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[theolodian]

What are the duties, etc?  I think that you have to pay VAT on the UK value of the car.  What if you take it back out of the country after a few years?  I'm pretty sure that you can only drive a car here for a year on a foreign registration.  Can you take it to the continent first and save some that way?

Prices here are so silly here (not miggys) that I'd rather bring a car over from the states, and take it back in a few years.

[Crazydad]

What are the duties, etc?  I think that you have to pay VAT on the UK value of the car.  What if you take it back out of the country after a few years?  I'm pretty sure that you can only drive a car here for a year on a foreign registration.  Can you take it to the continent first and save some that way?

Prices here are so silly here (not miggys) that I'd rather bring a car over from the states, and take it back in a few years.

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[Baron Von Spongebob]

No  

[STMO123]

No  

Though you were quiet. You were just waiting for that, weren't you?

[Baron Von Spongebob]

No  

Though you were quiet. You were just waiting for that, weren't you?

Yup  

[theolodian]

No  

Though you were quiet. You were just waiting for that, weren't you?

No hijacking!

Used cars btw.

 

[STMO123]

No  

Though you were quiet. You were just waiting for that, weren't you?

No hijacking!

Used cars btw.

 

I wouldn't dream of hijacking a used car.

[STMO123]

Have a look here

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022583

[Baron Von Spongebob]

No  

Though you were quiet. You were just waiting for that, weren't you?

No hijacking!

Used cars btw.

 

I wouldn't dream of hijacking a used car.

Not me

[STMO123]

Have a look here

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022583

Ignore him

[theolodian]

Have a look here

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_4022583

Thanks, looks like SVA, 10% duty and VAT.  Those last two add up to a lot!  Now looking to see if I could get those back when taking the car back out of the country.

[Andy B]

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Prices here are so silly here (not miggys) that I'd rather bring a car over from the states, and take it back in a few years.

Bring a proper 'Yank Tank' over. Something with lots of chrome, cubes (there's no substitute for cubes! ), cylinders & big fins!
Wouldn't it be better financially to just sell it over here in Blighty rather than crate it back up to take back to the USA?

[theolodian]

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Prices here are so silly here (not miggys) that I'd rather bring a car over from the states, and take it back in a few years.

Bring a proper 'Yank Tank' over. Something with lots of chrome, cubes (there's no substitute for cubes! ), cylinders & big fins!
Wouldn't it be better financially to just sell it over here in Blighty rather than crate it back up to take back to the USA?

One temptation is a 5.4L Lincoln Navigator, go for under 5K in the states in pristine condition, but the fuel prices keep going up here.  OTOH - 996T, V8 RS4 and others are 1/3rd cheaper in the states.  Could take back or sell when I leave.  Not a lot of help if I have to pay 30% in taxes to get it here though.  

[Entwood]

If memory serves me correctly.. you get nothing back when you "re-export" a vehicle ... you only avoid all the VAT etc if you export it BEFORE registration.. but I could be wrong  

[Andy B]

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Prices here are so silly here (not miggys) that I'd rather bring a car over from the states, and take it back in a few years.

Bring a proper 'Yank Tank' over. Something with lots of chrome, cubes (there's no substitute for cubes! ), cylinders & big fins!
Wouldn't it be better financially to just sell it over here in Blighty rather than crate it back up to take back to the USA?

One temptation is a 5.4L Lincoln Navigator, go for under 5K in the states in pristine condition, but the fuel prices keep going up here.  OTOH - 996T, V8 RS4 and others are 1/3rd cheaper in the states.  Could take back or sell when I leave.  Not a lot of help if I have to pay 30% in taxes to get it here though.  

 :-/ I pass one each day going to & from work. It's been dis-tastefully modified with every bit of chrome bling you can think of.
I was thinking more along the lines of classic Yank Tank :- Is the import duty the same on a classic?