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Be serious! Know what you're doing. |
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Don't start off with importing a car if you don't have checked
up on what you're importing. First of all: be sure to have seen
the car first!
Otherwise you're almost bound to be disapponted.
(If you then didn't get the car for free!)
See the "Restoring-rules" also -
before you buy a car that is not in mint-condition!
Check out that there aren't any loans attached to the car! |
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Be sure to have
the cash and time. |
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Be sure to at have more money than the buying price. And be
willing to spend some time with the importing-job.
Otherwise there'll be trouble ahead. |
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Decide if you're
going yourself as well. |
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It is a good idea
to follow the car yourself, especially if it is in a driving
condition. All the troubles could easier be dealt with, if
you're following the car back home. |
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Call everyone
before you do the job. |
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These should be
called before you start off with the importing:
(These following rules are if you're not driving along with the
car.)
1) The customs - what will it cost?
2) The seller - make him/her do the job in his own country - get
it on e.g. onto the ferry.
3) The transporters - talk to the transporters, the trains, the
ferrycompany e.g. - be sure to talk to them on both the sending
and the receiving country.
4) Talk to the customs again - in the city the customing is to
be done. |
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Theck
out-customing. |
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Before a car can
leave the country - it has to be out-customed. It has to be
written out of the car registry in the country concerned. And be
sure to pay the fee for doing it, and take care of the receipt. |
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Check out if the
car can be allowed on the road in your country! |
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This sounds silly
- but is still important. For instance is a rare car like a
Jensen not registered as a new car in your country. If it's not
- the authorities can make it more difficult than you'd like.
The new Jensens are f.e. not type-approved. That means that
every car has to go through the same approval. That may cost a
fortune!
Other rules might be that you are allowed to import a car that
is a veteran - or rare. Maybe the authorities don't want more of
there cars on the road in your country. Check it out! Be sure
they want to help you get the approval! |
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Get hold of all
the papers and receipts. |
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Every receipt has
to follow the car. The buying sum, the freightprices and the out
customing receipt. This will be asked for by the customs in your
own country. If you're not having them - you're at least in for
some delays. |
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Find a receiver
and a customs-lager. |
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Some countries
would ask who is importing the car. Not everyone will accept
that you are doing it yourself. Check that out! In addition to
that the car has to have a destination lager until the car has
been customed into your country.
This has to be cleared out before you start the import.
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Pay what it costs! |
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Be prepared and
ready with the money - otherwise it'll always be more than you
thought.
This example is from importing a veteran car from the U.K. to
Norway in 2002, without the buyer following the car - which
would make it even more expensive:
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COSTS |
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The bying
price |
£ 5000 |
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A garage car
check |
£
60 |
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Registration
number checking |
£
300 |
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Freight
to the ferry |
£
225 |
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Out-customing
of the U.K. |
£
20 |
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Freight
on the ferry |
£
300 |
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Customs
pass |
£
20 |
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Freight
in Norway |
£
200 |
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Customing
(25% VAT in Norway) |
£ 1386 |
Of
bills - £ 5000 + 225 + 20 + 300 = £ 5545 |
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Getting
the car registration |
£
280 |
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Insurance |
£
100 |
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SUM |
£ 7891 |
+ the
phonebill! |
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Thoroughness and
patience. |
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Don't be sure that you've been thinking of everything still.
there's always someone who can be a pain in the ass! |
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More will come! :) |
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