Hi ! Honda lover about to join the beat team

[preludebch]

Hi All,
I am living in the South of France (Cannes).
I am 42 years old.
I am a Honda cars lover (currently happy owner of 11 hondas).
(see: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5198/civludesaerpersoh80.jpg )
Since a long I was looking after a Beat and will probabely buy one soonly as a second car / gift fo my wife (she currently drive a CrX Del Sol).

Does anyone know if another frenchy has bought a Beat ?

BCh

[Wh1teLeopard]

Hello and welcome :D

[old'uns]

someone tried to get one into France once i think? there was one on sale in Italy a couple of years ago?
i think this was it....
http://www.u-ukhbc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=2299,
as far as i know it will be a long & difficult process due to the Beat not having euro type approval, unless you plan not to register it on french plates?

[TADO]

isnt guido on here french? might be worth dropping him a line? :)

[Guido]

isnt guido on here french? might be worth dropping him a line? :)
Oh, Tado, i`m sorry to tell you that this is not right. I´m still a German:)
But it should be no prob to registrade a Beatie in France.
I`ve got absolutley no probs with registration in good old germany.
But if you want a copy of my car papers, please just tell me.

Guido from Germany:p

[old'uns]

http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/684121/ShowPost.aspx

this is with a 'euro' spec vehicle. note the last paragraph.

from other things i've read it can depend how 'friendly' your local prefecture is, i would imagine the South would be less formal? due to more exotic machinery/ money etc.

i would guess at a lot more inspections, haggling over spec. with things not having 'e' marks

[TADO]

ahhh - sorry guido!! :o lol!
mike (in berlin at the mo actually!)

[bref]

About 3 Beat in France. And all Yellow

One in Paris area, directly imported from Japan. The owner is a Honda motorcycle dealer, and he is still trying to homologate it.

The second one was Honda Biarritz owners car. Bought new with 600km on the clock. Never registered, was for sale on the forum august 2006
http://www.u-ukhbc.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=2075&highlight=biarritz

Third one is a well know journalist and designer car. Was given by Honda to cross USA when new, then sent to France. He never succeed registering it.

Close to France, there is a Beat for sale in Genova, well known on the forum:
http://www.subito.it/honda-beat-genova-3357477.htm

As say Old'uns, Beat is not from an European type, but national, it as to go through an individual homologation in France; Hondzilla had the same problem in Nederland. It is also possible to pay specialist of homologation, but it could be pricey.

Beat is still a fantasm for many of them...especially. I'm ready to cross the channel and to offer a more than correct amount of money (especially considering the low prices and the pound), but I don't want a car staying in my drive...:(

[old'uns]

thought as much, oh well there go my plans of leaving one at my house in the loire valley, just have to tour in mine then.