moving from UK with a car

teamD

hi

we're moving over from the UK with our car, does anybody have any info insurance wise. Do we use our UK insurance , (driving abroad) for the first few weeks, then register our car in ireland and then get irish insurance?

thanks

lotas

havent done this, as such, myself, but once in Ireland, you have 30 days to get your car registered... this will give you your new Reg Plate, and allow you to pay tax... As for Insurance, when i bought my last few cars in from the UK, i had Irish insurance with a UK plate... you might want to chat with your insurance company and see what they say...

CiniO

lotas wrote: »

havent done this, as such, myself, but once in Ireland, you have 30 days to get your car registered...

That applies to residents.
Someone moving here from UK, doesn't necesserily become resident straight away.

teamD

teamD wrote: »

hi

we're moving over from the UK with our car, does anybody have any info insurance wise. Do we use our UK insurance , (driving abroad) for the first few weeks, then register our car in ireland and then get irish insurance?

thanks

In your situation you will have 6 months to register the car as far as revenue are concerned. You will need to either sort out the insurance with your UK insurer or get it insured with an Irish company, most will cover a UK reg car, for a while anyway.

When you go to register you will not have to pay any VRT provided you have been resident outside Ireland for 1 year or more and have owned and used the car for 6 months or more. To be honest if are sure you will be staying in Ireland there is no real advantage in holding off registering except for not having to pay motor tax. Also you are not allowed to sell the car for a year (unless you pay the vrt) if you avail of the vrt exemption, so if you think you might want top change car the sooner you register the better.

You will need a few payslips etc to show residence in the UK and your insurance cert to prove the car was insured and in other words used in the UK. You will also need proof of becoming resident in Ireland. A letter from your employer, the contract for your job or something similar will prove this.

Marcusm

teamD wrote: »

hi

we're moving over from the UK with our car, does anybody have any info insurance wise. Do we use our UK insurance , (driving abroad) for the first few weeks, then register our car in ireland and then get irish insurance?

thanks

What car do you have and have you looked at the Irish motor tax cost? Annual tax can be up to EUR1566 per annum, ie substantially more than the UK and you should think about whether your current car might be a liability.

mgbgt1978

As marcusm has just pointed out, motor tax could work out quite expensive if your car has a largish engine. From 2008 onwards we moved to an emissions based system, which meant that a 2 lt diesel could be much cheaper to tax than a 2 lt petrol model.

teamD

thanks everybody.
its a peugeot 307, we've owned it about 2 years so shouldn't have to pay the VRT.
I am Irish (just never owned my own car in ireland!) you've given me a few things to check out thanks

Marcusm

It's not the VRT, it's the annual motor tax which will be between €333 and €614 depending on which engine you have in your 307.

heate

As its a 307 whether it's a 1.4,1.6 or 2.0hdi the tax will run up to the guts of €600 a year.
It's not the bigger cost of running a car so shouldn't really be a barrier to bringing the at back