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[peper]

Hello,

I'm french from Cherbourg, and i'm about to buy a US-car in England.I don't want to do mistakes...

I'd like to have some more informations about registration papers and the way you sell a car in england.




I have some questions :


- What I must check on the V5?All the V5 are the same? Is there specific V5 for vintage cars (as in France)?

- What is a Q reg plate?

- If there is a personnal plate on the car, is it different to buy the car?

- If buy the car, which documents must I have?( V5, paper of the sale...)

- If I buy the car, which documents i must give to the UK administration to go in France?

- Can I keep the plates on the car? The seller will keep it?

- Do you know some other mistakes i musn't do?


Thanks a lot! (and please excuse my english...!)


peperrrrrr

[admin]

Hi

V5C logbooks are the same for old and new cars in the UK, although the vehicle Class might vary. Older cars (pre-1973) are classed as Historic.

A Q registration is given to a car when it has not been possible to accurately date the car, for example if a car is registered but has no chassis number.

If a car has a personal numberplate, it should make no difference to exporting it to France

I don't know exactly which documents need to go to DVLA in Swansea - on the V5C there is a section which is to be completed when a car is exported.

You could keep the metal plates, as the UK owner won't need them unless he transfers that registration number over to his own car, before export. However you might not be able to drive in France with UK plates attached?

I hope this helps. I think exporting a car from one European country to another is quite simple, although I have not done it myself.

Rick

[Uncle Joe]

I imported a '62 Ford Thunderbird here from Belgium a couple of years ago. So assuming that the rules are the same all over the EU, heres what I found.

Try to check that all of the taxes were paid on the car when it was imported to the UK from the US. If you cant do this, then at least make sure that the numbers in the V5 match the car. The customs will check this. When you get it onto french soil, you have two choices. One is to go directly to the customs, and apply to pre-register the car. The second is to get it transported home, and apply for temporary registration.

Make sure that you get every piece of documentation when you buy the car. The V5 (which will have to be returned to Swansea) the MOT certificate. A receipt from the seller, and and some written proof that he has both owned and bought the car.

[admin]

In theory, if a car has been imported and registered in the UK, taxes will have been paid, as you have to provide certificate 386 which is issued on payment of import duties, when applying to DVLA for a registration number. But like Uncle Joe says, check everything!!

Rick

[peper]

Thanks for answers!


I'm happy to know that there's no complicated things to do with UK administration...

- About V5, do i take the entire paper or i must leave some part to the seller?


- In France, administration could stop the sell because the seller hasn't paid some tax (for exemple bill for parking,for excessive speed, bank credit not paid). Is there that thing in UK?

-Could i export a car which is not MOTed and not TAXed?



Thanks!

peperrrrrrrrrr

[peper]

hello again!

I've been on the UK gov website and i have find a lot of answers!

But i have again one question :


-what is the difference between a V5 and a V5C? Because , if i export, it's not the same acts to export the car.




bye!

peperrrrrrrrrr

[Uncle Joe]

The T-bird that I imported from Belgium had not been on the road there for over three years, and that wasn't a problem.

If there is still money owing ON THE CAR, then I think that I am correct in saying that he cannot legally sell it, although a lot of people do this.

Could I ask you a question? What kind of car is it, and what kind of condition is it in?

[admin]

V5C is the recent name for a logbook, the logbook on older cars is often still called the V5 - so they really mean the same thing

Rick