Now we have two.
Our 230 gt is tucked up in storage until April, but in the meantime we located & bought our second Eriba, it's a 410 gt. The model is exactly what we wanted fitted with under bed locker doors on either side.
We live in the south of the Netherlands and our new van was for sale just outside Hanover, Germany.
Anyway, what a drive, but well worth the effort.
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RE: Now we have two.
in Anything Eriba-related Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:33 pmby Randa france • | 13.287 Posts
Did you require an export licence? I notice the van is carrying German registration plate so is obviously still registered whereas a temporary red lettered plate would normally be issued prior to export. Additionally the green disc would have been scraped off by the vehicle registration office. As you know UK rules do not apply as vans are not registered there as in Germany.
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We have Randa,
The van is from 2005, we bought him in February 2006, It fit's into most garages for storage and has two single beds that we use for an over night stop. Once settled on a site we make the bed into a huge double. The awning becomes the living room and under the sun canopy on the other side is for cooking and eating. There is also a bike rack which we attach when needed.
No export licence required for a caravan
The seller has to complete a form together with me to cancel the German registration.(Passport details are required)
The German plates are from the seller ......(Remember I live in the Netherlands, If I was from the UK I would simply fit U.K. plates and drive away)
For transportation I had an agreement with the seller that the van would stay in his name for two days. The two days would allow me ample time to
drive home through Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.....(The van's number plate works with the insurance, it was insured for the trip)
Payment: The seller preferred cash. I paid in €50 notes. All these details have to be discussed beforehand.
Isn't a German green disc something to do with vehicle emissions ! Don't think that applies to caravans.
When I arrived home the caravan was placed on my driveway off the public road ( I informed the seller, he cancelled the "D" registration of the van). Email
sent to the centre where Dutch vehicles are checked and tested with the chassis number & serial number. They in turn sent me temporary registration
documents and gave me a one day registration number to take the van for testing. Cost: €100:00 & something . I then return home and wait about 5 days for
the official documents and registration number. I then take the documents to a special place who will make the plates for the caravan. Oh, the caravan now
is covered with Dutch insurance.......All of this is much simpler if you live in the UK or if your van weighs 750 fully loaded or less, like our 230gt......Think that's
about it. IMG_2679.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte) Picture of our 230GT
Quote: cruickie wrote in post #6
Isn't a German green disc something to do with vehicle emissions ! Don't think that applies to caravans.
If you mean the green disc on the car windscreen, Alan, then the answer is yes. However, I was in fact referring to the top one of the two small discs attached to the rear number plate as shown in your image. In this instance the lower of the two discs is an indication of the State that the vehicle (including caravans) is registered in whilst the top disc is an indication of, in this case your caravan, having an in-date MOT or Hauptuntersuchung (HU) as it's called here. The black marking on the disc is to allow the Police, from a distance, to know what numeral is shown at the 12 o'clock position of the disc which is an indication of which month the vehicle/caravan is due for it's next test. The colour of the disc gives an indication of the year. The same disc and markings apply to cars but in addition shows when the vehicle is next due an Abgasuntersuchung (AU) (Emission Test). Both tests are now conducted at the same inspection whereas previously the tests were done at separate intervals with the AU disc being applied to the front number plate.
Thanks for the additional information by the way. My interest was raised because whilst a caravan is attached to the car then in the event of an accident any claim is made against the cars insurance policy. Caravan insurance only applies to when the van is in storage, parked up by the side of the road in a lay-bye or in any other way not attached to the towing vehicle. I'm still somewhat confused regarding the D registration as I have only ever been aware of red letter/numeral plates. The non-trade version is the Kurzzeitkennzeichen (short term number plate) which is valid for five days and has the expiration date on a yellow band on the right hand side of the number.
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RE: Now we have two.
in Anything Eriba-related Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:01 amby Randa france • | 13.287 Posts
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