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UK Car Sellers using weak sterling to their advantage?

  • 20-10-2016 7:47pm
    #1
    polan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭


    Hi, I was browsing AutoTrader UK today and came across this 2005 530d:

    http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610208953375

    What caught my attention was this:
    "VRT 2024 EURO"

    So the ad is definitely targeted at Irish buyers.

    So then I've decided to filter ads with the keyword "VRT".
    Search returned 200 results.

    Then I've decided to filter ads with the keyword "Ireland".
    Search returned 900 results, about a third of those mentions Ireland for export.

    I've never seen this on AT before, so I'm quite surprised used car dealerships are doing this.

    Do you think that now with weak Sterling, UK sellers are more keen to sell cars to the Republic?


Comments

  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,762 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    That dealer is in Eniskillen, plenty of them up there target ROI buyers.


  • #3
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,129 ✭✭✭kirving


    Of 470,000 cars on Autotrader, 900 is nothing, and are most likely based in NI


  • #4
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    That car doesn't look great, look at the panel gaps around the bumpers! Also, it's got the wrong exhaust tips for a 530d, all six cylinder E60s (bar the 535d) have trapezoidal shaped exhuast tips, only the 535d upwards have round ones like that car has.


  • #5
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    captainspeed wrote: »
    That car doesn't look great, look at the panel gaps around the bumpers! Also, it's got the wrong exhaust tips for a 530d, all six cylinder E60s (bar the 535d) have trapezoidal shaped exhuast tips, only the 535d upwards have round ones like that car has.

    It's a SE fitted with M Sport bumpers that are most likely aftermarket.


  • #6
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,657 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Want to be off your rocker to spend over 2k on VRT for an 11 year old beemer. Importing that wouldn't make any sense to me


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  • #7
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭9935452


    road_high wrote: »
    Want to be off your rocker to spend over 2k on VRT for an 11 year old beemer. Importing that wouldn't make any sense to me

    Agree and add in 1500 for motor tax as well.


  • #8
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    9935452 wrote: »
    Agree and add in 1500 for motor tax as well.

    Absolutely, if you go to 2008 and get an LCI E60 you can have a six cylinder model (petrol or diesel) for €750 motor tax, even the 535d is in that category. If you want your 525d and 530d with a manaul gearbox, that drops to €570.


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