Keeping my Scud in the UK or Europe.....

hi tarek

no particular rules in france if your car is registered abroad, just keep it insured
that's the only thing that comes in my mind at this moment

for me france would be better as i could be able to meet you and your car

 

No no, Tarek. Definately Holland would be better. So I can take care of it for you during Apr - Sept....

I guess for all countries it will be the same; as long as road taxes and insurances are paid, you should be fine, where ever you park it.

 

I would suggest Germany
We have no speed limit on the Autobahn and I guess that's the most important thing And there is also the famous Nordschleife/Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring and some other racetracks so you can always decide whether to drive on track or road.


Martin

 

after some research i found this :

you can drive your car during 12 months (if your main residence is not in france) and pick the insurance company of your choice

only if your main residence is in france for more than 6 months, then you must pay registration taxes (french license plates) but you still can choose your insurance company

 

Thx for your kind compliments Tarek.
Believe it or not, but I am currently in the process of re-spraying the car. Don't worry... it will have the original color again.
Here is a report of the progress. Sorry it is in Dutch but there are lots of pics. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174006

I didnt mean road taxes and insurance in the country where you park it, but if you pay these in Egypt, you should be fine to drive and park it in whole of Europe. I mean the same as Lamar is saying.

 

Tarek,
don't worry about registration, just keep your own from Cairo.
In Belgium we have some kind of temporary registrationplates, but if you don't plan to drive the car every day in those 6 months and around the same area, then don't bother with it.

For the insurance you would have to check with your insurance company. It could be that you're only allowed to keep the car abroad for max 3 months orso, but i'm sure you could make a deal with your own insurance company, this will be much cheaper and easier then to take another special insurance abroad.

About where to keep the car: personally i love the roads in Italy.... AND they have nice women!
But for you it's maybe easier to keep the car in the UK? Besides, from the UK you can easily make trips through Europe.

BTW: if you really plan to bring the car every year, i'll make sure i have extra space in my new house (garage)! (2009 probably)
And in the meantime i'm sure Bart (Bel360) will be glad to park the Scud next to his Giallo F430!

Guy

 

i believe that, for these 12 month rule, you will have to cross the border again after one year to renew a 12 month "keeping" ability.


For the insurance i dunno.

 

I don't think this is an easy to answer question.

As a foreigner it makes sense that you can drive in a car that is registered in your place of residence. I don't know if it makes any difference if the car is coming on a container vessel.

Under dutch law there is a minimum standard for car-insurance-policies insurance-companies are under strict supervision of the government. Wouldn't be surprised if this is governed by EU-regulations. I'd suspect that an Egyptian insurance could raise some questions. Does your insurer offer you coverage in the EU? Mine not in Egypt.

But there must be a possibility I've seen U.S. licenseplates and even Middle-East licenseplates on cars in The Netherlands.

Wouldn't it be best if a dealership answered your questions, maybe the have some experience in these matters?

 

it depend, if its only to keep in the garage or to travel,

maybee Monaco ? here in Portugal the limit is the six month, after that you need to move outside the country....

 

in all the EU 6 months the maximum period of time that someone can spend with a foreign car.

if you want to saty more than six months i think (but i'm not sure) that you need to exchange country

 

Hi Tarek
I'm not familar with these rules but a friend of mine works at Ferrari dealer Stuttgart. I'll give him a call and ask if he knows anything

Martin

 

As always, all EU countries are equal but Holland a little less so. You can only keep a car on the road on foreign plates in the Netherlands for 3 months. After that, the car has to be registered on Dutch plates and road tax is due.

However, this applies for cars that are used by people domiciled in the Netherlands. If you do not live there, you are not required to register it - in fact, you can't if you don't have a Dutch permanent address. I could not register my own Dutch-plated 550 in my own name (even though I am a Dutch citizen and own a house there), since I do not reside there at the moment!

In other words: if you can ensure the car is insured, there's nothing stopping you from storing your car there. You just have to make sure that there is a never a reason for them to think you actually DO live there, because tax liability on a Scud is substantial...

As for insurance - Dutch insurers can't provide full cover on a foreign-plated car, but they can provide 3-rd party coverage (in any case my insurer can - I was interested in importing a car from the UK). So if your insurer covers the car itself when it's in Holland, then you can if need be use a Dutch party to make sure you've got all bases covered.



Onno