Dave wrote. ............................... I believe it does, but I am kind of loosing track of what you want to achieve. As per earlier, if you are just driving this vehicle to the port to export it and never bring it back to the UK then why bother with an MOT? So with a UK accommodation address, you have cracked it!!!!

If the Ford Transit Van that I have bought doesn't have MOT inspection done and is in Road Tax well how is it a legal vehicle to drive in France on its UK number plates.

No I will have to get the MOT, and The TAX disc plus the insurance , then probably more insurance for France. Its not made easy.

I need all this done by sombody else before I travel.

my itinary would be flight in to Paris, then get over to UK London.ASAP.

travel Trains and Buses to Scotland. Pick up vehicle, fuel up and supplys etc en route to Folkstone, or Harwich ferry port. trying to keep off the major highways etc, if I can't get insurance and Mot and tax sorted in my name. then I still have to now weather it need a export. I fought a UK plated vehicle could just travel to the european continent without forms. etc

yes I have found someone that can give be a postal address, but I still don't have the Insurance down yet. Why are the insurance company being so difficult. I need to get it all done online and paid online before I travel.
every online company I have looked at don't have online facilitys.

The seller has kindly stored this vehicle for me for the last 6 months at a low charge. but he won't let me drive it without insurance while the MOT and Tax is still in his name. And he has said he can't pay it and then transfer it to me. (he says that can't be done)

so I found a address so far

European Green card, I have looked into this, but it is no good for driving in the UK to take the vehicle out of the UK, Once on the European contient yes I can put this vehicle in Insurance cover for the road.

dave
The green card insurance I have found with a insurer in Germany Knop Tours, my contact with them (STEFAN) by email, they suggest that it won't cover me for travel in the UK, it is only for the European continent countrys in the situation were the vehicle is imported into the EU from other Countrys, Ie a Australian motor bike, which ias there area of specialist insurance for travels on motor bikes.

So I take it from what I have been told, this would be ok for Europe but not to pick up the vehicle in the UK. I would prefer not to have to pay for two different policys for the same thing.

I'll just have see what my helper can find, and wht it might or might not cover. Uk and EU etc.

Thank you all

Road tax is only required when using the vehicle on Public Roads in UK. MOT is also a 'local' requirement.

If you have insurance in any EU member state it must by EU law cover you in all other EU states.


Forget Export. We covered this with you ages ago.

Travelling in Europe you should have the Registration Document (V5C) and proof of insurance but you will not be asked to show anything while moving between EU countries - unless you get stopped by Police for some reason.

It is nothing to do with him if you drive it with or without MOT.
It is nothing to do with him if you drive it with or without Tax as long as he has notified DVLA of the transfer of Registered Keeper.
These would be your problems, not his.
If the vehicle has Tax and MOT these can be passed over to any new owner - they are 'personal' and specific to the vehicle, not the owner.


Forgive me for being blunt, but I feel you are just going round in circles and not getting to solving anything.

If you are up to buying a vehicle off Ebay half way round the World, you really ought to have known first how to go about it and what you are getting yourself in for. Sadly you did not. But accepting you are where you are (figuratively), a number of people here have been trying to assist you with information and ideas.

I have not read on this thread any wrong bit of advice or bad suggestion to getting out of your difficulty (accepting ignoring some UK regulations) but you seem to want to keep introducing various new wrong stuff you have "heard or been told".
At some point people here will get tired of repeating things.

Huge thread here http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...ong-term-39472
try my post number 89 on page 6 . Says it all really about most of your queries.

Although inter-dependant on each other to some extent, I strongly suggest you clearly separate and understand each issue in your own mind and then decide to deal with or ignore each one as you choose - MOT - Tax - Registered Keeper - Insurance - Driving Licence - V5C - using vehicle outside UK.

The only thing that MUST happen is the present Registered Keeper will want to come off the DVLA register - he can only do that by putting someone else on (ignoring scrapping and exporting it himself). Other than that it is all down to you.

The time is near to "either sh1t or get off the pot" as the Americans so quaintly put it.

Good luck.

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