Knight Rider Car Pontiac trans am

what_car

howdy folks, am considering purchasing a knight rider car, identical spec and bits on it as per the tv show, original engine , Cross-Fire Injection 305 V-8..
immaculate condition... and running well for a car of its age... looks fantastic, lcd speedo, etc etc..


my question is , what would it cost to ship the car from Los Angeles to Dublin? any idea..?

also as the car is so old, what would the VRT implications be?

its a great price, and a great eye catcher...

bazz26

Afaik it is only exempt from VRT if it is classed as a "classic" car ie. 25 years or older.

Also note that importing it from outside the EU means you will have to pay VAT and import duty on top of VRT when it arrives in the port. :mad: Do a bit more research on it as it may not be as cheap as first realised.

what_car

the car is at a very good price, would it be classed as classic? its 1983
its not road legal in CA as it doesnt have smog filters on it...

could it be driven in ireland legally? i mean emmisions wise

Rovi

These guys could probably help with information-
http://www.american-automobile-association-irl.com/main.htm

...or these-
http://www.maac-ireland.com/

yayamark

what_car the car is at a very good price, would it be classed as classic?
its not road legal in CA as it doesnt have smog filters on it...

could it be driven in ireland legally? i mean emmisions wise
Today 00:33

u might get away with it. But the car nees to be ec friendly re emmissions. i know a lot of mbikes been imported from us arent and that is a prob

nialler

from what I've been told from friends online, could be ****e, but the original KITT is in the UK owned by a guy I know and speak to at least once a day (xbox live). So either the car is a porky or my mate has a porky.

Guy:Incognito

nialler wrote:

from what I've been told from friends online, could be ****e, but the original KITT is in the UK owned by a guy I know and speak to at least once a day (xbox live). So either the car is a porky or my mate has a porky.

I seriously doubt the OP is talking baout the original car from the show ( I assume theres a good few of those anyway, like all movie/tv cars) but a replica.

what_car

nialler wrote:

from what I've been told from friends online, could be ****e, but the original KITT is in the UK owned by a guy I know and speak to at least once a day (xbox live). So either the car is a porky or my mate has a porky.

there were many cars made, and used in the series,, these cars are held in private collection , and are being traded at 150,000 USD...approx.when sold. these are hard to get. yes there is one genuine one in the uk,

there are a lot of replicas out there that look really great

Esel

yayamark wrote:

...needs to be ec friendly re emmissions. i know a lot of mbikes been imported from us arent and that is a prob

What?

what_car

nialler wrote:

from what I've been told from friends online, could be ****e, but the original KITT is in the UK owned by a guy I know and speak to at least once a day (xbox live). So either the car is a porky or my mate has a porky.

heres one in the uk..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7HEyOiv5o

_Kaiser_

I always wanted one of these - do it up as KARR though OP.. far too many KITT's around and I liked the two-tone paint job and yellow scanner better:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=azwpd_Yjjmk

Henry Ford III

bazz26 wrote:

Afaik it is only exempt from VRT if it is classed as a "classic" car ie. 25 years or older.

VRT applies to all cars unless they are 30 years old or more, when they are classed as "vintage".

Btw I drove one of these in 1980 in the US. They were crap then and i doubt they've improved since.