My mother has a flat in France – although renting it out a lot this year, she plans to spend a lot longer in it next year (around 25% of the year or so), and would like to have a car, given that the village is in the sticks, and she wants to drive to the golf course which is a car ride away.
Has anyone here had a UK car and taken it to leave in France long term? If so, how do you go about doing this? She prefers the UK driving position, and has a second car (Ka) that she could take over (or, rather I would drive over for her).
Another option would be to buy a car over there. I am worried about buying a used car in France, so would probably buy a new 1007, Clio or something new and dirt cheap.
Also considering a monthly car lease from a car hire firm. Again, anyone got any experiences of leasing cars in France for a month or two, and, if so, what about insurance etc, or would she ultimately just be better hiring a car for a month 2/3 times a year?
Ideally I would like her to feel comfotable just using taxi's, but her French is about as bad as the English of the region!
Cheers chaps……
Has anyone here had a UK car and taken it to leave in France long term? If so, how do you go about doing this? She prefers the UK driving position, and has a second car (Ka) that she could take over (or, rather I would drive over for her).
Another option would be to buy a car over there. I am worried about buying a used car in France, so would probably buy a new 1007, Clio or something new and dirt cheap.
Also considering a monthly car lease from a car hire firm. Again, anyone got any experiences of leasing cars in France for a month or two, and, if so, what about insurance etc, or would she ultimately just be better hiring a car for a month 2/3 times a year?
Ideally I would like her to feel comfotable just using taxi's, but her French is about as bad as the English of the region!
Cheers chaps……
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