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Import of Vehicles from UK

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  • 21-09-2008 4:35am
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    djtechnics1210
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    This seems to be a big thing lately - people buying cars in uk and then bringing back to ireland and paying vat - Is it really worth it, do you save that much?
    Love to hear peoples ideas/experiences on this one as im seriously considering doing it.


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    jimmycrackcorm
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    Better still - hold on to the car or buy an ex-demo over 6 months and make sure it's above 6k before you import and save the VAT.


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    djtechnics1210
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    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Better still - hold on to the car or buy an ex-demo over 6 months and make sure it's above 6k before you import and save the VAT.

    So go over and buy it and then sit it up in the driveway back here and in a couple of months pay the vat. What the twist with ex demo motors - never heard of that way before.


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    L1011
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    Needs to be over 6 months AND 6,000 km....

    Not sure what you mean by 'the twist', so... ex demo is common enough as a purchase opportunity - basically you get the car thats been test used for test drives. It may have anything from a few to a few thousand km on it (I bought an ex demo with fourteen km on it; my father got one with a little over a thousand), but those miles have usually been supervised by a salesman and the cars been maintained and kept clean the entire way through.

    Your warranty may even start from the day you buy it (depends on the marque), the car is over any 'infant death' possibilities that can affect it and so on.

    To find an ex demo with more than 6,000k on it would be relatively rare though, unless its a hugely popular car from a big make - and if it has 6,000km theres a chance its had well over 100 drivers! Some cars have long-term test drives (one or two days) which would mean its had less users for the mileage.


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