importing a van from germany.

[Meditaion74]

Have seen a really nice van in Germany.
Couple of questions.
Some idea of costings roughly, might help steer in this direction.
Assume, i would need 30 day plates to travel, ideally fully comprehensive, maybe the dealer can do this?
In England assume i would need a dashboard overlay and to alter the rear fog light.
Any one with some experience of these processes, the van is used.

 

[jollyrodger]

Over 10yrs old?
Get a 7-14 day export plate /insurance from local office dealer should help
Register in UK with hmrc and do a nova import form online within 7 day of entry. Will tell you if any duty to pay.
UK Mot on chassis number or temp plate.
Temp insurance from UK firm
Form 55/5 dvla (can be done online now)
It come with full t&c's what to do.
Pay the registration fee plus rfl.
Sit back and wait till dvla wake up and send you new v5.
Probably forgot something but its not that hard to do.
Good luck

 

[CazPaul]

Have you viewed it then in person and spoken at length to the dealer?

 

[stewartwebr]

You will not get fully comprehensive insurance. Best you shall obtain is 3rd party as part of the export plates. Cost me €350 three weeks ago.

How old is the van you are looking at, as the details will allow more detailed advice as it varies dependant on age.

 

[CazPaul]

You will not get fully comprehensive insurance. Best you shall obtain is 3rd party as part of the export plates. Cost me €350 three weeks ago.

How old is the van you are looking at, as the details will allow more detailed advice as it varies dependant on age.

We got fully comprehensive insurance April 2018.

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[stewartwebr]

We got fully comprehensive insurance April 2018.

You won’t get it in 2020 I tried hard, nobody interested. Appears many where taking out cover under VIN which by virtue was slightly more expensive then cancelling under the 14 day cooling off period. I tried everywhere, one option was to cover the Motorhome as “goods in transit” and use the 3rd Party export plate cover for the vehicle insurance. I took the risk and thankfully had no issues. New Morelo is back home safe and well.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

You won’t get it in 2020 I tried hard, nobody interested. Appears many where taking out cover under VIN which by virtue was slightly more expensive then cancelling under the 14 day cooling off period. I tried everywhere, one option was to cover the Motorhome as “goods in transit” and use the 3rd Party export plate cover for the vehicle insurance. I took the risk and thankfully had no issues. New Morelo is back home safe and well.

Same as last month, German third party 5 day plates and insurance then from the tunnel NFU third party until registration.
Makes you a better driver going 700 miles on third party

 

[stewartwebr]

Yep, we are just back, lockdown in Germany made it even harder. We are still self isolating

 

[CazPaul]

You won’t get it in 2020 I tried hard, nobody interested. Appears many where taking out cover under VIN which by virtue was slightly more expensive then cancelling under the 14 day cooling off period. I tried everywhere, one option was to cover the Motorhome as “goods in transit” and use the 3rd Party export plate cover for the vehicle insurance. I took the risk and thankfully had no issues. New Morelo is back home safe and well.

It depends on age of van and cost, we imported a 2005 van under 40 grand.

 

[TheAleMan]

Same as last month, German third party 5 day plates and insurance then from the tunnel NFU third party until registration.
Makes you a better driver going 700 miles on third party

Thanks for the reminder

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[Coastal Cruiser.]

Thanks for the reminder

Lucky I picked it up in October because apparently December is the worst month to drive back

 

[TheAleMan]

Lucky I picked it up in October because apparently December is the worst month to drive back

Yes, trying to navigate around all the drunk drivers.

 

[gus-lopez]

Makes you a better driver going 700 miles on third party

I was up to 120k kms up to last June.

 

[Meditaion74]

Over 10yrs old?
Get a 7-14 day export plate /insurance from local office dealer should help
Register in UK with hmrc and do a nova import form online within 7 day of entry. Will tell you if any duty to pay.
UK Mot on chassis number or temp plate.
Temp insurance from UK firm
Form 55/5 dvla (can be done online now)
It come with full t&c's what to do.
Pay the registration fee plus rfl.
Sit back and wait till dvla wake up and send you new v5.
Probably forgot something but its not that hard to do.
Good luck

Thanks
Van I’m looking at are between 2016 and 2019. They are Globescout r plus one with 18k and other with 55k both for £35 k.
Alrhough there are brand new deals on the possible summit showing £38k.

 

[Meditaion74]

Over 10yrs old?
Get a 7-14 day export plate /insurance from local office dealer should help
Register in UK with hmrc and do a nova import form online within 7 day of entry. Will tell you if any duty to pay.
UK Mot on chassis number or temp plate.
Temp insurance from UK firm
Form 55/5 dvla (can be done online now)
It come with full t&c's what to do.
Pay the registration fee plus rfl.
Sit back and wait till dvla wake up and send you new v5.
Probably forgot something but its not that hard to do.
Good luck

2016/2017 globescout plus r one with 18k other 30k both are £35k

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[jollyrodger]

I believe same rules apply ,but as under 10yrs old maybe dues to pay ?

 

[Meditaion74]

Have you viewed it then in person and spoken at length to the dealer?

just doing the exploration work first, would ask for a detailed video and possibly buy remote.