Running a Wedge in Holland

[digga951]

Hello,

I'm currently weighing up some options of moving to Holland, possibly around the Utrecht area. I was wondering if any of the Dutch Wedgers could tell me what the approximate costs are of taxing/insuring/testing a TVR. I have a RHD 1986 350i. As a comparision, in the UK we pay around 370 Euros for insurance each year, 250 Euros for road tax and about 40 Euros for car testing.

Is there anything I should be aware of when exporting such a car, apart from the usual adapting the headlights etc?

Many thanks and hope to hear from a few of you very soon.

Dan.

[firefox1712]

Hi Daniel -

So you really are going to live in Holland?

Whilst there is free movement of cars throughout Europe - or supposed to be - the cost of registration in each country varies.

Hope it all goes well.

firefox

[adam quantrill]

and SPOTTED ( 6 months ago)...

I was being driven along a dual carriageway near Amsterdam and the conversation turned to "what car do you have". So I tried explaining to a Dutchman about TVR's and the wedge shaped one I have.

Then blow me if a white wedge didn't drive past in the other direction about 2 minutes later!

I think it was a convertible and probably early 80's judging by the styling. Holland plates. So if that was you....

[bhardy]

Hello Daniel,

There aren't many wedges here so it would be great if you moved to holland!!!! I live in Harmelen which is about 8 miles east of utrecht and own a 1988 350i which i imported from England about a year and a half ago. My brother did the same a few months later and has a 1990 350i. We are bit of a TVR familiy as my father owns a new type griffith and a 1969 vixen. He was untill two months ago the chairmen of the dutch TVR Car Club (which is a small and very sociable club with some 200 members) and still is a boardmember. He owns a insurance office and has special TVR member prices. The price depends on the valuation but will be about 250-300 euro. Road tax is about 350 euro's a year. Let me know if you decide to move, maybe we can meet and have a pint!

Greetings,
Bernard Hardy

[mhardy]

Dear Daniel,

Hope too see more V8 wedge's in NL!!!!!!!!

When you want to have your 350i on dutch plates you maybe need to pay tax (for import cars , we paid around 1000,- euro's just to let us on the road)

Mail me and i will find out.....