I’m going to stay for some years in UK and I want to buy a car and use it for travelling around europe
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As long as you drive on the right side of the road your car can be left or right hand drive, it does not matter.
As long as it has tax,mot insurance and green card,you can go anywhere you like in Europe.
You will be sorry. I lived in Europe for over 20 years and NEVER OWNED A CAR… if I really needed a car, I rented it, otherwise the public transportation is so good in Europe you don’t need a car… just finding a place to PARK a car in Europe is a frustrating experience.
As a plus… you stay really trim and thin because you walk a lot. I don’t know why
AmeriKans want to have a car in Europe when most Europeans don’t want one… they are a LIABILITY they are NOT an ASSET.
Yes you can as others say, but in France you need yellow headlights ,also you need to alter the dip of the lights to dip right.
For France and Italy you have to retake your UK test and FAIL it. Then and only then are you deemed competent enough for these two countries.
As long as you have it taxed, insured, and obey all laws regarding road use, including driving on the correct side of the road and not speeding and making sure you wear a seatbelt and have all mirrors properly adjusted, I don’t see why not. My dad took me to France when I was in High School, and took his car.
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Yes you can drive right handed cars in europe, but you must insure it from the country it is registered in. For instance, a french registered car will have to be mot’d, and insured by a french company, then you can travel anywhere in europe(after checking that the insurance covers you in other parts of europe. French mot,s last 2 years whilst british last for 1. Best bet is to buy a runaround from the local paper in england with tax and mot already, then insure it, bear in mind insurance for a left hand drive purchased in the u.k may cost more.
I think there could be a problem if you intend using a U.K. registered vehicle (British plates) for longer than six months in Europe after that period legally the vehicle must return to the U.K. or would have to be re- registered in Europe and display their number plates…
Dave.
Legally you can, but I would advise against it. The headlamps would dip towards oncoming traffic, so would need altering, but the main problem is that you would be sitting in the “wrong” side of the vehicle. This seriously restricts your vision when overtaking, along with other minor problems such as toll booths and carpark payment machines being on the wrong side of the car. I know a few ex-pats in Spain who drive British cars – there seem to be two reasons for this. Either they think that they are being clever by avoiding local regulations and taxes, or are totally incapable of changing gear with their right hand – I’m sure some of them think that the pedals are the opposite way around!
Yes, the only thing you will have to do is have the headlights shaded to change the dip from left to right. However the continentals don’t bother when in our country so you could try not bothering as well but watch for the French police who will hand out a fine at the drop of a hat.
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