Do I have a chance to sell (right side steering) car in France (i.e. for spares)

hils said:

You're right about the 6 months thing - strictly speaking, but in practice people do drive un-reregistered for a year and beyond - one of the reasons being that you get a lot of students and others who are here for a year or two and so don't bother.

So it depends how much life you think the car has left in it. You can sell it (maybe) to the local Cass for spares, or strip it and sell the spares yourself, and then get the remains of the carcass taken away (for which you'll have to pay), or you could use it to chop in against a brand new French car for which you'll get a favourable discount for taking an old car of the roads - that's how I disposed of my RHD Polo, or you could hand it over to the local Lycee Pro if you're feeling generous for kids to tinker about with.

You do have a number of options therefore. 's up to you.

H

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morrisminorbzh said:

There are surprisingly still a fair amount of "recent" Rover cars running around in and near Rennes - an MG version of the Rover 25 turned up recently at our monthly classic car get together - we put cars of that age into our "youngtimers" section.

If it's in reasonable condition it would be a pity to see it go for spares and scrap. No idea where you are based in France but there is an association of expats in central Brittany that helps people get their cars registered. Have a look at their web site :

Association Intégration Kreiz Breizh

I've only got experience of registering a classic car over here - it wasn't difficult.

Bon courage,
Michael

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hils said:

You're right about the 6 months thing - strictly speaking, but in practice people do drive un-reregistered for a year and beyond - one of the reasons being that you get a lot of students and others who are here for a year or two and so don't bother.

So it depends how much life you think the car has left in it. You can sell it (maybe) to the local Cass for spares, or strip it and sell the spares yourself, and then get the remains of the carcass taken away (for which you'll have to pay), or you could use it to chop in against a brand new French car for which you'll get a favourable discount for taking an old car of the roads - that's how I disposed of my RHD Polo, or you could hand it over to the local Lycee Pro if you're feeling generous for kids to tinker about with.

You do have a number of options therefore. 's up to you.

H

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