Motorhome - Importing from Italy

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 13:36
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - LeeLee83

Hello,

I have a friend in Italy who is willing to sell me his motorhome for cheap.

However, I must get it home myself.

The government advice isn't too clear.

I live on Tyneside so I would like to drive it from Italy to Amsterdam then get the Ferry to North Shields.

What do I need to do in terms of paperwork?

Will the Italian MOT be OK for when I get it off the ferry?

Can I get it insured when it's registered in Italy on the promise I'll register it as imported when I get to the UK?

Thanks in advance.

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 13:48
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - _

www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk/register...e

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 14:10
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - Engineer Andy

I hope the OP is skilled at driving motorhomes, as driving a LHD one on our roads will make things even harder. Surely one can be sourced reasonably locally, rather than spending a small fortune importing and driving back to the UK?

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 14:55
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - mcb100

If you're going to Europe half a dozen times a year for holidays, having a LHD one is a good idea.

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 15:34
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - badbusdriver

If you're going to Europe half a dozen times a year for holidays, having a LHD one is a good idea.

Even if the above isn’t the case, I don’t see it being LHD as an issue. It will take a little acclimatisation, but not that much, especially if it’s an auto.

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 15:53
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - Engineer Andy

If you're going to Europe half a dozen times a year for holidays, having a LHD one is a good idea.

Good point that I hadn't considered. I wonder how much it costs to hire one over there?

For me, it was more about aclimatising to a large, cumbersome vehicle with poor rearward visibility on our roads. As BBD says, if it's an auto, the gear changing issue wouldn't be problem.

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 15:41
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - Brit_in_Germany

I think you might find it difficult to insure an Italian registered vehicle in the UK and likewise to insure in Italy if you are not resident there.

Edited by Brit_in_Germany on 26/09/2020 at 15:41

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 16:15
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - badbusdriver

Another point, bearing in mind the current situation re COVID, is whether or not it would be a wise undertaking at all. Personally, I’d say definitely not.

Apart from the potential risk you would be putting yourself and others in, travelling to Italy to pick it up and then driving back through a minimum of 3 countries (via the Netherlands), there is also the fact that you’d have to self isolate for 2 weeks when home. This would be the case coming back via France or Belgium too. And while the list of countries you’d need to self isolate coming from could change, in theory, I can’t see that happening any time soon, maybe not even till next year.

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Sat 26 Sep 2020 17:30
Motorhome - Importing from Italy - _

We are trying to get to the middle east at the moment, pre flight covid tests, pre flight clearance, test and quarantine/isolation on arrival.

It's a nightmare!

I am not sure the borders are open for the OP to drive from Italy via Austria or switzerland and then germany and Holland,

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