Hello All

I am trying to make some life decisions,and one of them is long term vehicle use for trips in Europe and africa.

I can ship my vehicle from canada to europe, but I wont be able to make the the entire trip in one shot,that is to say,I would use the vehicle for a period of time in europe, then perhaps a year later or so start by taking a trip to morocco ,then perhaps back to europe and so on.

Everything I have read tells me this is a problem,with Eu laws ect, though I do have a place to store the vehicle in doors in Portugal for years if required.(I hold dual citizenship,but I reside in Canada) and only get back to europe for 2 to 4 weeks at a time.

Or I can purchase a vehicle in Portugal( i have a portugeuse citzenship card and fiscal number ect), and that makes it much easier, but way more expensive.

Is it possible to leave my canadian (quebec) registered vehicle in europe and only ship it back in say 5 years? It would be properly registered,insured(we dont have any annual MOT's here) in quebec for the entire duration of time abroad.

and

does that make any sense to do so?

is it legal? ( know I would not be able to use it/do this, if I was going to live there permanently or exceeding a certain amount of time)

but as a fly in traveller,can that work?

It is only due to knowing what I do already have, vs the buying of something totally unknown to me (in terms of condition).

roadtax and insurance, MOT, ect in portugal is cheap (it would be an older vehicle I would purchase) but the 4x4's in portugal are silly expensive even with tons of millage and 30 plus years on them.

Wondering what folks who do multi year trips do in this instance.

Cheers,

Paul