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If it's on the road driven by a UK resident it needs to be re-registered. If it's on a trailer from the entry port then it doesn't need to be re-registered. If it was marked as exported at the DVLA then you need to notify HMRC of the re-import. If it was SORNd then you just need to put it back...

A UK registered car with a French CT is not road legal in either country.

It's not OK if you are a UK resident driving a foreign registered car (unless it's a rental car).

The French CT is only valid if it's on French plates. When a car is imported into the UK it needs to be re-registered on UK plates with MOT & tax unless it's a temporary import for up to six months by a foreign resident. The only legal way for a UK resident to drive the car is if the foreign...

Without passing an MOT it would not be road legal. As mentioned earlier it needs to be driven back on French plates then MOT & re-register in the UK. It won't be road legal in the UK if driven by a UK resident so the French owner needs to drive it (or be sitting in the car). French car...

These are the proper tools https://www.island-4x4.co.uk/viscous-spanner-discovery-range-rover-defender-19902006-303904-laser-5730-p-37820.html

I'll take your silence to mean "No" then.

Bending a tab on the bulb back & rotating it plus final adjustment with a stick-on beam bending lens was how I got mine through the CT.

Below is an extract from the CT testers manual that says RHD headlamps are a failure except those equipped with a device making the beam flat (e.g. masking adhesive or specific lamp device).

Do you have some actual evidence that E85 is corrosive to the P38 fuel system or is this just your opinion? I have seen posts on the French language Range Rover forum from guys who have done 20,000km with no ill effects.

E85 is available in about 1 in 4 service stations. Intermarche seem to have it at a lot of their superstores & Total on the main roads. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/soaring-petrol-prices-make-french-drivers-rush-ethanol-2021-10-21/

That used to be the case but they changed the rules a few years ago. There is a document you can give the tester if they are unaware of the change. Some testers just seem bloody minded & will fail with beam benders whatever the rules. The answer is to go to a friendly CT station who are aware of...

It's apparently much worse in the Netherlands & they have crippling road tax for vehicles like the P38. As per the thread I just posted I'm using E85 (85% bioethanol) at 90c/L which has higher fuel consumption but is the price equivalent of 31mpg on E10.

I hadn't visited the forum for a while but see that there are a couple of French residents posting so thought it might be interesting to discuss E85 (85% bioethanol) which is widely available in France & currently costs about 90c/L versus almost €2/L for E10. There are boxes available for...

Beam benders are allowed & have been perfectly legal for a CT for several years.

I'm late to the party but I have re-registered my 2001 Vogue in France so had to get a CT. Just before I left the UK I got a an MOT done. I think that the MOT is more rigorous & comprehensive than a CT but it passed with advisories on an oil leak & oddly enough tappet noise. It failed the CT...

My experience with overheating on my 2001 Vogue is that it doesn't cause any permanent damage. A couple of years ago I had massive overheating problems with loss of coolant that was diagnosed by my local garage as leaking head gasket or slipped cylinder liners as the sniff test found exhaust...

An unknown brand of water pump fitted by a garage a couple of years ago failed a few months ago. It looked like the bearings failed as the vanes of the impeller had gouged out the innards of the pump before digging in & jamming tight leading to a snapped serpentine belt. I was in France when...

I think that's being a bit paranoid. There aren't that many 2001 P38s around any more & if you wanted to nick a car it's hardly the most desirable one around. As I said the VIN is clearly on display in the windscreen which is AFAIK impossible to alter without removing the windscreen anyway. It's...

Yes, it's the same number as on the under bonnet plaque & in the windscreen.