Re: Selling German car in UK

#1

A local garage used to import VW's from Ireland under an irish plate, they
all used to have dodgy history's probably used for terrorism

but yeah
they offered to change it to a UK registered car. Mind you they were still
right hand drive. not sure about the rest sorry can't be anymore help.

#2

"PJ" <pj (AT) tarags (DOT) demon.co.uk> wrote

Quote:

A German friend of mine, currently resident in the UK, wants to sell her
German registered, German spec Mk3 VW Golf. I have suggested that she
would
be better off taking it back to Germany to sell there, but obviously this
is
a trip that will cost, ultimately diminishing the profit she will make
from
the sale.

So, anyone got any advice on selling this car in the UK? Is it viable? How
much less will it make over a UK registered, UK spec vehicle of similar
age
and condition? If you were going to sell in the UK, where would you
advertise
a private sale? Any particular dealer you would go to? Given that she's
looking to upgrade to something better and UK registered, is it worth
trying
to part-exchange it as part of a UK based deal?

I don't know the year or exact spec of the vehicle. It's red - lighter in
some places than others because it's suffering from paint fade.

TIA.

Assuming it is LHD, Its value would be very low in this country. If she
doesn't want to take it back to BRD, her best bet might be a squaddie who's
about to get posted over there.

HTH

Steve

#3

Quote:

Assuming it is LHD, Its value would be very low in this country. If she
doesn't want to take it back to BRD, her best bet might be a squaddie
who's
about to get posted over there.

What an excellent idea.

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#4

In news:R6CSb.2041$Xh2.19230915 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net,
Steve Knight <steve.kXnigXht1 (AT) bluXeyonXder (DOT) co.uk> decided to enlighten our
sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Quote:

Assuming it is LHD, Its value would be very low in this country. If
she doesn't want to take it back to BRD, her best bet might be a
squaddie who's about to get posted over there.

What an excellent idea.

Speaking as the owner of a lovely LHD Mk2 Golf, I'd say sell it in Europe. I
was offered ?900 for my '85 GTi in Greece, but it'd cost me about ?600 to
get it there. It's now off to the great scrapyard in the sky.

Shame really, LHD Golfs always drive better than RHD ones.

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Pete M

Alfa 164 TS,
Mercedes 500 SEL,

Scouse Git extraordinaire.
Liverpool, Great Britain

#5

In article <jeCSb.2049$BA2.19482819 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net>, Pete M
says...

Quote:

In news:R6CSb.2041$Xh2.19230915 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net,
Steve Knight <steve.kXnigXht1 (AT) bluXeyonXder (DOT) co.uk> decided to enlighten our
sheltered souls with a rant as follows
Assuming it is LHD, Its value would be very low in this country. If
she doesn't want to take it back to BRD, her best bet might be a
squaddie who's about to get posted over there.

What an excellent idea.

Speaking as the owner of a lovely LHD Mk2 Golf, I'd say sell it in Europe. I
was offered ?900 for my '85 GTi in Greece, but it'd cost me about ?600 to
get it there. It's now off to the great scrapyard in the sky.

have you binned it yet?

--
Michael
r1100rs(nearly there)|z400|pc50|mk2 16v|
'fot#125 | twa#5 | flo#10

#6

In news:MPG.1a85123575c5cdd59898f6 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net,
petrolcan <colmREMOVEcanning (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> decided to enlighten our sheltered
souls with a rant as follows

Quote:

In article <jeCSb.2049$BA2.19482819 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net>, Pete M
says...
In news:R6CSb.2041$Xh2.19230915 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net,
Steve Knight <steve.kXnigXht1 (AT) bluXeyonXder (DOT) co.uk> decided to
enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows
Assuming it is LHD, Its value would be very low in this country. If
she doesn't want to take it back to BRD, her best bet might be a
squaddie who's about to get posted over there.

What an excellent idea.

Speaking as the owner of a lovely LHD Mk2 Golf, I'd say sell it in
Europe. I was offered ?900 for my '85 GTi in Greece, but it'd cost
me about ?600 to get it there. It's now off to the great scrapyard
in the sky.

have you binned it yet?

Nope, what you after off it? It's still complete and MOT'd ..

--
Pete M

Alfa 164 TS,
Mercedes 500 SEL,

Scouse Git extraordinaire.
Liverpool, Great Britain

#7

In article <jrDSb.2127$Za3.19950700 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net>, Pete M
says...

Quote:

In news:MPG.1a85123575c5cdd59898f6 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net,
petrolcan <colmREMOVEcanning (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> decided to enlighten our sheltered shit hole with

Speaking as the owner of a lovely LHD Mk2 Golf, I'd say sell it in
Europe. I was offered ?900 for my '85 GTi in Greece, but it'd cost
me about ?600 to get it there. It's now off to the great scrapyard
in the sky.

have you binned it yet?

Nope, what you after off it? It's still complete and MOT'd ..

Has it got an MFA stalk, wiper thingy, RHS? and a decent parcel shelf,
and parcel shelf supports, and drivers seat (UK) etc etc :-)
--
Michael
r1100rs(nearly there)|z400|pc50|mk2 16v|
'fot#125 | twa#5 | flo#10

#8

In news:MPG.1a8515e2b639bd139898fb (AT) news (DOT) individual.net,
petrolcan <colmREMOVEcanning (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> decided to enlighten our sheltered
souls with a rant as follows

Quote:

In article <jrDSb.2127$Za3.19950700 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net>, Pete M
says...
In news:MPG.1a85123575c5cdd59898f6 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net,
petrolcan <colmREMOVEcanning (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> decided to enlighten our
sheltered shit hole with

Speaking as the owner of a lovely LHD Mk2 Golf, I'd say sell it in
Europe. I was offered ?900 for my '85 GTi in Greece, but it'd cost
me about ?600 to get it there. It's now off to the great scrapyard
in the sky.

have you binned it yet?

Nope, what you after off it? It's still complete and MOT'd ..

Has it got an MFA stalk, wiper thingy, RHS? and a decent parcel shelf,
and parcel shelf supports, and drivers seat (UK) etc etc :-)

Yup, it's got a decent MFA stalk (but they're only swappable if you've got
VDO gauges and the hazard light is on the dash, not the column)
it's got a near mint RH seat (but it's black with grey stripes), not got
parcel shelf supports, but I have got a couple of decent shelves. (one black
original VW, and a dark grey acoustic one with holes for 6x9s).

The whole car isn't bad, Bilsteins on the back, decent tyres, x drilled rear
discs...

--
Pete M

Alfa 164 TS,
Mercedes 500 SEL,

Scouse Git extraordinaire.
Liverpool, Great Britain

#9

In article <19ESb.2145$S93.19940453 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net>, Pete M
says...

Quote:

Yup, it's got a decent MFA stalk (but they're only swappable if you've got
VDO gauges and the hazard light is on the dash, not the column)

That's the one, rip it out before you scrap it.

Quote:

it's got a near mint RH seat (but it's black with grey stripes),

Don't care, seat covers will sort that. Will the seat belt buckle Still
fix onto that seat?

Quote:

but I have got a couple of decent shelves. (one black
original VW, and a dark grey acoustic one with holes for 6x9s).

Got a 6x9 shelf but I'll have the original shelf off you

Quote:

The whole car isn't bad, Bilsteins on the back, decent tyres, x drilled rear
discs...

Hmmmm, got bilsteins already all round. What wheels you got? Alloys or
steel? Might be interested in the discs.

Tell you what, I'll give you a ton and I'll collect?

--
Michael
r1100rs(nearly there)|z400|pc50|mk2 16v|
'fot#125 | twa#5 | flo#10

#10

In news:MPG.1a8520aa716d1317989903 (AT) news (DOT) individual.net,
petrolcan <colmREMOVEcanning (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> decided to enlighten our sheltered
souls with a rant as follows

Quote:

In article <19ESb.2145$S93.19940453 (AT) news-text (DOT) cableinet.net>, Pete M
says...

Yup, it's got a decent MFA stalk (but they're only swappable if
you've got VDO gauges and the hazard light is on the dash, not the
column)

That's the one, rip it out before you scrap it.

it's got a near mint RH seat (but it's black with grey stripes),

Don't care, seat covers will sort that. Will the seat belt buckle
Still
fix onto that seat?

Seatbelts work fine!

Quote:

but I have got a couple of decent shelves. (one black
original VW, and a dark grey acoustic one with holes for 6x9s).

Got a 6x9 shelf but I'll have the original shelf off you

The whole car isn't bad, Bilsteins on the back, decent tyres, x
drilled rear discs...

Hmmmm, got bilsteins already all round. What wheels you got? Alloys or
steel? Might be interested in the discs.

6x14" Steels, but I've got some Pirelli "P" wheels somewhere.

Quote:

Tell you what, I'll give you a ton and I'll collect?

Sold to the man with no job!
--
Pete M

Alfa 164 TS,
Mercedes 500 SEL,

Scouse Git extraordinaire.
Liverpool, Great Britain