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Post by Elsa Cavlo on Jul 12, 2003 17:00:42 GMT 1
Can anyone help with the formalities for keeping a car in Croatia/Trieste airport?
I am having difficulty insuring a left hand drive car which I am in the process of purchasing here with a view to keeping it at Trieste airport to use when in Croatia where I have bought a house. Insurers here are not willing to insure and I am not allowed to own a car in Croatia. I know of people who have UK registered cars and keep them there but do not know how or where they are insured. Any information gratefully received.
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Post by Mirko on Jul 12, 2003 17:01:02 GMT 1
I am surprised that you are not allowed to own a car in Croatia, especially after purchasing a property there. Foreign residents in Croatia are issued with a resident's identity card, and after this, they have the same rights as Croatians (apart from a few, such as voting).
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Post by Peter on Jul 12, 2003 17:01:23 GMT 1
I think there may be a misunderstanding. I'm assuming any car that you are going to leave at an airport is not a new one? The problem is that it is not possible, in general terms,to import a car in to Croatia and register it there that has a chassis number that is over 5 years old.
At one point, I was going to import a LHD Passat Estate that someone in England wanted to sellcheaply. The car was about 5 years old. My wife, who is a Croatian lawyer, asked me for the chassis number and checked it with the ministry before I bought it. They said it was just over 5 years old and that I wouldn't be able to import it. Quite what their view would be if I had a vintage Bentley, I don't know. However, the chassis number is important as it defines when the car was made. In the UK, we tend to date the car by its registration, but if sales had been bad for the manufacturer, they may have had the car in a field for months before selling and registering it. Under those circumstances it is possible to have a car registered 4 years ago that was actually made 5 years ago and therefore falls foul of this regulation.
Does this help? You may be better registering it in Italy.There would be nothing to stop you driving in and out of Croatia; you just wouldn't be able to licence it there.
Bok
Peter
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Post by Graham on Jul 12, 2003 17:01:54 GMT 1
I am not sure if I am missing something here, but it would seem that the problem is not the registration or the car, but rather the insurance of it. As far as I know there is nothing stopping you registering a car in Italy and insuring it there with an Italian insurer. You would then just be taking the car into Croatia on a temporary basis and would not need to import it. I know of one guy that drives about on Canadian plates and has no problems!
Graham
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Post by Ruza on Jul 12, 2003 17:02:18 GMT 1
My father is also from Canada and shipped a minivan to Croatia. It has Canadian lic. plates. No problems. He just can't insure it. It's so much fun driving that car around and having people point at the different plate. ;D
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