Buying a Second hand motorhome in Germany

I am interested in further explanation of what lennythelion wrote "At 30+ years old it won't attract any green certificates or tax/duty exemptions at all." What do they mean exactly? We were told that the tax on an oldtimer is only 191 EUR which I thought was a huge reduction on regular tax, but I may be wrong. What is meant by duty exemptions?

the H-numberplate is indeed an essential loophole in this case: most cities nowadays only accept the green stickers, i.e. you'd need a fairly young car (likely less than 10 years old, expensive) in order to pass. the details are e.g. here: http://www.brd.nrw.de/umweltschutz/umweltzone_luftreinhaltung/Ausnahmen_von_Verkehrsverboten_in_der_Umweltzonefinal.pdf - and scroll down to the bottom of the first page

Thank you. She will read this when she wakes up over there :)

More from myshushed: As for the link in the other thread. Yes we were made aware of the possibility of registering the vehicle (without registering ourselves as living at a particular permanent residence) on an Ausfuhrkennzeichen but that the cost for 9-12 months would be prohibitive. That does seem to be the case as far as the online reckoner is concerned.

We just found out that one of the two vehicles that we might have considered is not for us. The other is not perfect and according to the advice you have been given is more expensive than it needs to be. Although I do wonder if the advice is based on a MOHO that is driveable on a car license, whereas we both have our 'C' truck licenses and so were looking at a longer and heavier vehicle (mainly to keep the family sane). Some of the shorter ones that you can drive on a 'B' license are around the 10,000 EUR mark though.

And have you also any ideas about what you will do with the mobil home after your trip?

@Auntynell btw, if you don't mind, please keep us updated. a query like yours crops up now and then an it's always nice to have some good/bad evidence (even if it's just empirical) for future visitors - thanks!

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