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+1, at least one car stored there changed hands privately that I heard about and was never advertised.
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I beleive that there is quite a significant cost to change a EU spec car to be UK legal e.g.
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Looking on PH classifieds there are not many CGTs for sale and all have not much more than delivery milage.
Assuming that some owners actually drive them, rather than store them as investments....do higher mileage cars actually come up for sale but get sold without being advertised?
Also, when doing a bit of research a few months back it seemed that the cars fell into three price categories: UK cars > European > US. However, I think the technical differences between deliveries to the three markets (especially between UK and Europe) were not significant. Any reason for the price difference? Just because UK cars would presumably have been maintained by Porsche Reading and so a known quantity?
All cars are mechanically identical. Age and origin are irrelevant although the US style bumper is not that appealing I agree.
Most imported cars would have been maintained by Porsche Reading anyway.
Yes only Porsche GB for official servicing, last time I was in there they had about 12 cars stored for the owners in the warehouse at the back some of which I'm told have 50k+ miles on them without any issues.
Think Porsche GB would be a good place to ask about cars as they seem to know what's going on with them all. Were cars for sale there that were not advertised anywhere.
will_ said:
I beleive that there is quite a significant cost to change a EU spec car to be UK legal e.g. headlights etc. Can anyone confirm?
Back in the summer I did think about buying a CGT in Switzerland and bringing it back to the UK with me next year. I spoke with Andy at Reading. I don't recall him saying there was any significant cost or trouble in registering in the UK. Of course, you have to bear in mind that even if it cost (say) £5000 that might by itself be a lot but is not really much when the car costs £300'000, if you see what I mean.
SpeedYellow said:
Think Porsche GB would be a good place to ask about cars as they seem to know what's going on with them all. Were cars for sale there that were not advertised anywhere.
+1, at least one car stored there changed hands privately that I heard about and was never advertised. Would absolutely not buy any car in the UK if Reading did not give the all clear personally.
Schnellmann said:
will_ said:
I beleive that there is quite a significant cost to change a EU spec car to be UK legal e.g. headlights etc. Can anyone confirm?
Back in the summer I did think about buying a CGT in Switzerland and bringing it back to the UK with me next year. I spoke with Andy at Reading. I don't recall him saying there was any significant cost or trouble in registering in the UK. Of course, you have to bear in mind that even if it cost (say) £5000 that might by itself be a lot but is not really much when the car costs £300'000, if you see what I mean.
Careful though, you will have to pay 10% duty and then 20% VAT on importing a car from a non-EU country. So a £300,000 car will be £396,000 (plus MOT and anything it needs to pass e.g. headlights, £55 first reg fee and road tax).
thegoose said:
Careful though, you will have to pay 10% duty and then 20% VAT on importing a car from a non-EU country. So a £300,000 car will be £396,000 (plus MOT and anything it needs to pass e.g. headlights, £55 first reg fee and road tax).
No VAT if you owned it for 6 months prior to importing and keep for at least 12 months after importing.
Schnellmann said:
No VAT if you owned it for 6 months prior to importing and keep for at least 12 months after importing.
Provided you were living outside the UK for 12 months and are now moving your main home back to the UK.
And what's the story with bringing a car over from the continent?I assume if VAT's been paid abroad then it's exempt in the UK?Any idea of conversion costs to UK spec?
gunner said:
And what's the story with bringing a car over from the continent?I assume if VAT's been paid abroad then it's exempt in the UK?Any idea of conversion costs to UK spec?
For an EU registered car you just need a CoC (EU Certificate of Conformity) & an MOT, then pay the first registration fee of £55, and buy road tax at the same time. How strict the MOT station are about headlamp aim etc is variable.
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