Guys I am still registered in Germany at my parents house. I am in Germany for around half the year and will go back permanently soon - why on earth would I want to register it here? How would I then drive in Germany? Can we please stick to my question in future posts? Thanks Marvin

Hi lamma Thanks for your post - you expressed what I thought but didn't want to voice being new to the fo rum. I am a bit disappointed about the hostility i encountered here so far and it is good and refreshing to see that not everyone in this forum agrees with it. Rgds Marvin

Btw - with regards to some previous posts: it almost reads as if some of the posters like foreign license plates even less then the councils... Just for future reference, I have seen British cars from the stationed British personal in germany and I am sure they stayed beyond 6 months - I can't see the problem with that.

Sorry, from reading the other posts I didn't gather that this forum was only for those on the higher moral grounds. I was simply looking for help, knowing that what I did was not great, but at the same time not harming or even endangering anyone. If you came to Germany ignoring parking legislation i couldn't possibly care less - quite the opposite actually, as most parking restrictions are more or less random. I am still very interested in any genuine ideas and help, if anybody has anymore lectures in ethics please keep them to yourselves though. Thanks to anybody trying to help so far Marvin

This is my second car here and i am studying here - thus spending a considerate amount of time in Germany at my parents. According to my german insurance I am insured for as long as I am not in the UK for more then 6 consecutive months. German insurance is consideably cheaper, why wouldn't I make use of that? The total amount owed is around 1,000 GBP, none of the offences was major, we are talking about parking tickets in a street where there is literally NO parking possibility. The interesting thing is that the manchester police stopped me (with machine guns and everything!) while the offences took place somewhere else! Rgds ML

The car has been in Germany every now and then - checked with the insurance company and they were happy with it. I was stopped at the airport by the police who took my details. The council then sent me the fines. Rgds Marvin

The car has been in the UK for roughly two years - insurance etc has been paid in Germany. Any suggestions what to do now? Thanks in advance!

Hi, i have been living in the uk for over 3 years now and had a car with a German license plate for the whole time. Since a year I have a new car and since we live in a street with no parking opportunity I have collected quite a few tickets on the license plate. Recently I was stopped at Manchester airport and got my details taken of me after which I received all the tickets on the postal way. The car is owned and registered on my mum which I told the police. I also said that she just recently bought it (right) and the tickets were incurred by somebody else (wrong). I am now in a situation where I wonder what the best course of action is to avoid the considerable charge? I guess i was a bit naive thinking I would get away with it and thought about registering the car in the UK - I don't want to pay all the past tickets though! Thanks Marvin