Gestor recommendations or general advice please - Page 2

My NIE cost £8.50 and quick five minutes at Spanish Consulate in London - appointment and forms downloaded from internet in advance of appointment - it was very simple.

Getting a NIE isn't indeed that difficult, but than you still aren't a resident. That's when the trouble starts. And to get a car matriculated here in Spain you have to be a resident, so indeed, it isn't that simple.

Hi folks, thanks for the responses but this is an old post and we have moved on and sorted now.

Regards, Tony

What direction did you end up going Tony - bring and matriculate or sell & buy ?

Tony it may not be too late to change it. 

We drove here in May and I drove our 6 years old RHD UK car back in July and sold it, flew back here and then bought a Spanish car here recently. 

Yes, it cost a few hundred to take it back and then fly back here but we were aware of the huge costs of matriculation and driving around Spain in a RHD vehicle just made no sense.

Good luck.

Hi Ossy,

Took the decision to sell and buy, RHD not really practical for over here and to matriculate would be money wasted that we would never recoup.

Cheers.