New car!

Not really a new car of course. Hahaha, fooled you there, didn't I? But it feels that way a bit, because it now has a new Spanish white license plate. A white license plate feels a bit German to me still, but that is my problem.

A Spanish license plate is compulsory, you cannot drive a foreign car as a resident. Well, some British people can, but they can be heavily fined for that.

When you emigrate you can bring your car, and not pay import tax etc. But, in practise that does not work, as you need to matriculate your car within 30 days after arrival in Spain. But, you can only do that when you are a resident, which takes about two months. Perhaps I should write a letter of complaint? "Dear señors, with abhorrance..."

Insurance should be cheaper her than in The Netherlands. It isn't. And the insurance people are chaotic. Before you have your car in their computer with the proper type... In NL the premium was about €150, with 18 years no claim, and thus 75% reduction. Here its €355. Alright, gas is cheaper.

Though I now have to pay road tax again, about 100€ per year, to the local council. Here you can be exempted from road tax too for old cars, if your city council allows that. I'll tell you next year, this year I simply had to pay.

License plates are just stuck on to ones car with two-sided tape! No bolts and nuts with special anti-theft... Although my license plates are from 2000 (AD), and it wasn't easy to remove them, actually.