This is my first post on this forum and I would really appreciate your advice: Currently, I am considering moving to Geneva and taking my car along with me which has an LPG-installation fitted. I initially did not think much about bringing my car, yet then I recalled posts on a German LPG forum in which some chap wrote about how he had been trying to import his LPG-vehicle from Germany to Switzerland and how it would have cost EUR5,000 to get the required Swiss emissions test certificate. Even worse, it was also for some reason not possible to have the LPG-installation "officially" removed from his car so he could drive on petrol and he ended up not being able to drive for four years.
Clearly, I do not wish to end up in the same position and wonder whether anyone has successfully imported an LPG-vehicle into Switzerland?
Right now I am exploring the possibility of living in France and commuting across the border. This scenario would not mean registering the car in Switzerland, but in France. Does anyone know whether importing an LPG-car into France would pose problems? If push comes to shove, how much would it cost to have a new LPG-system installed in France into a car with a V6 engine assuming my car would "fail" the French import inspection?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Fabio Montale