Selling a car to someone overseas

[thecremeegg]

Just a bump to this, I have a Z4 3.0 for sale and a guy in Spain wants to buy it. He's going to fly over and drive it back and convert to LHD.
Apparently Z4 3.0s are non existent over there and if they do come up they're big money - having a look even 2.0i versions are selling for €17k!
Has asked many questions, videos etc and sounds legit, especially as he's coming over to drive it back himself.

[asfault]

thecremeegg said:

Just a bump to this, I have a Z4 3.0 for sale and a guy in Spain wants to buy it. He's going to fly over and drive it back and convert to LHD.
Apparently Z4 3.0s are non existent over there and if they do come up they're big money - having a look even 2.0i versions are selling for €17k!
Has asked many questions, videos etc and sounds legit, especially as he's coming over to drive it back himself.

You are posting this as a satire/ pisstake right?
this will be a scam.
im sure there are plenty of german refgistered z4s that dont need converting he could buy.

[z4RRSchris]

I sold my RRS Supercharged to a guy from the Congo who wanted me to give him an invoice for £500 more than the agreed price so he could get a few extra quid out of his dad and he would split the £500 with me.

all turned out to be true, the car is now in the Congo.

[asfault]

z4RRSchris said:

I sold my RRS Supercharged to a guy from the Congo who wanted me to give him an invoice for £500 more than the agreed price so he could get a few extra quid out of his dad and he would split the £500 with me.

all turned out to be true, the car is now in the Congo.

username checks out for the comment about the Spanish buyer

[Muzzer79]

asfault said:

thecremeegg said:

Just a bump to this, I have a Z4 3.0 for sale and a guy in Spain wants to buy it. He's going to fly over and drive it back and convert to LHD.
Apparently Z4 3.0s are non existent over there and if they do come up they're big money - having a look even 2.0i versions are selling for €17k!
Has asked many questions, videos etc and sounds legit, especially as he's coming over to drive it back himself.

You are posting this as a satire/ pisstake right?
this will be a scam.
im sure there are plenty of german refgistered z4s that dont need converting he could buy.

You'd think so

But with the recent weakness of Sterling, it's worth checking prices in Germany or similar as it could be cost-effective to buy in the UK and convert - our cars here are notoriously cheaper than Europe anyway, without currency variance.

[WillB]

asfault said:

You are posting this as a satire/ pisstake right?
this will be a scam.
im sure there are plenty of german refgistered z4s that dont need converting he could buy.

Having sold quite a few RHD Z3's into Europe from the UK myself (pre-Brexit), this wont be a scam.

The buyer may well not realise now that the UK is no longer in the EU, so he will have to pay VAT and duty when he imports into Spain.

That's not the sellers issue, but if the buyer doesn't know this, he'll be in for an expensive shock

Edited by WillB on Thursday 4th April 15:52

[BAMoFo]

In the past I sold a Boxster S to a guy from Germany and a 911 Turbo to a guy in Hong Kong. As previously stated the weak GBP and cheaper cars here can make it viable.

[BlimeyCharlie]

I will hopefully be selling a car later this week to someone from Holland.
He is flying over, then train to local station etc.

DVLA states on DVLA's website that I am am to fill out the Exporting section of V5, keep that bit only and send that section off to DVLA via post. New buyer is handed rest of Logbook.

Does anyone know if this can be done online instead?
I can date and time an invoice/receipt of course but not keen on the liability being 'mine' in the interim period should there be any speeding etc.