Hello there
I do hope you can help me, as I am getting myself into a right old pickle!!!
I am from the UK but have been living in Ireland for the last 10 years.
I am moving to Spain in 10 weeks (mid-December) to take up employment.
I have a dog. I want to buy a car and drive me and the dog down, (as opposed to flying him) but I don't want to make the wrong decision and make a mistake, having gone about this the wrong way.
My options are;-
1. Buy RHD car registered to Ireland, and drive over, only valid for 30 days on Irish insurance. After the 30 days, as well as insuring it with a Spanish firm, do I have to pay import tax and registeration at this point? If so, can someone give me a rough idea how much all of this is?
2. Buy a LHD car registered to Ireland, and drive over only valid for 30 days on Irish insurance. After the 30 days, as well as insuring it with a Spanish firm, do I have to pay import tax and registeration at this point? If so, can someone give me a rough idea how much all of this is?
3. Buy a LHD car registered to Spain, and drive over only valid 30 days on Irish insurance.....
Oh God, I am just so confused with it all. Maybe I should just get an old RHD banger of a car, enough to get me to Spain, and then I can get rid of it. Again....how do I get rid of it? Is there a fee for this? If so, how much approx?
There are hardly any LHD cars in Ireland, and so I'm looking to the UK. Am I right in thinking that I won't be able to insure a LHD car registered to UK or Spain...in ireland?
As you can tell, I'm so confused.
Please please can someone get back to me with some information to help me out?
Thank you very much