Goose

Hi Brian, I should have mentioned France/Germany in the title thread because, as you know, it's vehicles on mobile.de I've been looking at. (By the way, you cracked me up with your quip aout the Euramobil Terrestra looking like a whale ).

Regardless, it looks like we will either have to buy and register in the UK or import from Germany and register in the UK - and later (perhaps) register it in France.

Alan, our funds will be are in Canadian dollar which has appreciated fantastically against the pound since we came to Canada in 2003 but has actually worsened slightly against the Euro during that time

weymard

I agree with other advices, convert your canadian license driver in UK license, buy and registered your RV in UK.
In France it will be a nightmare to register an American RV imported from USA or CANADA.
With your UK license driver you can convert it easily in French license driver, but I do not know if you keep your C , in Theory you can keep all attributes of your license driver , but each "préfecture" has his "politic" !

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madbluemad

I think as others have said, make your trading base England and work everything from here.

I dont know why you asssume that you will have trouble finding a left hand drive in the uk. There are plenty of LHD ARV'S for sale here.

Jim

hilldweller

Seems odd to me. It's easier to get from France to Germany. Have you investigated keeping it German registered, then it's just one move.

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We could, instead, purchase a LHD motorhome in the UK using our UK address (property owned together with my folks who live there). And then we could come across to France and tour as planned. But that means duplicate costs of registering in the UK and then again later in France. And it also means being restricted to less choice in LHD Euramobil, Hymer, Rapido, Pilote etc vehicles available in the UK.

I think you would find a left hooker a lot cheaper in the UK than in France .I have noticed LHD Hymers falling at least £5k short of the RHD .Also on our last trip to France noticed an old Talbot base motorhome square cab type similar to the old Elddis etc at the side of the road for sale no make on it , and they were asking 20,000 euros .Don't know if that makes sense

lebesset

get a uk licence ....if you hold a EU licence there will be no need to obtain a french licence when you move there ; how old are you ? affects things a lot ; do your canadian licences actually say automatic only?

LHD motorhomes fetch less money in the UK than RHD , and you will find the prices as low as , maybe lower , than in france /germany due to the current rate of exchange

I think it is cheap to register a vehicle in the UK [ anybody?] , but is expensive in france ; I suspect registering in the uk first is the way to go ; to give you an example registering a 3.5tonne hymer [ or any equivalent ] less than 10 years old will cost €400-€500 [ varies by departement ] ; over 10 years it halves

if you don't have a residence in france it is still possible to register a vehicle ; you decide on what you want to consider your base , apply to the mairie , there are 2 systems ...one for itinerant workers , another for self supporting retired people of any age ; but as you are not french residents I suspect it would very different , and suggest the uk route
french residents are not permitted to use foreign registered vehicles for more than 6 months ...equally true in other EU countries ; of course there are motorhomers who live in france but are elsewhere with it for 6 months each year ; but french registration is the way to go , no road tax , 2 year technical inspection , much better insurance including breakdown/ recovery / 12 month foreign cover including n.africa etc

finally do try to buy under 3,500 Kg if you possibly can ..if you go over it gets very difficult ...insurance zooms , tolls , driving licence etc ; if you must have something bigger come back for further info

oh , and do buy a vehicle which is sold in france ! then the homologation will be in the DRIRE computer [ the technical dept ] and even if not ,easily obtained from the importer
basically, therefore , don't even consider anything uk made

peter marshall

Hi I did not read all the replies and somebody may have already mentioned my point, I noticed somewhere cant remember where. That a UK couple settled in France and could not register their MH because the Habitation door was on the left hand side IE normal for UK but on the offside for France so had to swop for a suitable MH over there, I just thought it was worth mentioning. Pete

vwalan

lots live in m,homes keeping uk reg ins.lic.
if you take a rhd to france they do kick up abit about the habitation door depends on the conversion i say putone in the other side .easily done. that shuts em up done it loads of times for friends who have moved to france.

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