US driver's license

Hello. Does anyone know if I can buy a car in the UK with my US driver's license? I've been living here for six years and have never driven in the UK. My husband wants me to buy a car and drive it to Europe. Thanks.

Officially you can't drive on your US license after being here for 6 years.  You may not be able to get insurance and even if you do, it won't be valid, so if you have an accident it would all come out of your pocket. 

Officially you can't drive on your US license after being here for 6 years.

That's "officially" as in "you'll be breaking the law if you do"...

Officially you can't drive on your US license after being here for 6 years. 

By six years, I think you mean twelve months. =)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/DrivingInGbOnAForeignLicence/DG_4022561

By six years, I think you mean twelve months. =)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/DrivingInGbOnAForeignLicence/DG_4022561

No, she meant six years as in the OP has lived in the UK for six years.

^^ Thanks for clarifying!  For the briefest of moments, I had a fleeting fantasy that everything I'd read before was wrong and that maybe, just maybe, I (having been here for 18 months) could legally drive.  And then the moment passed.   

Thanks, that was an easy one! I knew about the twelve month rule- let's say you've helped settle a bet.

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if you have driving offences on your licence in the usa how do we go about insurance?