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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:56pm

Vera

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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2022 12:56pm

AndyIOW wrote on Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:39am:
That's a good choice Vera, there are a couple of buses to/from Albox to Baza and H-O but not at very convenient times and certainly none servicing the smaller towns/villages. You can buy a cheap car here under 3K plus the transfer fee on top. Property in or edge of town or a village w...

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...ith all amenities probably your best bet. Don't be put off!
Andy

Hi Andy&thank you. Tbh i would prefer not to have a car as just a pain in the neck🤣. Im capable of walking&cycling but we all have to think.of when we get much older. As long as amenities near by i think i be okay

Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:17am

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:17am

Vera wrote on Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:57pm:
Hi and thank you. How much did it cost??.

Bear in mind this was before Brexit but it cost me €1340 including front and rear lights sorting.

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:20am

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:20am

tortoiseaplenty wrote on Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:20pm:
You will pay import tax you will need the plates changed. Head lights and speedo
That's if you are keeping it in Spain

Speedo doesn't need changing as long as it has dual speeds on it, mph and kmph.

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:47am

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:47am

AndyIOW wrote on Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:32pm:
Import tax possibly depending on make, model, year when you matriculate it. Unless you have one of those cars that has a switch then you will have to change the headlights for LHD ones and from memory rear fogs ok if a pair or dead centre but if only one corner then it will be the wrong cor...

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...ner (probably). So only mods are the lights!

I took a car over 5 years ago , had lights adjusted ( it was a Mercedes ) it has two reversing lights so it was ok ( but you can swop wiring about if you have one ..cost me 700 euros in all as I got a Spanish legal to do it all for me itv etc etc but you can buy a left hand drive car in uk and it will be easier to do as I have a friend who bought a bmw and it was a lot easier ( it was from France)..and a lot cheaper than buying in Spain were cars ( especially second hand ones are really expensive )…

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:49am

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:49am

pah1547 wrote on Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:20am:
Speedo doesn't need changing as long as it has dual speeds on it, mph and kmph.

A friend of mine owns a USA imported car with miles on the speedo only.
Will he be able to register that car in Spain without changing the speedo? Can he put stickers with kms on it?

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:59am

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:59am

Polowonder wrote on Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:49am:
A friend of mine owns a USA imported car with miles on the speedo only.
Will he be able to register that car in Spain without changing the speedo? Can he put stickers with kms on it?

Yes if it has kmh for speed yes.

You can import any car you just need to adjust things and pay import duty and pay to have number plates etc