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Originally Posted by harrison
Do,s our UK driving Licence cover us for all states, l am off to Boston as soon as it warms up over there, and was thinking of buyin a car as l am stoppin three months and it will be cheaper than renting, l have a US address for insurance my sister lives there but not sure if l need to take a drivin test, have you looked into this
You're well advised to obtain the drab grey international driving permit (costs aruond £7.00 from RAC and other places) which is valid for a year. I've never been asked for it by anyone, but some law enforcement agents might only recognise it and not your UK licence.
I assume you've done your research re. costings, but I personally wouldn't flip a car for 3 months. I would have thought that the all-inclusive rental prices with little risk, would be a more viable option than the hassle of finding, buying, insuring, maintaining and then reselling a car would be a non-starter (but I'm open to being educated

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I have no idea why insuring with a foreign licence would be a problem - I've never found it to be so. Some insurers will load premiums, but others will not.
Dougie.