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Exporting a car

  • 14-03-2016 12:21pm
    #1
    StereoSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭


    Have a question, for years I have had an old Honda civic coupe which I don't drive much anymore but I kept it Nct'd and drove it as a second car along with my Octavia. Being a 98 'car I'm wondering should I advertise the car for sale abroad since I don't think I could get much for it here with the strange new insurance rules going on. How would I even go about this?

    As much as I'd love to keep it I don't think its logical to keep it anymore. I don't want to give it away either since its in fantastic nick.
    A lad I know in Spain says I'd get 2k for one of these over there where as here its pretty much worthless. I have no idea about exporting as I've never done anything like this before.


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    How much would it cost you getting it over to there though?
    They are still worth money here to the right person.


  • #3
    hydro1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭hydro1


    I am not sure about a 98 car but I had a luxury car with big petrol engine which I could no longer afford to run and found it almost impossible to sell here in Ireland. Eventually I sold it for buttons and afterwards discovered that the new owner was purchasing these type of cars for export. Correct me if I am wrong but I think he somehow was able to get a reclaim on the duty when exported so as well as getting the car cheap he was getting a tax kick back.


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    You can get a VRT rebate on export, but the revenue keep the first 500 of the refund, and afaik they OMSP has to be a minimum of €2000. There are other restrictions too,


  • #5
    StereoSound
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭StereoSound


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    How much would it cost you getting it over to there though?
    They are still worth money here to the right person.

    Haven't a clue, have to check it out. Apparently they go for different value over there then here. Tenerife they go for quite abit to. I could export the car to my friend in Spain who I've known for years so I wouldn't be concerned about being put wrong. I'd head over myself for a few days as a small break and stay in his apartment and try and flog it then. That's what I'm thinking? If I dont sell it I can leave it with him and give him €100 for his trouble for flogging it for me.


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    A LHD car wouldn't really be worth much in a RHD country considering everything there is designed for a RHD car.
    Try go to a drive-through or in or out of a parking garage.


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