Comments on: Is your UK car in France insured?

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:34:45 +0000

Some advice please I have a car which was registered in the uk but has been on private property for 2 years, I now wish to drive it in France. What is required?

By: Una

Una — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:57:58 +0000

Wonder if anyone can help me. I am returning to Uk after 6 months in France. My car is running out of MOT before my return. Is it possible to get MOT on my UK car here in France. All documents are with me including car insurance. I am in Brittany. YOur advice would be greatly appreciated.

By: Boris

Boris — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:15:30 +0000

Hi Tony,
Thanks for the guide, should be quite useful to a few people I think, given the number of UK registered cars we see around here.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:08:10 +0000

Yep, this is a reality but a totally fair and necessary one – we have 2 French cars for business and personal use but we recently also bought a small UK car that we kept on British plates and our insurers have happily insured since we bought 1 year ago – I have already received written notice from my insurers saying they will refuse to renew unless the car is re-matriculated in France and we have already started the process, which is fairly starightforward providing your car is a standard, common make and model – here is a useful link to our guide on how to do it if this affects you! http://www.dordognepropertyagency.com/webfiles/procedure_homologation_vehicles_anglais.pdf

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:15:55 +0000

I saw a Renault Clio the other day with Portuguese export plates. The particularity with this kind of plates is that they have the expiry date on them. These had 04 01, meaning January 2004! I’m sure no insurance company insures a car with plates like that. It surprises me that this car has not been stopped by police long time ago.

By: Johnny Norfolk

Johnny Norfolk — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:08:53 +0000

In my opinion its far easier to purchase your car in your new country. The EU has done nothing to help people in these areas at all.

By: Keith Eckstein

Keith Eckstein — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:37:27 +0000

I have long wondered when the day would come when this “loophole” of Brits driving uninsured cars would come.

A couple of years ago I heard rumours that the Gendarmes were being trained to be better able to deal with U.K. driving details so that they could target the U.K registered cars that come over and don’t get re-registered or re-tested (MOT or CT.)

In a strangely sadistic way, I almost look forward to a purge against the Brits who “forget” to comply with their host country’s driving regulations – It would make for interesting reading and exciting eavesdropping in some of the bars and on the forums frequented by the Brits.

All the best

Keith