Anyone wishing to lend me their car during my visit

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:03

am visiting for 28 days second week october. anyone not using their car and willing to lend it out for some form of reimbursement? needn't be quite a rolls or bentley!



john

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:14

And if that kind person's ends up as a ball of headlight with a tyre round it, will John buy them a replacement?

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:18

i could pay for the insurance

cammy


Joined: 04/12/2008
Posts: 91

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:42

get real and hire a car for all that it costs.

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:47

you are right, it was rather silly for me to think such. subject closed. ... but thank you for your opinions x

catalkoykid


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:53

you would do well here loads like you,deep pockets short arms lol

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:54

I have seen this question being asked before and people were very helpful. Times have obviously changed.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 15:59

Is it not right that you have to have a local driving licence to own or drive anythig other than a hire car.



Also you have to have a residancy permit to obtain a licence?





Tootie

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 17:04

Tootie,

You can drive any car on a Foreign (e.g. UK / EU) driving licence as long as you have the owner's permission, and provided that the insurance covers you - it normally does as the system here seems to be to insure the car, rather than the driver.

Don't know the answer to the residency / local licence question though, sorry.

However you can drive on a Foreign licence for about as long as your visitor's Visa lasts, so it's probably not an issue really...

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
20/08/2009 23:13

Be careful;



Lent car to someone last year, six months later was in Girne paying two speeding fines at 149tl each.



Have they been back?



Have they heck!

Shamlydukduk


Joined: 20/08/2009
Posts: 1

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 00:16

Claire you know that times have changed here, and its best to be completely legal as the consequences are horrendous if someone local decides to grass you !! as we have all seen with the Gez situation, anyway business is tough so let visitors spend especially on car hire. can you imagine having an accident and this remunerated loan car thing gets out, you dont get a free breakfast in jail here

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 02:15

Mr Scott - didn't you already post that you had secured car hire for £8.00 pounds per day. I appreciate the fact that you've said it was probably a daft idea to ask someone to lend you a car, but how much cheaper do you think you are going to get a hire car for?



Just a point here - you have obviously never driven in TRNC. If I were you, I'd take the 'rent a wreck' for 8 quid a day.



J

walkerscott


Joined: 13/08/2009
Posts: 901

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 08:25

Thanks Jeannie and all.



The good thing about people posing questions on these forums is that they end up highlighting important issues which may only be applicable in NC.



The voluntarily given tips, hints, sound advice and even comments can give the enquirer all the information necessary to make up his/her mind about anything in NC... and that can only be good for all.



I think all forum initiators should have the ability to highlight all relevant points made on a particular subject for the benefit of all, and then be able to delete the rest, making it easier for newcomers to read.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 08:38

newscoop,

You're not going to want to hear this if you already paid the fines, but here goes anyway...

If someone else was driving the car, just give the police their name - you don't need their passport number, or anything - and they will check the 'ins and outs' computer to make sure that the person you have named was actually in the country at the time.

Next time that person presents themselves at a 'point of entry' to TRNC, they will be advised of their offence, and told to report to a police station.

If they dispute the fact that it was them driving, the police will produce the photographic evidence to identify the driver (you could always try driving around in one of those rubber President Nixon masks ).

I understand that this is open to abuse, with people 'dealing' in points and fines (like carbon credits!) - the photographic stuff is only used in case of a dispute - but I really wouldn't recommend it in the light of recent events...

Anyway, you'll know next time

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 09:25

mess 1 posted by "Ron Hopefull"

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
21/08/2009 09:27

No it wasn't - it was a Mr. I.M.A. Muggins!