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| shayes Member Since: 29 May 2016 Location: Devon Posts: 153   
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Morning all,
Need some help/advise please. Considering taking our 300TDI to live with us in Germany next summer. It's a 98 'R' reg 90 hard top. Apart from the headlights being swapped over, is there any other things we need to think about/resolve?. The chassis/ bulkhead are fine and it's being wax oiled next week locally. We are keen to take him with us next year and not sell/buy another one over there. We have just got him sorted to our tastes, and don't really want to start over again with a new one. Someone mentioned it might need a Catalytic convertor fitting. Is there any other things that may crop up in registering him over there. I have identified a Independent Land Rover specialist close (3.5 hrs away) to the area we hope to settle in. Anyone have an idea about road tax over there. Thoughts/ advise please. Kind regards, S. |
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14th Sep 2017 7:29am |
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| macfrank Member Since: 05 Nov 2015 Location: somewhere in the north Posts: 1076  
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Hi,
are you going to permanently move to Germany (i.e. to register your home address over here?) If not, it might be easier to retain your TDI's UK reg and just make sure you have MOT and insurance. If you need to register Grover in Germany, the general concept is that it needs to comply with the technical state that was approved for the model at the time it was released in/for Germany (1998 probably). I'd indeed ask a specialist for the details. The keyword is "TÜV" - our short for MOT, although TÜV actually is the organisation doing the MOT inspection (so same confusion as with MOT when you first hear it as a foreigner  . You will need to visit them to get the papers needed for registration.
Road tax depends on emmission class ("Euro x") and cc Here's a calculator: http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/...chner.html Highest tax for an "old" Diesel with 2495cc: 969€, lowest under 400€ p.a. So depending on the "TÜV" regulations "to make Grover German"  you might be required to add a "Kat" (catalytic converter) or if it is not required but available, you might install it to reduce road tax.
Once you have the papers you can look for an insurance. They need some codes from those papers. They in turn give you an insurance number. Having both you can go to our equivalence of the DVLA (yes you actually have to GO there...) and get your reg. |
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14th Sep 2017 9:26am |
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| NickEJ Member Since: 24 Nov 2012 Location: Ljubljana Posts: 152  
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Not only headlights but I had to also swap the rev and fog lights over. Simple job which only took about 30 minutes as you just need to swap the lampholders over and run wires from the original loom.
Good luck with the registration process. Took me about 8 weeks here as no-one seemed to know what to do! |
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14th Sep 2017 9:41am |
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| shayes Member Since: 29 May 2016 Location: Devon Posts: 153
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Thanks for that, didn't even think about the rear lights. Is the road tax expensive?, cheers S.
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14th Sep 2017 9:47am |
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| NickEJ Member Since: 24 Nov 2012 Location: Ljubljana Posts: 152
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I can't answer that as, for complex reasons that I won't go into on here, we are exempt from Road Tax.
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14th Sep 2017 9:49am |
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| shayes Member Since: 29 May 2016 Location: Devon Posts: 153
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Thanks guy's. Will digest your info and give it thought. Best regards, S.
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14th Sep 2017 10:50am |
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