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by **Cap** » Tue May 11, 2010 9:41 pm

Raymanoff wrote:hm, 3 years on brand new diplokampino... done 44000 miles

40 miles a day Raymanoff?

by **rigsby** » Wed May 12, 2010 11:53 am

How much is import duty on a car, say a E220 merc,I saw one advertised for e33,000 about £30,000, in the UK you could pick up a 2006 E class for around £11,000-£15,000 depending on milage ect

by **Raymanoff** » Wed May 12, 2010 1:50 pm

Cap, guess that comes to it yeah...

by **bsharpish** » Wed May 12, 2010 3:27 pm

rigsby wrote:How much is import duty on a car, say a E220 merc,I saw one advertised for e33,000 about £30,000, in the UK you could pick up a 2006 E class for around £11,000-£15,000 depending on milage ect

Assuming its under 2250cc , automatic and approx 3-4 years old with over 6000 km's on the clock -

With shipping , duty, MOT, registration and road tax you would need to add 6500-7500 euro to the UK price

Dependant on shipping method and a few other factors

Ovearll on a like for like basis and even with a slightly higher euro\£ exchange rate - you should save approx 20% as a minimum

As an example my current Navarra cost me 14500 euro all in "on the road" - same car here approx 18000 euro everywhere I went :roll:

Lets just say I have imported a few vehicles :wink:

and its actually a pretty painless procedure.

by **rigsby** » Wed May 12, 2010 4:14 pm

Thanks for that info Bsharpish I,ll keep it in mind

by **dodo** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:15 pm

You think that Merc has a lot of miles ? What about that American bloke with his Volvo P1800, 1966 model, original engine, gasoline, not Diesel. It is now closing in to 3.000.000 Miles/4.800.000 million kms. That's some whopping figures and it's been done by ONE driver, one CAR, ONE unaltered engine !!!

by **Cap** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:25 pm

Cap wrote:We have a company car at work, a Peugeot 306 95 model diesel with 301000 km. Is this concidered alot and how does it compare to your cars milage?

Said car has now 321000 km on the clock and counting...

by **dodo** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:45 pm

BTW, my father had a Opel Kadett E , 1985 version that he bought with more than 200.000 km's on the clock in the early 90's and he did about 600.000 before getting a different car few years ago. And it was driven on the harsh roads of Romania, not on the Autobahn.

It had the 1.6 Diesel engine (non-turbo), it was slow and sometimes it wouldn't start the first time in winter but other than that, a great car.

Nowadays the new cars on the market are simply disposables, they would not last as long.