Jerzy Woking

The main AP7 motorway from the French border to Malaga in the south was a Toll road until around covid time in 2020, when the tolls on most sections were removed. The Spanish government once put forward charging €0.01 per kilometre driven, but that got dropped. Still no updates on whether or not the tolls will come back. Not that I have any idea what the toll fees were. Still don't know how car tax is calculate here, as its down to each town to decide what car is taxed at what figure.

I've no idea how the equivalent VED works over here, as it is set by each towns authority in The Valencia province. You can pay less, or more, depending on what area you live in. Whoever owns the car on January the first owes the tax for that year. Buy the car (or bike) in early January and you have 50 weeks free tax. Not sure how much VED is on a 1.3 Doblo diesel in the UK, but due to pay €86 in May for 2024 tax year. Happy to pay that as the roads are excellently maintained.

Best of luck with getting the garage and car sorted

You still have the Capri? Hope it is still around. I sold the Volvo to my mates dad, which he later p/x'd for a Sierra (I think) under the scrappage scheme. Not sure what condition it was in by then though.

Wonder if it would get a plate if the rear box was removed or gutted? I suspect not. I have a sticker on the standard exhaust of my motorbike (it covers a gouge obtained during an off). The ITV tester questioned it, then got another tester over. They asked for (more demanded) the fitting certificate for the exhaust. Showed them photos of the bike without the sticker and with it, plus my purchase details of the Akropovic sticker from Ali Express. Was a good five minutes before they decided it was OK, and passed it.

https://www.milanuncios.com/venta-de-coches-clasicos/camion-hanomag-4x4-militar-444041242.htm Camper conversion done. Not Spanish registered (nor is it ever likely to be) hence the low (?) price

Just how many cars for sale don't have the original glass (ignoring windscreens for the obvious reasons)?

"Red Robbo" was the best thing that ever happened to BL. Fiat Doblos are brilliant vehicles. Two wheels are much better than four.

Reminded me when I was working in East London where there was a "No parking between 08.00 and 12.00 hours". At 08.05 we watched a car getting lifted onto a flatbed truck, and away. 10 minutes later, the same truck was back, and lifted another. Away it went, only for it to come back about 15 minutes later to take another. Odd, because the car pound was a good 50 minute round trip away. Seems that the contractors lift a car, and move it to a nearby road, then come back for another, and then for as many as they can get. They can then move them to the car pound at their leisure. So if your car is lifted from being illegally parked, check around a few nearby streets, just in case.

I had a 1988 Sapphire Cosworth for a couple of years. The front doors were rotten at just 6 years old and 38,000 miles. Replaced both doors with an immaclate pair from a scrapped 1989 1800L.

I insure my bikes and cars here directly with the insurers, namely Axa and Allianze. I have found its cheaper direct than with any of the dozens of brokers.

One for sale near me, and has been on sale for some 8 or more years. A bargain at just €7,500, just right to export back to UK.

That is Phil Hackers ex-race bike. He won the Forgotten Era Championship on it a couple of times, albeit with an FJ1100 engine in it, not the XJR1200 lump in it now. So yes, the previous owner had some success racing on it.

€1,395 in 1982 is now roughly $4,575. No wonder it is,as rare as you say

Check out a map of Jaywick in Essex for old car names. And Towcester for roads with an F1 connection