driving spanish car in the UK

bass2112 wrote:just an update on this. i have just contacted UK customs & excise, told them my situation and what i want to do. they told me that i can bring my car to the uk for 6 months with no issue but the part of this rule that does not comply with me is, i don't reside in spain, i reside in the UK.
they have a team called `special car team`, the guy has referred them to me and they will give me the yes or no answer. he said in this circumstance something might be able to be agreed so i can bring the car back to UK for the work i want to do to it.
don't hold your breath, i will let you all the outcome once i hear back from them, which could take a couple of days, so i am told. fingers crossed

Paul58 wrote:

bass2112 wrote:just an update on this. i have just contacted UK customs & excise, told them my situation and what i want to do. they told me that i can bring my car to the uk for 6 months with no issue but the part of this rule that does not comply with me is, i don't reside in spain, i reside in the UK.
they have a team called `special car team`, the guy has referred them to me and they will give me the yes or no answer. he said in this circumstance something might be able to be agreed so i can bring the car back to UK for the work i want to do to it.
don't hold your breath, i will let you all the outcome once i hear back from them, which could take a couple of days, so i am told. fingers crossed

Do make sure that you get this in writing (email) with the name & department of the customs officer. The initial advice is correct that you da need to be resident in spain to temporarily import (drive) your Spanish car in the UK.

I do hope that you get the necessary permission, as this will be useful for other non resident Spanish car owners. Please let us know how you get on.

Chrisdee wrote:Also, if you go into London and surrounding areas you need to register your car with the TFL, we didn't and got 4 fines totalling £3k despite our car being compliant, the system doesn't recognise foreign registrations and sends fines out automatically to your home address in Spain

Espanabums wrote:

Chrisdee wrote:Also, if you go into London and surrounding areas you need to register your car with the TFL, we didn't and got 4 fines totalling £3k despite our car being compliant, the system doesn't recognise foreign registrations and sends fines out automatically to your home address in Spain

Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘wrongly fined for driving in London Ulez’ | TfL | The Guardian

Apparently the company TFL uses to collect drivers details have been doing so illegally, since Brexit only details for criminal offences may be shared, not civil offences like ELEZ fines.