Southern Irish imports to UK - What are the disadvantages?
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My farther-in-law is looking for a SEAT Exeo. He has found a company that imports new cars with delivery miles from Southern Ireland with a large discount on list prices, I think my wife said they are £13.5k new saving about £6.5k.
I was just wondreing if anyone had any pointers on what the downfalls might be on driving/owning an new imported car?
I'm guessing car insurance may be higher, it would be worth less when sold any other ideas?
I was just wondreing if anyone had any pointers on what the downfalls might be on driving/owning an new imported car?
I'm guessing car insurance may be higher, it would be worth less when sold any other ideas?
Insurance should be no different, it's a parallel import rather than a grey import from Japan for example. As said, if the spec is different or they have different model names to UK cars then that could cause some confusion to the insurers otherwise apart from the warranty there is nothing to worry about. Twelve years ago everybody was bringing cars in from Holland, Germany etc the market was flooded with them.
Back in 2002 we purchased from a Renault main dealer a 2000 Renault Megane Sport Alize 1.4 that had been imported from Ireland when new. It had been registered in Ireland by the supplying garage and then 10 days later, with less than 200 miles on the clock, to the UK purchaser. It cost us £1,000 less than similar cars that had been originally supplied by a UK dealer. As late as 2009 some insurance companies insisted insuring it as an imported car or just refused to insure it. The spec was identical to the same model sold in the UK except it was badged RTi.
crostonian said:
Insurance should be no different, it's a parallel import rather than a grey import from Japan for example.
I wasn't aware that there was a difference? I always thought an import was an import. How exactly do you define the difference between a grey and a parallel then?Also it is possible the spec might be different on a ROI car. I've been told by an owner of MK4 Golf from ROI that they had the same spec as the South African market so have a few minor differences.
Whilst it will generally now be cheaper to purchase a car out of the ROI due to current exchange rates and no requirement for you to suffer our Vehichle Registration Tax 
, be careful on spec as sometimes what you will take for granted as a standard feature on a UK car may be optional over here. This isn't as bad as it used to be, but still worth checking out exactly what you will get on the car
, be careful on spec as sometimes what you will take for granted as a standard feature on a UK car may be optional over here. This isn't as bad as it used to be, but still worth checking out exactly what you will get on the carLeins said:
Whilst it will generally now be cheaper to purchase a car out of the ROI due to current exchange rates and no requirement for you to suffer our Vehichle Registration Tax , be careful on spec as sometimes what you will take for granted as a standard feature on a UK car may be optional over here. This isn't as bad as it used to be, but still worth checking out exactly what you will get on the car
The tax in Ireland is beyond A joke.It is the main reason why I want to leave Ireland., be careful on spec as sometimes what you will take for granted as a standard feature on a UK car may be optional over here. This isn't as bad as it used to be, but still worth checking out exactly what you will get on the carArt0ir said:
Jesus Christ you're buying from within the British Isles not Darfur.
If doing it privately, you buy it, insure it, MOT it on the chassis number and tax it. That's it.
Ignorance is not an excuse for stupidity.If doing it privately, you buy it, insure it, MOT it on the chassis number and tax it. That's it.
Edited by Art0ir on Monday 24th September 14:33
I'm sure you wouldn't exactly be advising someone to do exactly the same on a Japanese Imported Supra or Skyline, would you?
Back in 2009 we were offered a cracking deal on one of a batch of new, never registered, RoI Mazda6 cars.
Didn't go ahead, though because the Irish car was a saloon and the particular model was only available as a hatch on the UK market (or was it Irish hatch and UK was saloon only?)
Whatever, we decided insurance and resale would just be too much pain for the saving on offer, so bought a Focus instead.
Didn't go ahead, though because the Irish car was a saloon and the particular model was only available as a hatch on the UK market (or was it Irish hatch and UK was saloon only?)
Whatever, we decided insurance and resale would just be too much pain for the saving on offer, so bought a Focus instead.
Roastie ITR said:
My farther-in-law is looking for a SEAT Exeo. He has found a company that imports new cars with delivery miles from Southern Ireland with a large discount on list prices, I think my wife said they are £13.5k new saving about £6.5k.
I was just wondreing if anyone had any pointers on what the downfalls might be on driving/owning an new imported car?
I'm guessing car insurance may be higher, it would be worth less when sold any other ideas?
Spec tends to be lower as standardI was just wondreing if anyone had any pointers on what the downfalls might be on driving/owning an new imported car?
I'm guessing car insurance may be higher, it would be worth less when sold any other ideas?
Your insurance company may still increase your premium
Resale value may be impacted
Warranty will be shorter
Model name might not be the same, eg, ours might be SE, theirs might be EX.
Engine may be different that uk cars.
And over and above that, you can get an easy £3K off uk cars, plus there may be manufacturer subsidised finance packages available here that you wont otherwise get.
Edited by daemon on Monday 24th September 19:37
Art0ir said:
Jesus Christ you're buying from within the British Isles not Darfur.
If doing it privately, you buy it, insure it, MOT it on the chassis number and tax it. That's it.
Forgot to add if it's under ten years old it will need a Certificate of Conformity which the supplier should give you.If doing it privately, you buy it, insure it, MOT it on the chassis number and tax it. That's it.
Edited by Art0ir on Monday 24th September 14:33
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