How Much Is This Worth ?

[Yorick]

A few doors down from us, is a nice camper on the drive. Been there ages and never seems to move. Just checked the reg plate and the MOT expired November 2020.

They can't drive it here now legally and gonna be bloody expensive to get it back to the UK. So it might just sit on the drive and rot

An expensive garden ornament ?

 

[MisterB]

Or they might just risk driving it back without an MOT ....

 

[rolosroller]

FOUND ONE

Price:£44,995.00Width:2260Length:6400Reg Year:2016Berth:4Model:Rio 340Make:SwiftEngine Size:2287Mileage:29748

 

[Colino]

Maybe they took it down before lockdown and the mot run out before they could get it back

 

[Nirvanauk]

Stick it on the back of a low loader, no problem.

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[Yorick]

Stick it on the back of a low loader, no problem.

It's a grand on the ferry for a camper one way.

 

[Yorick]

Maybe they took it down before lockdown and the mot run out before they could get it back

Ed Zackerly.

 

[Tea Bag]

It's a grand on the ferry for a camper one way.

Hi.
Hire a trailer and suitable tow vehicle from a mate ?. There are car transport companies who,take a few back ( Spain/Portugal ),it may be put on as a part load ? However,if its a double decker,it cannot go on the bottom deck,unless on its own,so half a load lost and Top deck... That rules out coming under the low bridges at " Rouen ".....
Tea Bag

 

[pappajohn]

It's a grand on the ferry for a camper one way.

So buy a return ticket....then throw the return portion away

 

[Landy Andy]

Just need to put the “correct “ set of number plates on it and it will be ok

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[Ian Bosman]

Or they might just risk driving it back without an MOT ....

It is legally allowed to drive it to a prebooked test centre without a valid MOT. My motorhome MOT expired in March but i tested it for early May using this provision, then taxed it while it was parked up off the road immediately after testing OK.

 

[mikebeaches]

Maybe they took it down before lockdown and the mot run out before they could get it back

That's certainly what I thought.

Perhaps they plan to try to register it in Spain / Lanzarote?

 

[Yorick]

It is legally allowed to drive it to a prebooked test centre without a valid MOT. My motorhome MOT expired in March but i tested it for early May using this provision, then taxed it while it was parked up off the road immediately after testing OK.

We're in Lanzarote.

 

[Yorick]

That's certainly what I thought.

Perhaps they plan to try to register it in Spain / Lanzarote?

Not a chance. Laws are strict and big import taxes.

 

[Just smiffy]

Would it come up on ANPR on Spain/France systems… ?

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[Jamesh]

I would have thought £500 would sort it as a lowloader backload at the drivers convenience..??

Bereavement / Ill health??

 

[Yorick]

Would it come up on ANPR on Spain/France systems… ?

No. But if stopped you're in deep shit.

 

[Yorick]

I would have thought £500 would sort it as a lowloader backload at the drivers convenience..??

Bereavement / Ill health??

1000€ ferry. Then 4 days drive.

 

[Lenny HB]

I would have thought £500 would sort it as a lowloader backload at the drivers convenience..??

Bereavement / Ill health??

Not from the Canary Islands.

 

[jumar]

A few doors down from us, is a nice camper on the drive. Been there ages and never seems to move. Just checked the reg plate and the MOT expired November 2020.

They can't drive it here now legally and gonna be bloody expensive to get it back to the UK. So it might just sit on the drive and rot

An expensive garden ornament ?

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Are the owners not at home, I would need to ask them directly, perhaps they are..............

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[Ian Bosman]

In the end the owners are left with a decision as to how to get it road legal wherever they are as would a potential buyer

 

[Fdhadi]

It is legally allowed to drive it to a prebooked test centre without a valid MOT. My motorhome MOT expired in March but i tested it for early May using this provision, then taxed it while it was parked up off the road immediately after testing OK.

They were my thoughts.

 

[Jamesh]

Not from the Canary Islands.

I meant that an empty lo loader say delivering a plastic fantastic yacht (for instance) might pick it up as a back load...?

I know nothing about these things!

Agreed if a stand alone job the several grand. Van is devalued by 5k because of location and MOT imo.

 

[Swiss]

Is it actually anyone's business what the situation is!

 

[BigBee2]

We bought a Rio 340 2016 reg last September, very low mileage of 6,000. Cost £48,000.
Might be worth asking the owners if they want to sell and offer a price taking in to account mot and shipping costs. They are gorgeous motorhomes and the hatchback rare and brilliant

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[TheBig1]

Because of the situation, the value is well south of £40k To get it transported and repatriated will be complicated by the length of time outside of the UK. It has technically been permanently exported according to the legal and tax system. Even putting it in for an MOT is a gamble that it won't raise red flags

One solution is to temporarily clone the van over in the UK getting Insurance, Tax and MOT. Then they would have a year to get it home

 

[Ian Bosman]

Because of the situation, the value is well south of £40k To get it transported and repatriated will be complicated by the length of time outside of the UK. It has technically been permanently exported according to the legal and tax system. Even putting it in for an MOT is a gamble that it won't raise red flags

One solution is to temporarily clone the van over in the UK getting Insurance, Tax and MOT. Then they would have a year to get it home

To get it re-registered in the UK you first have to have an MOT and insurance. then you need to submit all the relevant documentation about the vehicle. The old registration document might help a bit.

 

[chaser]

But all this thread assumes they want it back here, no evidence that they do.
Ask them they might be just on the point of selling.

 

[chaser]

To get it re-registered in the UK you first have to have an MOT and insurance. then you need to submit all the relevant documentation about the vehicle. The old registration document might help a bit.

I can't see any problem dvla probably don't even know it's not in the country, we have tractors that havnt been registered for years and it's just a matter of filling a form in.
In this case it's only two years , all you have to say is covid got in the way.

 

[TheBig1]

But all this thread assumes they want it back here, no evidence that they do.
Ask them they might be just on the point of selling.

But selling an unregistered vehicle in a foreign country where it is illegal is no easy task. It can't get registered on Lanzarote (an island) and cannot legally transit Spain and France under it's own power to return to it's last registered country. It cannot be insured till legal and tax is probably due to reimport it

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