A question for the expats...

[expat]

So how can they get the resident parking permit when they've still got UK plates on the car?

The definition of "residence" for parking purposes is probably quite different from that for other purposes, such as vehicle registration.

It is a different question whether the insurance company is properly aware of where the vehicle is normally kept.

[threaded]

Used to be in Denmark that a UK registration just would not go into the Parking Permit system, so you could not get a residents parking permit. Yet it had a wonderful upside: the same software was used in generating parking tickets, so you never got one...

[Joe Black]

The definition of "residence" for parking purposes is probably quite different from that for other purposes, such as vehicle registration.

It is a different question whether the insurance company is properly aware of where the vehicle is normally kept.

As far as I know, here in Belgium, you can still get the residents parking permit even if you're a foreigner residing here temporarily, e.g. on an assignment. The full two year ones, which are the ones I meant, of course imply a different 'legal' status...

As for insurance its just a case of shopping round, e.g. www.stuartcollins.com who offer such cover, though of course the premium might be higher.

what happened?, Milans disappeared

[Chico]

Its the midday tape change cycle