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Travelling to Europe With A7 in trailer?? HELP - Extrareach - 17-05-2022
Morning All,
Was considering taking the Chummy on holiday why leave Yogi home alone? In trailer to destination.
Now how does it work these days post B with leaving and returning to the UK do we need to do CARNET???? What even is it?
It is Private use not business and Taxed Insured etc.
Anyone done this??
All advice gratefully received.
Thanks as always and Happy Motoring
RE: Travelling to Europe With A7 in trailer?? HELP - Tony Griffiths - 17-05-2022
Here's some basic information. It appears that if you are taking a road-registered car - and not a racing car - it should be straightforward. If over 3500 kg you need a carnet for the trailer and, for any trailer, Green Card insurance - the latter, presumably, in case it breaks away from your car and becomes (as it freewheels down the Alpine pass) an insurance entity in itself - though your insurer may just include this as a matter of course.
https://bespokerallies.com/2021/02/new-rules-for-driving-your-transporting-and-driving-your-road-car-and-competition-car-in-europe-post-brexit/
Trailer Registration (unlikely to apply to one carrying an A7) https://www.gov.uk/guidance/trailer-registration
Conclusion: it appears that a trailer under 750 kg with a road-registered car on it should just pass through. Why not phone P & O and ask the teenager manning the technical enquiry desk what the real situation is? So, I did and she said that there was no problem as far as she knew - but advised, of course, having the V5 for the car on the trailer and its green card.