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Is it worth buying in the north?

  • 17-08-2018 5:03pm
    #1
    Farmer_3650
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 575 ✭✭✭


    I am planning on buying a 2010/2011 Volkswagen caddy in the next few weeks. I have €4500 to spend and I was wondering is there much savings to be made if I were to buy up the north? Tia


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  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,411 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Compare the price of one up in the North + euro exchange + VRT against what a similar one will cost you down here.


  • #3
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    At that money / age I found it wasn't.

    If spending over 10k seems to be value up there alright.


  • #4
    bootser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭bootser


    +1 on saving if spending 10k+. I got a 162 i40 landed for 17k buying from the North. Same car down here is 20+!! It pays to check and it's a very easy process.


  • #5
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,228 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    I bought a 2 year old Fiesta up there last year for £7,000, and inc vrt came to €10,400. Retail here for same car would be €12,500 or so. Car still under Ford warranty so no need for local garage warranty. Car was like new, but mileage was a bit high but not worried about that as it is not going to be used for more than 5 or 6,000 km/year and will be kept for a good few years.

    So in this case was worth going up to collect it.


  • #6
    Cattleman101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭Cattleman101


    I am also thinking about buying up north. I was wondering how is VRT calculated? Is it a fixed percentage of the value or do they charge based on model / engine size / year etc.


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  • #7
    bootser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭bootser


    Cattleman101 wrote:
    I am also thinking about buying up north. I was wondering how is VRT calculated? Is it a fixed percentage of the value or do they charge based on model / engine size / year etc.


    If you Google vrt calculator it will get you to a revenue website where you can put in the make model and year of the car you are thinking of getting and it will spit out an approx. vrt charge. Make sure you have the right model and keep in mind that any mods will change the valuation. I got a calc for our i40 that was bang on. Good luck there is definitely a saving to be made!


  • #8
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    Calculated as a percentage of what revenue deem the car to be worth.
    They take the original cost and subttract for age and mileage.

    What percentage is derived from the car's emissions.

    As above revenue have a free calculator you can use as much as you like
    https://www.ros.ie/evrt-enquiry/vrtenquiry.html?execution=e1s1


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