I have registered two GB cars onto French plates, and it was a nightmare on both occasions. The first time took six months of toing and froing, and the second (by which time I foolishly thought I knew the game) it took a mere four months between telling the DVLA the car had been exported, and getting my French plates. It is an utter nightmare.
Whilst technically you do have six months to run around in your British car whilst you do this, in reality you don't. Once you tell the DVLA the car is exported - which you need to do before you begin the french registration process - the car is well-nigh uninsurable. And few insurance companies - except specialist ones who charge accordingly - only allow you to keep a British insured car abroad for a maximum of three months.
I speak from bitter experience. These comments confirm my experience
http://www.frenchpropertylinks.com/e...ar-france.html
http://normandy.frenchestateagents.c...car-in-france/
I mean, it might be easy for French people to do this. The message from the faces behind the glass screen at my local Sous Prefecture is that I might as well have been trying to import cocaine.
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