alexausin

Hi to everbody.
Next September 30 expires the MOT of my car.
There is any chance to have a new UK MOT without drive my car to UK?
Can i pass the Mot in Gibraltar?
Do you know anybody can do this?
Any ideas?
Please contact me with any sugerences.

Thank you
Alex.


Saludos
Alex Ausin

Fred James

The only way you can get a valid UK MOT is by taking the car back to the UK.

alexausin

But probably there is any English garage in Spain that can do this.
If somebody has a better idea please email me.

Also i thougt register the car in Spain but i heard that it cant have any modifications. And my Land Rover defender has some done.

ballin

You cannot do it in Gibraltar.

By the sounds of it, your UK registered car is in Spain all year? In which case you are breaking the law, and effectively have no Insurance either, are you aware of that?

Fred James

Once again - you cannot get a UK MOT outside the UK - what do you find difficult to understand about that?

And yes, if your LR has any mods that are not factory fitted or approved by LR you will not be able to register it in Spain.

bfg69bug

remove the mods, return it to factory standard, transfer it.

or, leave the mods, get them inspected and certified, then transfer it.

or drive back to the uk and mot it.

BUT you do realise, as above, that using a car for more than 6 months in spain that is not matriculated in spain is illegal (or more that 2 months if you are resident), and as above, your insurance is invalid?


there is NO WAY to get a *LEGAL* uk mot while living outside the uk.

pwwm

heard today a person near us, been driving a frontera since they arrived has been told to change matricula or car will be impounded, no sympathy. Been here three years

HBG

I'm picking my grandson and daughter up from the airport tomorrow in my legal Spanish car, and if I didn't have one I would be picking them up with a licensed taxi.

Having said that, I'm aware of the thousands of illegal British cars over here, which have been here for years, whose owners wouldn't know what resdencia is, and the padron is a total mystery to them.

That's their affair, but they must curse every time they come across the blind spot when joining a motorway or turning into a sharp right hand bend. I know you can insure an English registered car here, but you can't pay the Spanish tax even if you wanted to.

bfg69bug

makes me when they then try and complain about the state of the roads

Mitzyboy

The OP posted some 12 months ago that they were attemptiing to matriculate a Landrover ... it clearly hasnt happened

alexausin

Insurance question.
Any Spanish insurance company that insurance UK registered car in Spain?
Thank you.

lynnxa

afaik no



some UK companies will - but you have to live in the UK

there has been a lot of discussion about this - here's one recent thread

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...K+car+in+Spain

use the 'search' button at the top of the page & you'll find many more

happy reading!

jojojojojo

You could try and use a UK insurance company, but if you dont conform with the rules of the insurance, then it wont be valid.

Surely if you need a car in Spain permanently then you should either get it matriculated or buy a Spanish car???????

Jo xx

bfg69bug

yes.

if you mean companies in spain that will do it, not specifically spanish companies.

i know of several. and they all advertise.

if you want a name just ask.

Rotor

Not always.