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As far as buying a car is concerned, expect to pay an awful lot more for a second hand car here than in UK. There is no ‘fleet’ market here to ensure a regular turnover of vehicles and the Spanish tend to keep them for years and run them into the ground. It’s almost as expensive as buying a new car. Beware private adverts etc and only buy from registered dealers who will have all the paperwork and history; you also need to check whether the cost includes the ‘ownership transfer tax’ which adds another few hundred to the cost. 

Summer work - do you speak Spanish? It’s going to be basically bar work/waiting/labouring, that kind of thing and the pay rates are again, much lower than UK. You are unlikely to get a ‘contract’ of employment, and the work may be intermittent. To work legally, you either need a contract, or to register as ‘autonomo’, which is self-employed, thus immediately bringing you into the Spanish tax and Social Security system. You will also have to have private medical insurance.

Wow

Inam thinking that in UK you can get so great cars under 3000€ reading Stephanie86.

What I see. You will find a lot of cars and the price will match with the conditions  of them. You can buy on a second hand business or direct from a owner. On both cases I would say the the seller "before I buy your car we will go to a garage I choose to test the car"

About work I think Elsa doesn't have a lot of English people there so you would need Spanish to work. Not easy to find a job in Spain as you could read but not impossible.

About contracts you will find legal people and not legal people (Spanish,  English or from anywhere). Is different UK about this? Do you know some boss that loves to overpay a worker on UK?