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Title: UK versus Spanish caravans
Post by jools on Jun 7^th, 2011 at 10:27pm

I've been told that you cannot tow a Spanish caravan with a UK plated car, does anyone know if this is true.

If that's the case, if you bring a UK car and caravan over to Spain, that's fine, but what happens if you change the UK plates to Spanish matriculation? Does that mean you can no longer tow the UK caravan even though it's with the same car?

Jools

Title: Re: UK versus Spanish caravans
Post by jackflorrie1 on Jun 8^th, 2011 at 8:34am

hi jools
spanish caravans and trailers need to be tested once a year and have a red reg plate issued the paperwork involved costs around 400 euros from traffico in tarragona
best just stick to a english car to tow a english van
damo :)

Title: Re: UK versus Spanish caravans
Post by jools on Jun 8^th, 2011 at 9:01am

Hi Damo,
Many thanks for that, I thought it was something along those lines, but what if the UK car is changed to Spanish matriculation, can it still pull a UK caravan?
In theory both items are British, it will only be the number plate on the car that changes
Jools

Title: Re: UK versus Spanish caravans
Post by jackflorrie1 on Jun 10^th, 2011 at 7:54pm

hi jools
basicly the answer is no you cannot tow a english caravan on a english car thats been maticulated
the caravan must also be maticulated my friend has just made all the enquirys for his trailer which is the same as a caravan total cost for maticulation itv and plating 1100 euros all spanish caravans and trailers must have paperwork
hope this clarifys it for you
regards damo :)