How to run and own a UK car in Europe?

[Marty Dolomite]

Originally Posted by Steve the Light

Although it is possible that my car may spend a few days over 6 months in Spain over this coming year, I challenge the Spanish police to prove it. I have full UK tax, MOT and insurance. If they confiscate my £600 V70 then so be it. Ill buy another and write a stiff letter of complaint to the Spanish minister for tourism.

How will the Spanish police prove it, simply by asking to see the documentation of the cars movements, i.e ferry tickets.
To me it sounds as so you don't really care about the car being impounded or you spending a night is Spanish jail and you really think that the Spanish minister for tourism would care about your car being impounded.
Saga will not give unlimited euro cover for a car that spends 9 months in Spain or France, read the small print.
But at the end of the days its your car and your wallet.

[arcturus]

English registered cars in the X pat hotspots get particular attention. I've lived here for over five years now and I've seen foreign reg' cars get more and more attention. The police tend to hang around airports stopping foreign reg' cars of people who live here and don't re register, picking up friends and relatives. Be warned.