UK - Budapest Road Trip
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That's the plan. Over 1-2 weeks. Visit awesome stuff on the way.
First step Autotrader.
LHD Diesel BMW 5 series for <£2k.
Head to Budapest and in the equivalent HUF seems to be worth £4k+.
The idea is to buy a Touring, throw an airbed in the back and have two of us kip on it (free campsite) across Europe.
Minimal luxuries, pay for our own s
tty supermarket food and fuel. Take the profit of car donate to charity (along with whatever we can pickup on the way).
That's the plan. Over 1-2 weeks. Visit awesome stuff on the way.
First step Autotrader.
LHD Diesel BMW 5 series for <£2k.
Head to Budapest and in the equivalent HUF seems to be worth £4k+.
The idea is to buy a Touring, throw an airbed in the back and have two of us kip on it (free campsite) across Europe.
Minimal luxuries, pay for our own s
tty supermarket food and fuel. Take the profit of car donate to charity (along with whatever we can pickup on the way).- Buy LHD Special.
- Drive to Budapest.
- ???
- Profit.
Edited by Art0ir on Sunday 24th March 02:54
Reims old GP circuit on the way/way back, if you like this kind of thing
Auto + Teknik @ Sinsheim - superb car & aircraft museum on the way to Stuttgart
http://www.technik-museum.de/en
Krakow - If you like Prague, Krakow is definitely worth driving a but further into Poland for
Vienna - not that far from Bratislava, while on your way to Budapest
Whatever route you take, you'll have a great time - best of luck.
Auto + Teknik @ Sinsheim - superb car & aircraft museum on the way to Stuttgart
http://www.technik-museum.de/en
Krakow - If you like Prague, Krakow is definitely worth driving a but further into Poland for
Vienna - not that far from Bratislava, while on your way to Budapest
Whatever route you take, you'll have a great time - best of luck.
I think you're missing the difficulty of selling an imported car when you're foreign with no local address. Even with all the documentation I think you'll struggle, have you looked into registration costs for imports in Hungary which could effect the value if you do find a buyer?
It'll be an awesome trip, but attempting to make a profit and do it ultra-cheaply seems to be missing the point (you can stay in Hostels in most of places for tiny money and finding cheap, interesting local restaurants are all part of the experience). I understand you want to do it for charioty, but you'd be better off just asking people to set you challenges and being sponsored to do things or similar.
It'll be an awesome trip, but attempting to make a profit and do it ultra-cheaply seems to be missing the point (you can stay in Hostels in most of places for tiny money and finding cheap, interesting local restaurants are all part of the experience). I understand you want to do it for charioty, but you'd be better off just asking people to set you challenges and being sponsored to do things or similar.
Miglia 888 said:
Vienna - not that far from Bratislava, while on your way to Budapest
Agreed!!!From looking at the route you plan, I fully recommend heading for Passau on the Danube, and then follow the river through Vienna and onwards to Bratislava and even to Budapest. All at least some of this as you can fit it in because it's great driving/scenery.
W00DY said:
I think you're missing the difficulty of selling an imported car when you're foreign with no local address. Even with all the documentation I think you'll struggle, have you looked into registration costs for imports in Hungary which could effect the value if you do find a buyer?
It'll be an awesome trip, but attempting to make a profit and do it ultra-cheaply seems to be missing the point (you can stay in Hostels in most of places for tiny money and finding cheap, interesting local restaurants are all part of the experience). I understand you want to do it for charioty, but you'd be better off just asking people to set you challenges and being sponsored to do things or similar.
I hadn't considered any of that really thanks to the copious amounts of vodka consumed during the early planning phase last night/this morning, so I'll need to investigate.It'll be an awesome trip, but attempting to make a profit and do it ultra-cheaply seems to be missing the point (you can stay in Hostels in most of places for tiny money and finding cheap, interesting local restaurants are all part of the experience). I understand you want to do it for charioty, but you'd be better off just asking people to set you challenges and being sponsored to do things or similar.
What challenges did you have in mind?
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