Dose anyone know about car dealer sells uk regostered cars?

haomingzi

Hi all, I m moving to UK soon, want to bring my stuff with me . I m thinking trade in current IE car or buy a UK car....Anyone knows about car dealers have UK cars? Thanks

EPM

A dealer in the UK wont really want to take an Irish car as a trade in, and if they do they'll give you pittance for it. You might be able to trade it in against a UK car in an Irish dealers maybe?

smash

there's loads of dealers with cars that haven't had VRT paid yet, you could try a trade in with them but you'd be better off selling privately here and buying over there to be honest.

lifer_sean

steve06 wrote: »

there's loads of dealers with cars that haven't had VRT paid yet, you could try a trade in with them but you'd be better off selling privately here and buying over there to be honest.

Irish dealer can't legally sell a car to Irish person without VRT'ing it first. If they were caught doing this they would lose their TAN number which would mean they could effectively no longer deal in imported cars. If you had a UK address then they might be able to sell you a UK car.

Del2005

Try dealers in the North, there have been some post on here of them offering to accept trade ins from the South. Not sure if that's only off new cars.


You know you can legally drive your Irish car for 30 days in the UK, on most insurance policies. Bring your stuff over in your own car and look around for a car over there. Then stick your car up for sale over here and come back if you get any serious callers and buy in the UK. But that sounds like a lot of trouble.

haomingzi

Thanks you guys u r really helpful, del2005 suggestion would be my very last option.

To EMP ,exactly I m looking for an irish dealer who may hold uk cars~I just want to get everything sorted before go away.

Steve06...thank you i will work on it~

If any probs i will be back again, hopefully not:P

byrner1

Charles Hurst in belfast will take in an irish car as a trade in I think