This is one of the things that differs very greatly to the UK . There one can walk into a dealer’s showroom and drive out in a few hours with ones new or used car. Equally buying second-hand privately can be accomplished quickly and simply albeit with a little more risk.
 
Cars for sale in Tenerife are a very different kettle of fish, as a non resident one needs a certificado de domicilio from the local ayuntamiento (town hall) an official form showing the details of the contract between buyer and seller copies of both parties passports and NIE numbers then a trip to the hacienda to pay the transfer duty after first ringing or going to another office to get the official valuation. After visiting several desks here one goes to traffico to get the documents for your vehicle but not before visiting yet more different desks.
 
Many people have made the disastrous mistake of not bothering to transfer the car into their name particularly when it’s bought from a friend or someone leaving the island. Any car registered in traffico belongs to that person no matter what receipts, contracts, verbal or written promises there are PLUS any fines or insurance payments go to the registered owner of the car.
 
A simpler method is for both buyer and seller to go to a gestor and have he or she do the paperwork for you, but this usually comes at quite a price plus they tend to wait until they have a pile of them to process, meaning one trip to traffico for them and a lengthy wait for you. However, good car dealers will do all this paperwork for you.
 
Having put you off completely let’s have a look at Cars for sale in Tenerife or equally Second-hand cars for sale in Tenerife there are a growing number of new car dealers all over the island now (previously they were concentrated in and around Santa Cruz) as well as sites specialising in Second-hand cars for sale in Tenerife.