Harbo":2inlocf9 said:
You cannot get a licence without a current MOT and Insurance (info held by the DVLA) so its useful as a check for "avoiders".
Perhaps biannual MOT's is another contributing factor to France's appalling Road Safety record?
Really annoys me when expats keep moaning about their old country!
I pay £300 for my car insurance - I don't consider that a rip off?
I'm not an ex pat who moans much any more about the UK. I moaned about it for years before I came here, it was a huge rip off in many ways. I still regard myself as British and proud of it. I am quite entitled, after having paid into the system for forty years and having had a good life in the UK, to puppy about the parts I don't like.
I pay €140 for my insurance. Accidents happen mostly because of drivers. In this area at least there are, apart from our old rattle trap, very few old cars about. Most of the French in our area at least, seem to change their cars regularly. There are, of course, some old folks in 2CVs but then they drive at snails pace. The only wrecks parked at the local garage are new, mostly our old friend the BMW.
Second hand is expensive but new cars are hugely cheaper here and servicing costs are reasonable. Every two years is more than adequate.
That old channel sure does add value.