Well, when we did this five yeas ago there was no problems.  We registered the van as “Tourists” using our home address.  The Tourist registration has a fixed  time limit which you must determine when registering.  Meaning that you must tell them when you’re taking the van out of Europe, meaning the Euro zone.  This information is then stamped into the plate therefore the plate has the date the van must be out of Europe.

Frank

> On Jul 30, 2015, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hi Frank,
> Do you you have a plan for how to register the van you buy? To register in =
> Germany I was asked for proof of residence. (I had legal residence since I =
> worked there for a year, but it might be more difficult as a tourist)
> 
> A tip: Insurance for me in Germany (with AXA) would have been less expensiv=
> e (40-50%) if I had "parked" one of my cars in Canada and brought proof fro=
> m the insurance company that=20
> a. I had a long accident free insurance and driving recordb. I was "parking=
> " one vehicle in Canada (ie taking it off the road/liability insurance) for=
> the period I was insuring the Westy I bought in Germany.
> This sounds wierd, but has to do with how European insurance gives discount=
> on a per vehicle basis.=20