J_B204
25-06-2013, 05:49 PM
Hi all,
Already own a 2011 A4 Avant and am posted (in the Forces) to Germany next month. Looking to buy an A1 Sportback (tax free :Blush:) and have a couple of questions that I could do with answering so that I don't fall foul of the German motoring laws.
I'll be ordering a UK spec car from a UK dealer and then exporting to Germany. In order for it to be authorised for use over there I have to run it through the BFG (British Forces Germany) scheme which includes a TUV (German MOT) test. Although the car will be RHD I need to have lights that are legal to use - for the front it is easy - I can get Xenons and, as they can form a flat beam, I'm good to go (Germany recently changed the rules on this).
For the rear lights it is a little more complicated. I understand I've got to have 2 Fog and Reversing lights (strictly speaking you have to have either 2 or one that is on the opposite side to the UK). As I'll be getting a UK spec car I need to know:
1. Do A1 Sportback's have 2 Rear Fog Lights and 2 Rear Reversing lights?
2. If the standard ones don't do the models fitted with LED lights have 2?
In the ground rush to moving overseas I'll probably not have time to go to a UK dealer and have a look so any help that anyone can post will be very gratefully received.
Cheers,
J_B204
Already own a 2011 A4 Avant and am posted (in the Forces) to Germany next month. Looking to buy an A1 Sportback (tax free :Blush:) and have a couple of questions that I could do with answering so that I don't fall foul of the German motoring laws.
I'll be ordering a UK spec car from a UK dealer and then exporting to Germany. In order for it to be authorised for use over there I have to run it through the BFG (British Forces Germany) scheme which includes a TUV (German MOT) test. Although the car will be RHD I need to have lights that are legal to use - for the front it is easy - I can get Xenons and, as they can form a flat beam, I'm good to go (Germany recently changed the rules on this).
For the rear lights it is a little more complicated. I understand I've got to have 2 Fog and Reversing lights (strictly speaking you have to have either 2 or one that is on the opposite side to the UK). As I'll be getting a UK spec car I need to know:
1. Do A1 Sportback's have 2 Rear Fog Lights and 2 Rear Reversing lights?
2. If the standard ones don't do the models fitted with LED lights have 2?
In the ground rush to moving overseas I'll probably not have time to go to a UK dealer and have a look so any help that anyone can post will be very gratefully received.
Cheers,
J_B204