Calculating VRT

irlirishkev · 04-03-2005 2:16pm #1

Hi,

Does anyone know how to calculate VRT on a classic car, if you're bringing it in from the UK?
www.ros.ie have a calculator, but not for classic cars..

Thanks,

Kevin.

Kersh · 04-03-2005 2:39pm

You will have to ring them (usually again and again), give them all the details and they will gladly rip you off. Its the only way.

ds20prefecture · 04-03-2005 2:52pm

irlirishkev wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know how to calculate VRT on a classic car, if you're bringing it in from the UK?
www.ros.ie have a calculator, but not for classic cars..

Thanks,

Kevin.

If your car is over 30 years old, the car is VRT exempt regardless of value, engine size, etc. There is the nominal €45 road tax and that's it.

Less than 30 years old is trickier, and you probably need to contact the tax office. It's calculated on the current market value, so they probably use

Dades · 04-03-2005 3:32pm

Whatcha buyin'?

irlirishkev · 04-03-2005 3:34pm

The Atheist wrote:

Whatcha buyin'?

Well, depending on how I go with VRT, a 2.8i Capri. It's just a matter of finding the right one. Been shopping on Ebay mainly. The ones over here are mostly in crappy condition.

ds20prefecture · 04-03-2005 4:19pm

irlirishkev wrote:

Well, depending on how I go with VRT, a 2.8i Capri. It's just a matter of finding the right one. Been shopping on Ebay mainly. The ones over here are mostly in crappy condition.

Here's a clean looking 1.8.
http://www.europexpo.com/fr/4/25/fiche.htm

I'd avoid the UK because of their use of salt in the winter (and the exchange rate!). Do you need RHD?

Interceptor · 04-03-2005 4:45pm

I just bought an '81 Fiat X1/9 off eBay and had to ring the Galway VRT office to get a quote. It took 24 hours to get the answer and you would think I was trying to bring in flying monkeys. The online calculator is no use unless the car is a popular model which has been imported as this is how their database is updated.

On the subject of Capris, there were a few in the Exchange and Mart last weekend - its always good for the more straightforward classics.

'c

lomb · 04-03-2005 5:38pm

if the vrt is alot, u can always buy a ruined one here in the same colour and 'switch' them, i dont think this is illegal if u tell them the new engine number and take out the chassis number from the other one and weld it into the new one.

mayb better to pay!

green-blood · 07-03-2005 10:31am

what on earth makes you think that is "not" illegal!!!!!!!

commuterised · 07-03-2005 11:21am

Kev,
I had no idea you were thinking of doing this, class!!
Talk to my other half, he shopped around the UK for his Escort mexico and was involved with lil thos getting his westfield also. The lads have some good contacts as all their shells and parts come from the UK. and hey we could go on a road trip to pick it up!!! I know someone with a trailor in her front garden!!!
Dunno anything about the VRT though. sorry.

me.

Dades · 07-03-2005 1:13pm

I think there's a Capri buyers guide in this months edition of Classic Car magazine. (There's a yellow Capri on the bottom left of the cover). Haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

The idea of buying a crap Capri and "swapping" it is hilarious. I'd love to see that work for someone.

Interceptor · 07-03-2005 2:03pm

The Atheist wrote:

The idea of buying a crap Capri and "swapping" it is hilarious. I'd love to see that work for someone.

Lots of people have done this and are driving VRT-free 'classics' I know several people who bought logbooks and went to the UK looking for something to match them to...

Eagle-eyed plod might make life complicated in the event of a bad shunt though. I know someone who is currently in trouble after an insurance assessor found his undeclared Superchip and his insurance company are trying to leave him with all the bills after he wrote the car off.

'c

Cuauhtemoc1 · 23-08-2005 4:28pm

LOOOOOOOL!

So you think is possible to weld new serial numbers to other chasis??

THAT IS ILLEGAL...
After welding the new number, how you prove that the original number is not
from a hot source (stolen)

You can buy a scrap (more than 20 years) and add a new engine, the car still classic but the core part is brand new, that is completely and absolutely legal. If fact you can put all the parts new, AS LONG the serial number on top
of the chassis still unchanged, still classic... NO VAT or expensive VRT & cheap insurance...(2000miles)

You get the new parts use old serial number put new serial engine number on the log book and voila, listo, presto,ready!

Calculating VRT

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