Hi everyone, PART 1 OF 2
i have just had a good read of these pages, which are very helpful, i think! Still sounds like a car has to be registered in UK at some point especially if you intend to sell it in uk one day.
Anyways, my story - i have fallen in love with an Alfa Romeo Spider 1300 Junior, that lives in my Italian Girlfriends house in Bologna (Italy) i live in the UK. Her dad has agreed to sell it to me for a really cheap price and i am smutten.
I was thinking about flying to Bologna then driving the car through France and then hop on the ferry to Dover (i think that would be the route??? Not looked into to much detail just yet)
I thought it would be an excellent adventure and my girl will be by my side the whole way and we would take the journey at our leisure stopping when where we feel like it to soak up the sites.
I was well happy to hear that you can get away without registering it in the UK, that would be awesome.

to be continued

PART 2 OF 2 Continued
So my questions guys.
1. Can i transfer the car to my name in italy get the insurance tax (maybe excempt?? 1970) MOT etc then use my girlfriends home address for all this???
2. Do i have to take the car to a customs place or something to pay a tax ???? (i understand that i am not importing the car in a sense as who will know if i am keeping it over here permenantly or not!)
3. Someone mentioned the beam benders can be bought on the ferry, is this so????
4. would i have to make any change in the petrol, sorry i am not too hot on this subject, probably the italian unleaded is the same??? is this so???
Okay guys, any info and advice would be well appreciated
Thanks for your help