Newbie with a car transport question

baldyshane

Hi all,
I have bought a 4x4 on e-bay and I am wondering if anyone knows anyone who does car transport for private buyers. NVD and Green Tiger Transport seem to only look after garages/trade. Any help would be great as I don't want to leave it to long before collection.
Cheers.

Henry Ford III

Where from/to?

p.s. Didn't buy unseen/undriven/uninspected did you?

baldyshane

Its a Daihatsu Fourtrak(don't laugh), €750 gonna try a bit of mud plugging so not to worried as long as it drives. Anyway it is in Taunton Somerset and it needs to get to Cork.
Any ideas???
Not in a serious hurry i was quoted 400 to get it to Dublin.

jimboire

hi,
I can collect jeep for you depends where you want it but a couple hundred 0871207478

baldyshane wrote: »

Hi all,
I have bought a 4x4 on e-bay and I am wondering if anyone knows anyone who does car transport for private buyers. NVD and Green Tiger Transport seem to only look after garages/trade. Any help would be great as I don't want to leave it to long before collection.
Cheers.

unkel

It's a bit dodgy to post your phone number on the internet, jimboire. You might want to edit the number out...

Top Dog

Would you not fly over and drive it back yourself? Only cost you about €400 tops all-in.

Flight + Train/Bus + fuel + ferry ... doesn't add up to a whole lot

Saab Ed

€400 sounds cheap to me.

Richie15

Leave out the train/bus, have yer man meet you at the airport.

thethedev

Your not alone, I bought a Lada Niva 4x4 over eBay.
I saved a fortune by meeting the seller in holyhead.

I got a lift to the ferry terminal in Dublin and went over as a foot passenger, had the seller meet me on the other side and came back with the Car.
I would have collected it from his yard, but like yourself I had bought un-inspected so didnt want to risk breaking down in a foreign country
Theres no harm in driving down from Dublin then as you have some leeway with VRT etc.

Mud plugging you say? Im in Cork myself and cant find anywhere to go without seriously pissing people off:D

thethedev

Oh yeah, I came across these people before but dont know anyone who used them.

www.tcrecovery.ie

http://www.autosjustin.com/ebay.htm

Top Dog

Saab Ed wrote: »

€400 sounds cheap to me.

I'm not sure whether you're doubting me or whether you're suggesting that OP should follow my suggestion.

In case its the former though ...

Flight from Cork-Stansted (Ryanair) €46 including taxes & charges
Ferry from Holyhead-Dublin (Stenaline plus) €141

That leaves over €200 for fuel/buses/trains/food/anything extra you might encounter.

I'll hopefully be doing exactly the above this weekand fully expect to have change from €400.

baldyshane

Cheers All,
I will do a bit of homework and see how i get on.

lifer_sean

Saab Ed wrote: »

€400 sounds cheap to me.

+1

For transport of a car from Somerset (which is a bit out of the way to say the least), to Irish destination 400 euro sounds cheap if anything. To get car shipped from centre of England (eg around Birmingham) to Limerick costs me 400 euro plus VAT.

Obviously driving it home is cheaper as other posters say, but it will take you a day of so. Depends on how you value your time.

Top Dog

Top Dog wrote: »

Flight from Cork-Stansted (Ryanair) €46 including taxes & charges €56 after all charges applied
Ferry from Holyhead-Dublin (Stenaline plus) €141 €145 after all charges

Just to add to what I posted earlier. These are the prices I paid this morning for travelling over to the UK tomorrow to collect a car.

Will update Thursday when I know how much the 3 trains, 1 bus and fuel/food set me back.

OutlawPete

Hi,

I never used this company but they quoted me £325 last year to bring an A4 from the UK. Didn't need them in the end as a friend drove it over for me but from what I remember he seemed decent to deal with.

Anyway, link is ..

Andy Dunne Transport

Nico

baldyshane

Thanks again for all the suggestions, here is the outcome. The seller is going to drop it to Pembroke where Irish Ferries will load it and hold it in Rosslare as freight for €170+VAT. I must pay the seller an extra €100 to deliver it to there and I need to get from Cork to Roslare to collect. Still I think it is a good deal.

Also I found a website called www.shiply.com where you can put up what you want shipped and people tender you for the business. They are affiliated with E Bay,so you just enter the Item no. I got some crazy bids/quotes though i.e.£675.