Hi,

I'm a Brit living on Crete and am looking for a mint 1983 or early 1984 XR3i. (with or without sunroof). Ideally, it would be a LHD car but a good RHD would be nearly as good.

The reason it must be 30 years old is because of the draconian Greek car import rules i.e. any younger and the registration tax is up to 341% of the original purchase price. Over 30 years old and this illegal tax does not apply.

If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great. I've scoured the usual sites and have found a few good examples and will be back in the UK next week to check them out.

Cheers,

TD

 

Apparently if you stip any vehicle into mostly parts you can get away with expensive import fees by saying there just parts
My mate does it with vespas etc

 

Sadly no. I've been here seven years and there is no way around the regulations. The reason is the tax evasion over here and the need to tax tangible assets e.g. car, boat, house, land etc. it needs a car document (like our V5) to tax and insure and even if I brought in every part bit by bit I'd still need to show them that the VIN nos is recorded here.

I brought my 1997 Porsche 993S here some years back and had all kinds of heartache, finally ending up selling it in Germany. What's more, the roads here aren't for a Porsche but are perfect for an uprated XR3i so I can relive my youth...

TD