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Can I drive a car that has just arrived in the UK (imported from USA) home on my own insurance policy?
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Can I drive a car that has just arrived in the UK (imported from USA) home on my own insurance policy?

A friend of mine has sent a car over from the states and wants me to pick it up from Southampton docks and drive it to my home in somerset. I understand you are allowed one journey befor you regester the car but I was wondering if my comprehensive insurance policy which allows me to drive any other car with the owners consent would cover this journey as the car would not have it's own policy


    




ascoile
surely your insurance company would be the people to ask, they know what your policy says, we don't



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taxed till i die,
Phone your insurance company and ask first.


Tony A
You should check with your insurance company first. Apart from anything else, most policies which allow you to drive a car, other than the one shown on the policy, only give you 3rd party cover. A friendly policeman might be able to help you with reference to driving a freshly imported and unregistered car.


billy gee
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no... i doubt that you can.


Oracle
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There are two questions you need to run by your own insurers first:-

1. Will they provide DOC (Driving Other Cars) extension on an imported vehicle?

2. As there isn't an underlying policy covering the vehicle, what would the ramifications be to you as technically, even if they give you the DOC extension, as soon as you get out of the car it is uninsured and you could end up being prosecuted.

My personal feeling would be not to drive it as I think the legal issues are too ambiguous.


MT K
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Some insurance companies do not provide cover on imported cars


welcome news
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Whilst you are using the vehicle there is no problem - other than the fact that cover is third party cover only.

Just make sure the vehicle is not on the road when you have finished using it.





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