Buying a car abroad is it worth it?

withabix

Motorpoint don't seem to be bothering with importing cars at the moment - that should give you a clue!


If you want to spend approx £12-15k on something that has dropped like a stone, try a high-spec Insignia from Motorpoint?

londonTiger

also you will have to apply for import insurance which will cost you more for the rest of the lfie of the car and wil be harder to sell than domestic cars when it comes to selling it.

redux

Sstripey wrote: »

[from Denmark]

I don't suppose the same advantages would attach to buying S/H, as I assume the original high taxes would be paid just the once.

Part of the Danish registration tax can be reclaimed if a secondhand car is exported from there, at something proportional to the tax rate and current value, but maybe it's a bit complicated to bother with, except for people who have lived there for a while and are leaving.

Gloomendoom

This thread is over a year old.

scotsbob

Gloomendoom wrote: »

This thread is over a year old.

Does that matter? The advice given is still valid.

grace2much

scotsbob wrote: »

Does that matter? The advice given is still valid.

And appreciated!

I have decided though and I am buying a 3 yr old Insignia 2.0 CDTi on autotrader cost £25,000 new - 3 yr old £7,500/8,000.

Wig

grace2much wrote: »

And appreciated!

I have decided though and I am buying a 3 yr old Insignia 2.0 CDTi on autotrader cost £25,000 new - 3 yr old £7,500/8,000.

Which funnily enough is what I was going to say yesterday on this thread...

Why buy brand new with all the hassle of importing to save only a couple of thousand, and then have a car that is valued less by insurers and traders. When you could do what I do, and buy 3 years old saving 60% off new price, and have a low mileage clean -as good as new- interior car?

And, as I edited into the post above, if you buy from Europe what are going to do if you need it repaired under SOGA Sale Of Goods Act - this has to be done between you and the retailer and your retailer will be in Holland or Denmark.

Sstripey

Wig wrote: »

And, as I edited into the post above, if you buy from Europe what are going to do if you need it repaired under SOGA Sale Of Goods Act - this has to be done between you and the retailer and your retailer will be in Holland or Denmark.

I had no problem with my Toyota on that front. I bought it in Denmark in 2000, and the 3-year warranty was honoured by Toyota dealers in the UK.

Sstripey

Gloomendoom wrote: »

This thread is over a year old.

Your point?

steve-L

Sstripey wrote: »

Your point?

More to the point better to keep all the info together than starting new threads!