Studying Up North - Buying New Car

bananarepublic

I am going to study at Queens in Belfast in September. Does anyone know if I am allowed to buy a new car and registered it to my temporary address . I presume if it looked to much like a college address I could get a street address mailbox.

Is there any documentation I need to register a new car and pay for UK motortax . Also will it be possible to insure via a UK insure with an Irish Drivers License.

As it would be my first brand new car what documentation would a dealer require when I buy it from new for registration do I just show him my passport/driver license and tell him my address or do I need to bring a utility bill etc??

unkel

bananarepublic wrote:

I am going to study at Queens in Belfast in September. Does anyone know if I am allowed to buy a new car and registered it to my temporary address

Absolutely

bananarepublic wrote:

Also will it be possible to insure via a UK insure with an Irish Drivers License

I presume your Irish driving license is a full license? If so, all EU licenses are equal, so the answer is yes

bananarepublic wrote:

As it would be my first brand new car what documentation would a dealer require when I buy it from new for registration do I just show him my passport/driver license and tell him my address or do I need to bring a utility bill etc??

Just your address afaik

More good news: if you buy a new car in the UK and later move back to Ireland, you can put the car on Irish plates for free (no VRT payable). New cars are a lot cheaper over there, so you can save a lot of money buying, and second hand prices over here are higher, so you'll get more back for your car if you sell it over here. Double whammy

There are terms and conditions. You must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months after buying the car. You need to prove that you lived there. You cannot sell the car for the first 12 months after putting it on Irish plates

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