So, you are the happy owner of a freshly purchased car in Minsk. And they decided to overtake him to Russia on their own. To travel and get used to a new car, and gain some experience.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare well for the ferry yourself and prepare your car. Buy road maps or download them to your navigator. Change the oil, filters, pads and battery in the car. Remove it from the register in Minsk and get transit numbers. Don't worry about spare parts, warm clothes, fuel in cans. In Belarus, the roads are of high quality, the road service is well developed. Therefore, there will be no problems with food, overnight stay, refueling and repairs.
Step 2
Be sure to take out Belarusian insurance. In Minsk it will cost much less than near the border. The fine for driving without insurance for foreigners is 250 euros. For your cell phone, purchase a SIM card from the local operator MTS or Velcom.
Step 3
From Minsk, take the highway to Moscow. The distance from the city to the border is 300 km. The track is two-lane, with a dividing strip - 1, 5 m. Speed limit 120 km / h. Do not violate the speed limit, as exceeding the speed by more than 40 km / h will result in the revocation of your driver's license. Every kilometer there is a pay phone. In winter, the road is cleared to asphalt.
Step 4
Go through the border checkpoint. Queues there are extremely rare. Free travel. Cars are not searched. But the documents will be checked without fail.
Step 5
When entering the territory of the Russian Federation, take out ferry insurance. This, by the way, can be done both at the traffic police post and at private insurance agents. The latter stand every 100 m. The registration procedure is as simple as possible, and the policy is affordable.
Step 6
Upon arrival in your hometown, contact the territorial customs office, having taken care of obtaining a certificate of conformity with Euro 4 standards in advance. After reviewing all the documents for the car by the customs officers, in 3 weeks you will receive a Russian title and you can register the car with the traffic police. The deadline for submission of documents is 1 month from the date of purchase.
Step 7
If you do not want to drive the car yourself, conclude an agreement with private drivers or a company that delivers purchased cars. In this case, make the contract in writing and indicate all risks in it. Do not succumb to the persuasion of unscrupulous ferrymen who will insist to formalize everything verbally and offer a discount for it.
