Thread: A word of warning to anyone considering a move to Spain

Never seen our OP, Paul, again have we!!

or a journalist as he seems to have dissappeared. The sky issue as I understand it relates to sky not having the licences to operate in Spain, due I think to it not being financially viable for them. At the risk of starting a flame war it's only uk and eire cars which tend to fall foul as the authorities know we have to cross the sea. Other countries ie. france, germany etc are NEVER asked to prove when they arrived or left spain. I am not actually advocating running a uk car as I think it is a pain however it seems to annoy a lot more expats than I think it should.
I DO NOT ADVOCATE ANYONE DRIVING A DANGEROUS OR UNINSURED CAR

The Spanish ITv is ok for the French, one chap I know, his French van (legal) has not seen France for 35 years!

usually lawyers are required to give good sound advice. Kind of like a hypacrital oath I would find a better one and seek redress. LAW should be uniforn not erratic and flimsy. It should proceed to the highest levels til the individual is respected. If lawyers are allowed to behave incopetantly than so can the municipalities and developers and so on.

Originally Posted by Gus-Lopez

Never seen our OP, Paul, again have we!!

there was always something a little suspect about the post. Very much like a petulant child. Instead of trying to get his parents problem sorted he was only interested in ranting on about Spanish crooks and corrupt officials

Originally Posted by calpe1stop

or a journalist as he seems to have dissappeared. The sky issue as I understand it relates to sky not having the licences to operate in Spain, due I think to it not being financially viable for them. At the risk of starting a flame war it's only uk and eire cars which tend to fall foul as the authorities know we have to cross the sea. Other countries ie. france, germany etc are NEVER asked to prove when they arrived or left spain. I am not actually advocating running a uk car as I think it is a pain however it seems to annoy a lot more expats than I think it should.
I DO NOT ADVOCATE ANYONE DRIVING A DANGEROUS OR UNINSURED CAR

could that be because the steering wheel is on the wrong side for Spain

we are moving in june. we've heard all the horror stories as well as good ones. thank god we have friends there who have already experienced all the ups and downs.

let's hope everything is not all doom and gloom!!!!!!!