Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

stimpson · 12-02-2017 10:51pm

smurfjed wrote: »

Are they Saudi plates or Saudi export plates, if export plates, how did he obtain insurance?

The plates had KSA on the right hand side, so it's a genuine Saudi plate.

stimpson · 12-02-2017 10:58pm

MuddyDog wrote: »

Oh I know that. Money is no object for him/her but I was just curious as to how much it was.

£20k apparently

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2725175/First-cargo-watch-car-Arab-playboys-super-wheels-streets-London-never-mind-trifling-20-000-fly-vehicles-back.html

wotzgoingon · 12-02-2017 11:49pm

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Absolute bollocks, but from the Daily Mail what do you expect?

It costs around £3-5k per car for air freight from the Middle East to the UK so probably the same to Ireland if the owner did it that way.

I'd have to agree more with Daily Mail your figure seems awful cheap. It would cost a bit less than your figure to ship a dog. I know I shipped a dog before years ago to Australia. The car takes up alot of room so that si taking into consideration.

wotzgoingon · 13-02-2017 12:14am

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Ok...

...was it a big dog?

He was in a crate and the dimensions are taking into consideration when getting a price. It was a couple of thousand euros anyway. That was from Ireland to England and then onto Australia.

And that was on board a normal flight. It looks like those cars are on a special flight so I image it is quite expensive then all the loading and unloading would add to the price.

Back to that arab car in Ireland I imagine he flew into the UK and got the ferry over here. Rather than flying direct to Ireland as I doubt a special plane like that would fly into Ireland tbh.

Quazzie · 13-02-2017 12:17am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'd have to agree more with Daily Mail your figure seems awful cheap. It would cost a bit less than your figure to ship a dog. I know I shipped a dog before years ago to Australia. The car takes up alot of room so that si taking into consideration.

I know people who shipped a 20ft container with all their furniture/clothes/etc to Australia and it only cost them 3500 euro.

wotzgoingon · 13-02-2017 12:18am

Quazzie wrote: »

I know people who shipped a 20ft container with all their furniture/clothes/etc to Australia and it only cost them 3500 euro.

That's on a boat.

Quazzie · 13-02-2017 12:22am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That's on a boat.

How do you know the Audi didn't come over on a boat?

wotzgoingon · 13-02-2017 12:24am

Quazzie wrote: »

How do you know the Audi didn't come over on a boat?

As I said in my previous post I imagine he did come into Ireland on a boat.

I was just telling the previous poster how much it costs to fly a dog somewhere and that it would cost a lot of money to fly a car over to UK and not 5000.

smurfjed · 13-02-2017 4:06am

as I doubt a special plane like that would fly into Ireland tbh

They aren't special aircraft, just normal cargo planes, we see cars on the cargo apron all the time.

Shannon757 · 13-02-2017 7:54am

smurfjed wrote: »

They aren't special aircraft, just normal cargo planes, we see cars on the cargo apron all the time.

Not like before

tossy · 13-02-2017 9:50am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I was just telling the previous poster how much it costs to fly a dog somewhere and that it would cost a lot of money to fly a car over to UK and not 5000.

The difference between a dog and a car is one is a dog and a living creature, it can't just be packed into a hold and left alone, also a car doesn't need to be quarantined.One requires a more hands on specialist service the other is just a car (albeit an expensive one).

MetzgerMeister · 13-02-2017 10:52am

OK folks, if ye'd like to further continue the cost debate, either start a new thread or take it to PM. Thread is going way OT.

millington · 13-02-2017 11:52am

Tropheus wrote: »

In all probability it's more likely to be sold into the UK.

Why would any UK buyer buy a new R8 out of Ireland?

Stephenc66 · 13-02-2017 12:04pm

millington wrote: »

Why would any UK buyer buy a new R8 out of Ireland?

Anyone know if you are sending a new car for export and it will not be registered in Ireland is VRT charged or should it be paid then refunded?

If the car is going for export and when the VRT is refunded/not paid the base price of the car maybe cheaper here than the UK. Or maybe to get a jump on a UK waiting list.

vandriver · 13-02-2017 12:41pm

Ford Focus ST3 Turbo Estate

Focus ST Turbo https://imgur.com/gallery/nEwyx

Anatom · 13-02-2017 12:43pm

Very rare car I'd say. I wasn't aware they did the ST in estate form.

Very specific customer base that!

MetzgerMeister · 13-02-2017 12:44pm

I saw a grey ST hatchback over the weekend. It was night but the exhausts gave it away.

kooga · 13-02-2017 12:45pm

Anatom wrote: »

Very rare car I'd say. I wasn't aware they did the ST in estate form.

Very specific customer base that!

one of the employees in ford head office here in cork had a black/grey one last year d reg.

Anatom · 13-02-2017 12:48pm

kooga wrote: »

one of the employees in ford head office here in cork had a black/grey one last year d reg.

Its a savage car alright. Just not sure the slightly larger boot warrants the strange look! I've a brother-in-law on his second ST - a driving experience second only to the drive I had in a Pug 205 GTI many years ago!

Cheensbo · 13-02-2017 12:56pm

Aren't the doing those with dirty derv power now too? Could be a diesel

GustavoGaviria · 13-02-2017 1:10pm

I meet that Tangerine ST on M4 couple months back. She's a 2014 ST3 Petrol, was on DoneDeal a while ago. I've got a 2016 Stealth Grey Diesel Estate. I know of only two other Estates both Black & Diesel. Finglas Ford have a Tangerine hatchback in their stock, came on same boat as mine

Tropheus · 13-02-2017 3:24pm

bear1 wrote: »

Would it though? I would imagine in the UK the car would be much cheaper

It's cheaper in the UK because of VRT. VRT wouldn't apply if the car is not registered in the Republic of Ireland so that would bring the price on par with the UK.

Anatom · 13-02-2017 6:15pm

Just saw a black / very dark navy Bentley Bentayga on the top of Harcourt Street, opposite the Odeon.

I only noticed it because it was being pulled over by the gardaí..! I'm not sure what they did, but they got the full lights and siren treatment and there was quite the discussion going on as I passed. I can't load the photo for some reason. €450K new, according to Carzone, so the price of whatever ticket they may or may not have received isn't going to hurt I suppose...