Insurance & Itv
Insurance
LIBERTY MUTUAL LIBERTY SEGUROS
Tel: 934 890 500
www.libertyseguros.es/english/automovil.asp
ASEGURACE
Tel: 902 120 441
www.race.es
FÉNIX DIRECTO
Tel: 902 444 444
www.fenixdirecto.com
LÍNEA DIRECTA
Tel: 902 123 271
Please see our main ad on page 231 (mon-fri - 08:00 - 22:00 / sat - 10:00 - 14:00)
www.lineadirecta.es
Spanish premiums are among the lowest in Europe, so here you could really make a saving. Insurance in Spain differs slightly from in the UK. The minimum requirement is third party, although a variety of cover is offered: fire, theft, windscreen, etc. If a vehicle is written off, the Ministry of the Interior's traffic department has established the pay off rates at 1st two years 100%, more or less 85% during the 3rd year and after the 4th year the list price as published by Traffic.
An international insurance card (green card) is not necessary within the European Union. If you plan to drive your car in Spain for extended periods, you may want to investigate getting a Spanish policy. Since 1995, EU regulations require all vehicle insurances correspond to the country in which the vehicle is registered. For instance, a car registered in the UK and driven in Spain must be insured by a UK-based insurer (although you can use a Spanish branch) and not with a Spanish company.
In general green cards are necessary for non EU countries such as Morocco.
Ministry of interior
Traffic
www.dgt.es/indices/dgtHtm_Portada_es.html
Itv - Vehicle Inspection
ITV (Inspeccion Tecnica de Vehiculos) is an annual or semi-annual inspection of all on-road vehicles in Spain.
The inspection assures that all vehicles are road worthy, have functioning lights, indicators, horn and seat belts. Emissions are checked, as are other features that effect public safety such as brakes and hazard lights.
Following are the year 2006 schedules for different types of vehicles:
Motorcycles are exempt from inspection until they are 5 years old, then they have to go in every 2 years.
Private vehicles are exempt for the first 4 years, and then go in every 2 years until they are 10 years old. After 10 years must undergo an annual inspection.
Caravans that attach to the back of vehicles must be inspected every 2 years once they are 6 years old.
Mobile homes, after 4 years, require biannual inspection and after 10 years it becomes annual.
What To Expect
You arrive at the ITV station and put your vehicle in the queue. You enter the building with your car registration and ITV document, pay the fee in cash (no credit cards accepted) and go back and wait in your vehicle. Price for ITV is 32,05€ for a standard gas car and 36,44€ if it is diesel.
When it is your turn they will ask you to honk your horn, turn on your windscreen wipers and clean the windshield. They will ask you to put on your seat belt, turn on your indicators, use your brake lights and will gauge your emissions by placing a tube in the escape pipe and they will ask you to accelerate.
They check the quality of your oil. Next you will be told to drive onto a platform where they will check the brakes and the alignment of the tyres. If your vehicle does not pass the test, they will tell you what you need to have remedied in order to successfully pass the test.
When your vehicle passes the test you will be given a sticker to place on your windscreen and the ITV documentation will be returned to you with the date of the next inspection noted on the document.
Ask your mechanic to give your vehicle the once over before going to ITV- it can save you a second trip! As not everybody has the time or the inclination to go through the ITV inspection process, many mechanics offer this service (usually at a cost of 50 - 75€.)
Inspection points tend to be located near urban centres and there are over fifty ITV inspection points in Andalusia. The ITV stations are run by different companies under contract with the regional government.
Many are subcontracted to Ivesur
Tel: 902 221 222
www.ivesur.es
Internet locater of ITV stations
www.dgt.es/tramites/itv/malaga.htm
Málaga Itv Locations
Algarrobo
Ctra. Comarcal MA-103, Km 1,9
(mon - fri - 08:00 - 21:00 / sat - 08:00 - 13:00)
mon - fri (summer) 08:00 - 19:00, sat (summer) 08:00 - 13:00
Tel: 952 550 862
Estepona
Polígono Industrial de Estepona, C/ Graham Bell 15
(Push 1 for automated service; push 1 for Málaga and Guadalhorce, 2 for el Palo or 3 for Estepona; then 1 to continue; push 1 by hour or 2 by day, 1 for morning, 2 for noon 3 for the afternoon....then they give you your options).
(mon - fri - 07:00 - 21:45 / sat - 08:00 - 13:00)
Tel: 952 803 550
Automated Phone Appointments, Tel: 902 221 222
Málaga
Polígono Industrial de Guadalhorce, C/ Diderot 1
(mon - fri - 07:30 - 20:00 / sat - 08:30 - 12:30)
Tel: 952 171 547
Automated Phone Appointments, Tel: 902 221 222
C/ Escritor Fuentes y Cerda 1, Barriada el Palo
(mon-fri - 09:00-19:00 / sat - 08:30-12:30)
Tel: 952 207 003 / Appointments: 902 221 222
Ronda
Polígono Industrial el Fuerte, C/ Guadalquivir 2
(mon - fri - 09:00 - 14:00 / 16:00 - 19:00 / sat - 08:00 - 12:45)
Tel: 952 870 536 / Appointments: 902 221 222