Cars from NI??

joc_06

Whats the story with buying a car in the north and bringing it back here??

What charges so you have to pay and how much in total?
is it recommenced practice or could you get fleeced.
just saw a nice 318 for €10k on autotrader.ie
a similiar one here would be closer to €15k
whats the catch?

Farls

When you buy a car down the north and want to bring it into the south, as in get it reregistered you have to pay the VRT on it.

This is an amount that is i think and i stress i think 21% of the overall value of the car. I'm not fully sure though. I know a few people who have brought cars in and i'm going to buying a northern car in the next few weeks all going well, but i have an address in the north.

The best thing to do is ring up the customs with the full details of the car and they will get back to you with a figure. Also it costs different amounts to bring a car into different counties.

Or you could do like most and just not bother bringing it in, normally you'll get away for a while before you get a warning, but if the customs actually lift the car on you it will cost you E1500 fine to get it back and you will have to bring it in to get it back.

Overall though it does work out cheaper, especially with beemers, the north is full of them.

If you had a lot of money to spend, buy a northern golf the r32 version i think it is that isn't available in the south yet so you can tax and insure it as a normal tdi....sweet as a nut.

Farlz

knifey_spoonie

VRT i THINK is 25% of 90% of the irish market value

Seth Brundle

see http://www.oasis.gov.ie/moving_country/moving_to_ireland/importing_car_into_ireland.html