some one interested in my car from ireland, he sent me this email wich contained this wording. is this a con or not? do they have to pay some sort of tax or something to import vehicles there?

Buying the car isnt the problem clearing it is thats why i needed the details. Thanks again ill let you know as soon as they give me a price.

Sean.

 

differant kettle of fish is southern ireland
they have to pay tax taking it south of the border
so it may be ok

 

Thanks cozzfather thats all i needed to know. looks very genuine then

 

Here in the Republic we have to pay VRT...Vehicle Registration Tax on any car we import.So Im guessing youre interested buyer is just getting a quote for the tax off the goverment department.To do so he needs certain info,so thats why they're asking you a few extra questions.All the best,Micky

 

thanks for that micky, so how much tax will he be likely to be paying on a escos then?

 

id reckon on somewhere between 4 to 6 thousand euro, its 25 or 28 per cent of what they reckon its worth, the revenue dont work off what you pay for the car , they have their own assesors, its a bastard tax that our goverment are getting taken to court and fined for but they make more from the vrt (vehicle registration tax) than the fines cost
it used to be called a vehicle import tax but they changed it when joining the eu all those years ago, stupid thing is a commercial vehicle is only 50 quid, so tear out the rear seats and cover up the rear windows with alloy to turn it into the first esco cos van

 

A lad who bought mine and Stickys old saph was from Ireland, top bloke, no messing, he just came, paid the money and took the car, how it should always be done!

The Irish seem to be buying alot of Cossies at the mo, another one from round our way has just been snapped up buy a Irish lad

 

probarbly because a lot of lads turning 25 to 30 can now afford the insurance and also any cossies over here arent in the best of nick, uk cars tend to be kept better

 

i bought doug stirlings old saph a while back. was a very well kept car.

a real credit to him. was gone within a week witha trade in 90 4x4 and 4k

happy days but i should have kept it. gunship stage 2 is the daddy for
a street car imo

 

4-6 thousand euro! thats scandalous!

 

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yep the irish i have dealt with were no messing serious ford enthusiasts.
i sold a lhd cozzie to a well know toyota/ford specialist in ireland
then i see a lad on here with a lhd escort cozzie, and when i said about
my one that went the emerald isle, he said he got his from the same bloke, its a shame your selling K5SSY the car is a
stunner

 

the thing about the vrt and cossies they wont give you a price over the phone you must take the car down to them and then they pick a number from the sky.At the moment its anything between 3.5 and 7k.Taxi's are far cheaper to clear