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07/05/2008, 7:44 Trevor Joined on 06/10/2007 Posts 8 Exporting car to holiday home I'm thinking of taking our 25 yr old  Peugeot 205down to the S of France to live from October onwards. I shall have to insure it shortly just to make the journey and be available if needed here in the meantime. It's value is about £100. Any thoughts on the best way to go about this? (e.g. a day return on the ferry seems cheaper than a single - also is it poissible to get a single back with Ryanair or do I have to buy a return?)    Report

07/05/2008, 8:05 Cendrillon Joined on 19/10/2007 S.E. England & S.W.France Posts 363 Re: Exporting car to holiday home "................ also is it poissible to get a single back with Ryanair or do I have to buy a return?) " This is certainly possible, booking a one-way airline ticket  is not a problem. Cendrillon    Report

07/05/2008, 10:52 Sunday Driver Joined on 07/10/2005 Deux Sevres (79) Posts 2,747 Re: Exporting car to holiday home You also need to factor in the costs of registering the car over here: French type approval certificate - 120€,  CT certificate - 56€,  LHD headlamps - £££?,  prefecture registration fee - 66€, new number plates - 20€. ..... More than the car is worth, so unless it has plenty of life left in it, you might be better off selling it/scrapping it in the UK and buying a little runabout locally.   Waddya mean it's only Saturday......    Report

12/05/2008, 14:50 Trevor Joined on 06/10/2007 Posts 8 Re: Exporting car to holiday home Its only got 45,000 mls on the clock so has years of use in it, especially at the less than 1000 a year we would use it.    Report

12/05/2008, 14:51 Trevor Joined on 06/10/2007 Posts 8 Re: Exporting car to holiday home  Sunday Driver wrote: You also need to factor in the costs of registering the car over here: French type approval certificate - 120€,  CT certificate - 56€,  LHD headlamps - £££?,  prefecture registration fee - 66€, new number plates - 20€. ..... More than the car is worth, so unless it has plenty of life left in it, you might be better off selling it/scrapping it in the UK and buying a little runabout locally.     What sort of figure would you estimate for insurance?    Report

13/05/2008, 7:45 Sunday Driver Joined on 07/10/2005 Deux Sevres (79) Posts 2,747 Re: Exporting car to holiday home Difficult to say - not much, I would have thought. Try this price comparison website:  http://www.assurland.com   Waddya mean it's only Saturday......    Report

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