Buying a car from UK

ipad

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a car from the UK and importing it into Ireland.

I have found the car I'm looking for and they've agreed to let me carry out a RAC inspection on the vehicle at my expense of course.

Once I'm happy with the RAC check and everything comes back all clear, I will then make them an offer and agree the sale of the car.

At that point I will either be flying over to the UK and driving it back on the ferry OR organising a recovery / car transporter truck to collect it in UK and deliver it to Ireland for me.

Once it arrives in Ireland, what paperwork do I require to register the car in Ireland? And do I need to look out for anything else? Do I need to notify any UK authorities about the export of the car to Ireland for example?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks

MarkN

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057627507/1/#post100487442

Cee-Jay-Cee

First of all, you mention making them an offer after your happy with the RAC inspection report, forget about that. The price advertised by uk dealers is the price. There is little or no wiggle room so dont expect any great discount on the advertised price.

You need the V5C document. I'd personally refuse to buy a car from a dealer if they're not willing to give you the full document on collection if the car. Ask about it before finalising any deal. You don't need anything else and you don't need to inform the DVLA.

Green farmer

Anyone know if you buy a Citroen in uk, would irish dealers honour the manufacturers warranty ?

goz83

Green farmer wrote: »

Anyone know if you buy a Citroen in uk, would irish dealers honour the manufacturers warranty ?

The answer is in your question




























yes

puffbubble

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

First of all, you mention making them an offer after your happy with the RAC inspection report, forget about that. The price advertised by uk dealers is the price. There is little or no wiggle room so dont expect any great discount on the advertised price.

You need the V5C document. I'd personally refuse to buy a car from a dealer if they're not willing to give you the full document on collection if the car. Ask about it before finalising any deal. You don't need anything else and you don't need to inform the DVLA.

I'm just back from Scotland. Purchased a car from Arnold Clark in Stirling. Their vehicle check is much more comprehensive than the RAC check so you'll be wasting your money paying the AA, RAC or others to do a vehicle check for you. As I was exporting the car, any dealership extras re servicing, etc from the dealer was of no value to me. I negotiated hard. No trade-in. Cash buyer. Money in hand (card). End of the month in 7 days' time. Will shake hand on a deal right now. I asked for and got £1,000 off. They needed to make their month end targets. I think the timing of your trip is important. Don't go on the last day of the month, because they may already have made their sales targets. They tried to negotiate but they knew I had an identical car within 20 miles which I'd walk out and buy. So it was a one-off "Give me a £1000 off and if your boss asks if you think I'll accept £500 tell him I'm already walking out the door!"

Re-register your car in Ireland within 7 days using the V5C document to avoid penalties from the Revenue and make sure you send a letter to "Refunds, DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1AL" detailing seller, purchase date, export date, UK registration, Irish re-registration, re-registration date" and ask for the balance of your road tax back. You should get a cheque in the post within 6 weeks.

Good luck!

puffbubble

Green farmer wrote: »

Anyone know if you buy a Citroen in uk, would irish dealers honour the manufacturers warranty ?

I just purchased a Hyundai from the UK. The warranty will be honoured in Ireland so long as I use genuine Hyundai parts. Citroen may have the same option.

bazz26

It varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, Citroen do not offer the same warranty transfer as Hyundai.

Green farmer

puffbubble wrote: »

I'm just back from Scotland. Purchased a car from Arnold Clark in Stirling. Their vehicle check is much more comprehensive than the RAC check so you'll be wasting your money paying the AA, RAC or others to do a vehicle check for you. As I was exporting the car, any dealership extras re servicing, etc from the dealer was of no value to me. I negotiated hard. No trade-in. Cash buyer. Money in hand (card). End of the month in 7 days' time. Will shake hand on a deal right now. I asked for and got £1,000 off. They needed to make their month end targets. I think the timing of your trip is important.

Good luck!

Been watching Arnold Clarke website as a friend of mine dealt with them recently as well. Who would be their closest competitor in the U.K. ?

puffbubble

Green farmer wrote: »

Been watching Arnold Clarke website as a friend of mine dealt with them recently as well. Who would be their closest competitor in the U.K. ?

I'd say Evans Halshaw - but I have personal experience with Arnold Clark. About 2 years ago my dad was having his car serviced in his local dealership and an older guy was sitting next to him waiting. They struck up a conversation and the guy was enquiring what the quality of service/staff/parts/prices were like. My dad has had 15 years of good service from all their dealerships across the UK (we moved a lot) so he recommended them highly. Turned out the guy was Arnold Clark himself. Although retired he visited all his dealerships personally and made personal enquiries to keep standards at at high level.
You may find this helpful: https://www.statista.com/page/bestcardealers

Green farmer

Thanks, my friend is delighted with the car he bought off them and had the same opinion as yourself. It's where I'll end up sourcing a car myself.

puffbubble

When I spoke to the guy in the VRT office, he told me that when Brexit starts, it'll be too expensive to buy a car in the UK because when they're imported to Ireland we'll be paying VAT as well as VRT and that could amount to about €10k on top of the UK sale price! Hope you're successful with your purchase.

michellie

puffbubble wrote: »

When I spoke to the guy in the VRT office, he told me that when Brexit starts, it'll be too expensive to buy a car in the UK because when they're imported to Ireland we'll be paying VAT as well as VRT and that could amount to about €10k on top of the UK sale price! Hope you're successful with your purchase.

I don't know why he told you that, but Revenue have confirmed to us that they have no idea yet how brexit will effect VRT. And it could take several years before any changes are made.

puffbubble

michellie wrote: »

I don't know why he told you that, but Revenue have confirmed to us that they have no idea yet how brexit will effect VRT. And it could take several years before any changes are made.

You're right michellie, he only said it could be that amount, not that it WOULD be that amount. It's a waiting game... Personally I'd like to see the status quo maintained.