Any Swiss TVR owners (Zurich)??
Discussion
As some of the Essex mob know, I'm moving to Zurich for a couple of years for work, although flying back 2/3 times a month.
Wanted to know if there was either a TVR Club in Switzerland or how many owners there are around Zurich - would be good to meet up sometime.
Some people will know I've sold my Tuscan S and had a deposit on a Sagaris....whats the story if I wanted to bring one over to Switzerland??? Be interested to hear as might think about it once I'm over depending on what the restrictions are...
Alan.
>> Edited by Alf Essex on Sunday 8th May 18:26
Wanted to know if there was either a TVR Club in Switzerland or how many owners there are around Zurich - would be good to meet up sometime.
Some people will know I've sold my Tuscan S and had a deposit on a Sagaris....whats the story if I wanted to bring one over to Switzerland??? Be interested to hear as might think about it once I'm over depending on what the restrictions are...
Alan.
>> Edited by Alf Essex on Sunday 8th May 18:26
Hi ALF.
I am in Zurich on business a few times a month. I work for SR Technics, they have a small hangar at the airport (really toy could fit about 10 747's in it!).
Although this is totally OT where do you stay in ZRH? I am usually in the Hilton at the Airport but on the odd occasion I venture into town, it's bloody expensive!
>> Edited by Extra 300 Driver on Monday 9th May 11:38
I am in Zurich on business a few times a month. I work for SR Technics, they have a small hangar at the airport (really toy could fit about 10 747's in it!).
Although this is totally OT where do you stay in ZRH? I am usually in the Hilton at the Airport but on the odd occasion I venture into town, it's bloody expensive!
>> Edited by Extra 300 Driver on Monday 9th May 11:38
When you take the Tiv with you, keep it UK reg'd since the Swiss regulations on how loud a car has to be are totally opposite on what TVR thinks is perfectly acceptable 
Check with the people from http://tge.ch if they are able to service your car (just in case). They're near Zürich, and they are the ones that have made the Cerbera LHD conversions, IIRC.
Check with the people from http://tge.ch if they are able to service your car (just in case). They're near Zürich, and they are the ones that have made the Cerbera LHD conversions, IIRC.
we are very few here in switzerland. if you need help and advice you should contact AVALANCHE (PH member). he lives not far from Geneva and owns a Tuscan (RHD). he went through the import process some times ago.
welcome to Switzerland! I hope we will be able to have the opportunity to meet sometimes.
welcome to Switzerland! I hope we will be able to have the opportunity to meet sometimes.
welcome to switzerland! i live 10km from zurich and know some other tvr owners around here. would be great to meet.
about taking your car to switzerland, as far as i know you can bring it as moving-goods if you own the car at least for half a year so it has not to correspond to the swiss regulations.
peter
about taking your car to switzerland, as far as i know you can bring it as moving-goods if you own the car at least for half a year so it has not to correspond to the swiss regulations.
peter
Hi Alan,
Zenkar is right: There are only few owners in Switzerland, but we are all bitten by the Tiv-bug!
Just returned from the TVR 3 countries' meet which took place over the Whit-weekend in Bavaria. Some 40 odd Tivs, about equal share between Swiss, German and Austrian owners. On top a few Brits (Sussex and North East regions) who drove their prides over, amongst which was a totally stunning, five months' old Mk II Tuscan S. Superb driving, lots of fun and great people! Of course we could not quite match Yellow Peril's w-e turnout, but we did manage to get locals' jaws dropping when the convoy rumbled through Alpine villages.
On the Sagaris: You bet it would be THE show stealer in Zurich. Unfortunately, it looks as if we will not be able to buy one in the foreseeable future.
Apart from the noise issues, emission levels have apparently become a quasi insurmountable stumbling block. Hardly any chance to get a car into CH these days that does not match Euro 4 norms, and it seems that the Speed 6 engine does not even quite manage Euro 3. TGE (the importer)finds itself unable, till further notice, to import any new Tiv, irrespective of model.
As brem mentions: You might run a chance if you import it as part of your "moving goods". On top, you might want to find out for how long you can leave it Brit-registered and insured, possibly it would help if you kept a British residence address. Suggest you also talk to TGE, they might be able and help. Just in case this works out, some of us would most definitely consider taking up a second residence in the UK
Do let us know once you have arrived and are settled. Would be great for a few of us to get together for a couple of beers and listen to how it feels being the proud owner of a Sagaris.
Alois
Zenkar is right: There are only few owners in Switzerland, but we are all bitten by the Tiv-bug!
Just returned from the TVR 3 countries' meet which took place over the Whit-weekend in Bavaria. Some 40 odd Tivs, about equal share between Swiss, German and Austrian owners. On top a few Brits (Sussex and North East regions) who drove their prides over, amongst which was a totally stunning, five months' old Mk II Tuscan S. Superb driving, lots of fun and great people! Of course we could not quite match Yellow Peril's w-e turnout, but we did manage to get locals' jaws dropping when the convoy rumbled through Alpine villages.
On the Sagaris: You bet it would be THE show stealer in Zurich. Unfortunately, it looks as if we will not be able to buy one in the foreseeable future.
Apart from the noise issues, emission levels have apparently become a quasi insurmountable stumbling block. Hardly any chance to get a car into CH these days that does not match Euro 4 norms, and it seems that the Speed 6 engine does not even quite manage Euro 3. TGE (the importer)finds itself unable, till further notice, to import any new Tiv, irrespective of model. As brem mentions: You might run a chance if you import it as part of your "moving goods". On top, you might want to find out for how long you can leave it Brit-registered and insured, possibly it would help if you kept a British residence address. Suggest you also talk to TGE, they might be able and help. Just in case this works out, some of us would most definitely consider taking up a second residence in the UK
Do let us know once you have arrived and are settled. Would be great for a few of us to get together for a couple of beers and listen to how it feels being the proud owner of a Sagaris.
Alois
Hi Alf - re Switzerland
firstly check out the speeding fines which you get in Switzerland before you think about bringing any TVR over.
www.radar.ch/bussenkatalog.asp
Speeding fines become income related if you really go over the top - believe me, the price of beer is the least of your worries..I got a 30 day ban and 500GBP for my first offence - 65 in a 50mph zone. The irony being that I had 2 uk coppers in the back of the car at the time...ho hum.
The next website will probably help generally about coming to Switz.
www.comparis.ch/immigration/car/default.aspx
For insurance I use an excellent ex-pat focussed broker based in Basel.
I imported a Guernsey registered left hooker Audi A6 last year, but as a new resident you have 24 months before you have to register you car in Switzerland, i.e. pay 8% of the trade value in import duties.
Probably not worth importing the car unless it is a left hooker.
That said, the mountain roads are absolutely stunning. On a quiet day a blast up the hairpins into any ski resort if unbeatable. My current favourite hill climb is Verbier.
firstly check out the speeding fines which you get in Switzerland before you think about bringing any TVR over.
www.radar.ch/bussenkatalog.asp
Speeding fines become income related if you really go over the top - believe me, the price of beer is the least of your worries..I got a 30 day ban and 500GBP for my first offence - 65 in a 50mph zone. The irony being that I had 2 uk coppers in the back of the car at the time...ho hum.
The next website will probably help generally about coming to Switz.
www.comparis.ch/immigration/car/default.aspx
For insurance I use an excellent ex-pat focussed broker based in Basel.
I imported a Guernsey registered left hooker Audi A6 last year, but as a new resident you have 24 months before you have to register you car in Switzerland, i.e. pay 8% of the trade value in import duties.
Probably not worth importing the car unless it is a left hooker.
That said, the mountain roads are absolutely stunning. On a quiet day a blast up the hairpins into any ski resort if unbeatable. My current favourite hill climb is Verbier.
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