to do with the plate....
Even for a 2nd hand engine plus labour it'll be 1500 at the least.... we've already spent 2500 on this car as the gear box (10 mths ago) and the starter motor (2 mths ago) and battery (1 mth ago) died.... so we've pretty much decided to call it a day with this one now! Can't keep throwing good money after bad as they say! Looks like neither Spain nor Gib scrap will give us anything for it.... Am thinking about maybe trying to advertise it for spares? What do you guys think? It is a Ssang Yong Musso and we know from experience that parts for this are really expensive! Feeling a bit down in the dumps! :( |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Talking of Gibraltar and personnel car plates I remember seeing a couple of cars outside the Gib Gay Liberation Front HQ One had the registration RU1 and the other car was RU1 2. :p:p:p
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Emma-Louise
(Post 8957482)
Hola all,
Our car has died spectacularly, it is in Spain but on Gib plates, does anyone have any info on scrap etc....... in Spain and in Gib? Thanks in advance (you guys always come up trumps!) -:) Very sorry to hear about your car, I had a similar problem a couple of years ago when my 4 year old Omega gearbox disintegrated. I was quoted 3000e for a replacement box in Malaga! I found one on ebay for £200.00 and a chap coming back to Malaga brought it for me for £100.00 another £100 euros and a set of seals from Opel and I was back on the road again...... just a possible idea that you may not have thought of. Hope you get it sorted soon. |
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Thanks for the advice...
We bought the replacement gearbox last Dec from a breakers in the UK, it was a lot cheaper than buying new here and 2nd-hand here wasn't to be found... The engine going through the same kinda route would still be sooo expensive, the car is 16 years old so we have to call it a day sometime! ...still down in the dumps! :( |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Emma-Louise
(Post 8966784)
Will have to get the OH to make some calls in Gib on Monday and find out what to do with the plate....
Even for a 2nd hand engine plus labour it'll be 1500 at the least.... we've already spent 2500 on this car as the gear box (10 mths ago) and the starter motor (2 mths ago) and battery (1 mth ago) died.... so we've pretty much decided to call it a day with this one now! Can't keep throwing good money after bad as they say! Looks like neither Spain nor Gib scrap will give us anything for it.... Am thinking about maybe trying to advertise it for spares? What do you guys think? It is a Ssang Yong Musso and we know from experience that parts for this are really expensive! Feeling a bit down in the dumps! :( Advertise it on autoscout24.es and segunda mano as a non runner , ask say 500 euro, someone will buy it :thumbsup: |
Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Thanks Rotor, thats what I'll do :)
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Re: RIP our car, advice needed...
Originally Posted by Rotor
(Post 8972680)
Your right a Musso is not worth repairing, buy Jap or Land Rover next time.
Advertise it on autoscout24.es and segunda mano as a non runner , ask say 500 euro, someone will buy it :thumbsup: |
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