importing an american motorhome

CamperMan

Hi,

I would like to import an American motorhome, 32ft, 6400kg weight, year 1994.


what is the import duty likely to cost (bringing it from the UK), does it need NCT, what is the annual road tax?


Thanks

Buford T Justice

CamperMan wrote: »

Hi,

I would like to import an American motorhome, 32ft, 6400kg weight, year 1994.


what is the import duty likely to cost (bringing it from the UK), does it need NCT, what is the annual road tax?


Thanks

Annual road tax as a camper is €85 odd quid. As the vehicle is over 3.5 tonne, it will be €50 VRT, but this changes on the 1st of January 2011 to 13.5% of the open market selling price.

It will need an annual DOE

peasant

also clear it with your insurance first ...some insurances have a 6000 cc (or therabouts) limit ...these american engines can be bigger

Aidan_M_M

Fingers McGee wrote: »

It will need an annual DOE

Which it will most likely fail , as it won't have E marked glass , mirrors , or lamps .

Look around Ireland , there's people trying to get rid of them here , we had several people desperately trying to trade them in . I heard of one guy in Clare , spent 400k on a behomoth from the US about 2-3 years ago.. he can't get 60k for it now...

Buford T Justice

Aidan_M_M wrote: »

spent 400k on a behomoth from the US about 2-3 years ago.. he can't get 60k for it now...

OH MY GOD. Seriously? Surely they could get the glass replaced on it.

Aidan_M_M

where would you get E marked glass for the cab of a US GMC or Ford?

paddyp

Give it a week and there will be emarking kits on ebay for 6.97 with free shipping from hongkong

muint

Also make sure there is a petrol station every few miles along your chosen route..... I presume it's a petrol model??
Shudder to think of the running costs....

Buford T Justice

Aidan_M_M wrote: »

where would you get E marked glass for the cab of a US GMC or Ford?

This might sound stupid, but is it not possible to get some bespoke panes of glass made up to the standard. Meaning, if you can afford €400K on a MH, then surely you would be able to afford to get the windows done, if its possible

peasant

The glass might cost you more than the motorhome

Not many companies around that can legally e-mark automotive glass. Those that do are high volume automotive suppliers and react adversly to once-off orders. And then there would be tooling cost, setting up cost, etc

jinghong

Aidan_M_M wrote: »

Which it will most likely fail , as it won't have E marked glass , mirrors , or lamps .

Look around Ireland , there's people trying to get rid of them here , we had several people desperately trying to trade them in . I heard of one guy in Clare , spent 400k on a behomoth from the US about 2-3 years ago.. he can't get 60k for it now...

presumably there is a market on the continent for this unaltered

Aidan_M_M

Nope , can't see how , the E mark is European wide, .

paddyp

Actually now that i think of it a lot of the drilling rigs I've seen are on gmc trucks I wonder do the vehicle testers ignore it in this case.

niloc1951

A bit of reality and common sense here guys.
First there are hundreds if not thousands of American RV's on the roads of the UK & Europe so when the RSA get their act together and bring the proposed procedures for roadworthiness testing of 'motor caravans' in line with the the existing practice throughout the rest of Europe, the glass shouldn't be a problem, if it is they will be falling foul of the free movement of goods and services directives.
BTW, the definition 'motor caravan' includes everything from miniature Bedford Bambie's to the huge American Pushers,
But I am putting the cart before the horse here because our illustrious legislators have not yet amended the enabling legislation for vehicle roadworthiness testing to include 'motor caravans' so a 'DoE' test is currently NOT a legal requirement in the RoI.
Some dealers do however get their vehicles done just to make buyers happy it's has been given a test to show its not a heap, and it's probably cheaper than an independent engineers report.