Hi Folks,
As the year ticks by we are having to think quite hard about the logistics of our family relocation in the January, and trying to decide about transport.
We are planning to pop back to the Costa Blanca for literally a couple of days in November, hopefully to sign a lease on a villa, and we were wondering what the odds were of being able to purchase a Spanish reg car at that point and drive back in it, ready to pack up the family and go...?
THis would obviously give us what we eventually want in January - a LHD Spanish-reg car, in Spain - but with everything I have heard and read about Spanish bureacracy is it going to be even possible to come over, without a local address, and simply buy a car in a couple of days?
Hope I am making sense,
Mx
PS if anyone knows anyone who is planning to move back to the UK around the turn of the year and has a Spanish car they need to trade for a UK one... perhaps we could PM?
Jun 27, 2008 · shaggymon
First thing you need is your NIE number - Get forms from internet, get bank payment form from Police Station, fill in forms, pay fee, go to Police Station to submit forms/copy passport/copy lease (some places you can get an appointment, some you have to queue), return to Police Station about a week later to get NIE number. At best can all be done in a week, at worst 3 or 4 weeks.
Next - buy car. The paperwork for this can take about a month or even longer but, after a week or two, you can still take and drive the car as the vendor will give you a receipt from the Gestor stating that the car in being transferred. I think this is valid for a month. Not sure if you could leave the country though. The above is based on my experience - we bought from a recognised dealer who did all the paperwork for us, the fee for which was included in the price of the car. Seems like a lot of trouble but got my NIE in a week, no queuing and had already hired a car for a month when we first arrived and had our own car within 2 weeks, paperwork completed a month later. It does seem to be a peculiar system, as with a lot of things in Spain, but, I have to say it works and many things make sense. Good luck!
Next - buy car. The paperwork for this can take about a month or even longer but, after a week or two, you can still take and drive the car as the vendor will give you a receipt from the Gestor stating that the car in being transferred. I think this is valid for a month. Not sure if you could leave the country though. The above is based on my experience - we bought from a recognised dealer who did all the paperwork for us, the fee for which was included in the price of the car. Seems like a lot of trouble but got my NIE in a week, no queuing and had already hired a car for a month when we first arrived and had our own car within 2 weeks, paperwork completed a month later. It does seem to be a peculiar system, as with a lot of things in Spain, but, I have to say it works and many things make sense. Good luck!