Ian R
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Very many thanks to you all for those very interesting and useful replies.So come the new year I'll call Jaguar LandRover both in the UK and France. Thank you Dave for the contact name.Bob, as I understand it to register a vehicle in the UK it must have a VIN even if it is given one at the time of applying for the V5, but as Dave said the homologation thing for the CoC could be problem, so that contact name at Jaguar LR in France will be very useful indeed, thanks.I've been given a name of a contact in Export Control Organisation, part of the Dept of Trade to give guidance on ex MoD vehicles.Thanks Cooperlola for the address to send the V5 etc to. I have to say that €180 is probably better than I expected, and yes I will still need to pay for the various local fees and plates.In case it was going to prove impossible, which now doesn't look like it is, I had a look at www.largus.fr. The French version of Autotrader?Interesting as there are a few Defenders up for sale at wildly differing prices compared to age, mileage etc. Photos don't mean much either, as the 'new' picture has been put against a couple of older ones! Has anybody had experience of L'Argus?Thanks again for all the information.Bob, out of interest where in the Dordogne are you? I'm 8 kms south of St-Yrieix-la-Perche, and 5 kms north of Payzac. Interestingly my very minor road is the border of the Limosine and Aquitaine. (87 and 24)BestIan
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A rag top Defender is just the job and should last me out!
[/quote]Don't start a long book then. If you plan to read War & Peace buy a LandCruiser.
John
[/quote]OK, the contest between Toyota and LR is still going strong!Both are tough vehicles I'll give you that, but I've got a soft spot for Landies and a rag top really does beat all in the summer. Maybe you know a quick and easy way to chop the top off a Land Cruiser?Oh and an easy way putting back on again when it rains!Also when it comes to tipping a load of melange in the back then it does get rather difficult with a solid roofed Land Cruiser;-)A 2.5 litre naturally aspirated diesel isn't going to break any land speed records but if it can chug happily around Iraq and Afghanistan then it'll do for me!Anyway back to the request for information on the possible/probable pitfalls.I notice that the DRIRE has changed or rather morphed into a new bureaucracy. developpement-durable.gouv.fr in many cases, I'm in the Dordogne (24) by the way so am I Charentes www.poitou-charentes.developpement-durable.gouv.fr or Aquitaine www.aquitaine.developpement-durable.gouv.frRegardsIan -
Merry Christmas one and all!I am thinking about buying an ex MoD LHD Land Rover Defender 90 or 110, and bringing to France.Has anybody on this forum done/tried to do this before and did they have any success?The Land Rover will have release papers and can be registered in the UK with UK plates and V5 document before I bring it over.It may be possible to get the company I buy it from to export it directly to France, but my instinct says it might be best to register in here in the UK, get a V5 and MoT certificate before I bring it over. I know I will need to get it CT tested on arrival and of course a Certificate of Conformity from Land Rover. Given that these vehicles are usually of 1988 - 95 vintage, and built for the MoD I don't know whether they will have a VIN stamped on it somewhere.After the Christmas break I'm going to contact Land Rover and see what they say, but in the meantime i hoping somebody will have the chapter and verse complete with grey hair having completed the challenge!Why do I want a Landie, well my little R5 Super Cinq isn't up to towing a reasonably sized braked remorque and apart from bales of hay, straw and the odd sheep, it isn't cut out to carry multiple bags of cement etc.for my 'retirement project'! A rag top Defender is just the job and should last me out!Thanks in advance,Ian
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