Hev&Jon Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Hello everybody. We're hopefully moving to France early next year and will be buying a car (probably a 4x4) when we get there. Any information on the car buying procedure, registration, insurance etc. etc. would be much appreciated.Many thanks,Heather & Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-R Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 It is very easy, the only down side is unless you hold french driving licence you will not be able yto test drive it yourself. You will need an address in France and you may need to leave 10% deposit, depending on the dealer. Insurance: best to use a broker to start with. AXA is massive in France and you will see there brokers all over. Remember to keep your u'k' insurance paperes so you can keep your no claims. If you are buying used also buy from a dealer, it will make life more simple and you get some come back if things go wrong.Welcome to France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I do not understand the need for a French driving license. For years/decades Renault and Peugeot had schemes for non European for instance US and African, residents to buy a car a car in France, use it for six months then export it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard-R Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 You can but a car with any licence, it's just there insurance. If you take a car for a test drive they write you licence number in a log book to cover you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJ Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 We did a test drive - nobody even mentioned the country of origin of the licence! We also bought the car without a deposit (no, no I trust you - that's fine.) We came back to England while the salesman registered the car for us and got the controle technique done and we arranged the insurance. We needed proof of residence (electricity bill) for the vehicle licence equivalent. Our insurance here gave us a letter with details of our no-claims bonus, we sent it to the insurance company in France and the insurance was waiting for us when we went back. We collected the car, which had a full service history, paid by a normal cheque and drove off. All very simple, the only difficulty was finding the right car in the first place - we went to look at a lot of car showrooms, with lots of very expensive cars or cars that looked ready for the breakers yard. It seems to be quite hard to find one with an automatic gearbox!regardsLisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Are there any internet sites like Autotrader in France?I know there is bay.frThanksPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagnac Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 [quote user="P"]Are there any internet . . . ThanksPaul[/quote] http://www.aramisauto.comhttp://www.autoies.com/accueil.asp Anybody any experience of either of these ? Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0zeb100ddMMyyyy0Falseen-USTrue Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 HelloYou could try La Centrale (www.lacentrale.fr) or Annonces 4x4 (www.lesannonces.fr ) Yahoo autos. They all offer a good selection of vehicles.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 We bought a Renault Megane Estate inported from Germany form these people http://www.automobileimport.fr/ Very satisfactory service and much cheaper than I could find locally.Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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