Hi everyone,

I just moved from New York to Barcelona and brought from the US a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT.
Hope to share a lot of experience and knowledge over this forum!



Cheers,

Fernando

 

 

Thank you jkeaton!

 

Welcome to the forum and thanks a lot for joining! Post up some pictures of your Grand Caravan for us when you can.

You'll find some interesting info on mods on this forum. If you haven't found what you're looking for, feel free to post a question.

 

Here you are (in its original location-NY State)





Here with no plates (prior to be shipped out)

 

PART 1 - More pictures from last summer '17 . There were very special for me, having arrived in Belgium and driven southbound to Barcelona with its New York plates

Tyre service in Antwerp harbor (Belgium) prior to heading highway
Crossing The Netherlands border for a short visit
Caravan parked at Breda (The Netherlands)
Breda
Crossing back to Belgium (returning to the Flemish region)
Ghent (Belgium)
Ghent (Belgium)
Reaching the French border through a local route

 

PART 2 - Entering into France and crossing south to Barcelona

Time for a coffee break
Hotel time. Compare the sizes
Breakfast with a nice view near Compiègne (France)
I really love this one (Paris, France)
Parked close to Eiffel Tower in Paris. Size comparison again!
Amazing burger in Notre Dame- Paris
Visiting Paris' musts

Passing by Toulouse Central Station (Southern France)
Entering Spain through Vall d'Aran route (Lérida province)
Amazing breakfast with typical Catalan products at Lérida city. Just 100 more miles to Barcelona. Mission accomplished!

 

PART 3 - Green colored temporary plates during Registration process in Spain

Caravan along with my other car, a British Rover 45 (Caravan still with US plates)
Car washed
Parked in Downtown Barcelona
Caravan's Euro brother, a 2004 Chrysler Grand Voyager. This concrete model was poorly equipped compared to Dodge SXT version.

 

Nice pictures!

How much did it cost to transport the Caravan to Europe?

 

Total including shipment, discharging container and customs clearence form was 1,200 USD.
No taxes were paid as it was entered as a relocation.