It's easy.
The seller sends the V5 form back to the DVLA in swansea, and they then stamp it as being exported from the UK and post it to you. You teake this form to your nearest office (VRO) and they assess the condition of the car and decide on how much VRT you have to pay. Unless its either a piece of cr4p or its superbly shining and in fantastic condition, they will usually agree on the value from the revenue website.

Pay your VRT there and then, and they give you an RF100 (?) form, which you take to the motor tax office.
They give you the tax disc, and send off the RF100 form to shannon (I think) and they send you back the registration certificate.

If its old enough to need an NCT, you have to go to an NCT office and they put the detaisl onto their system, and within a day or 2 you can book an NCT test. The MOT counts for nothing here.

The vrt calculator on revenue.ie will give you a figure for the VRT.

I've done 2 cars so far ... a '92 Golf GTI and an '85 Porsche 924. Both costs were exactly as the website said. (The Porsche wasn't listed, so I had an email from revenue giving 3 figures, based on condition.

Dont forget to factor in your travel costs .. ferries aren't cheap !

I don't know about the 6 months in UK bit .. I'm sure someone else can help.

Hope that helps.

Declan

 

have a read through this guide from boards.ie, I used it to import a car <2 years ago.

 

as far as i am aware if you can prove you lived it england i.e mobile bills address etc you can get the vrt for free but you have to prove everything because they are unreal tight on this one

 

Three quick and easy steps to importing a car from the UK.
1. Buy Car and take it home on the boat.
2 Pay VRT.
3 Put your southern plates on it and tax and nct it.

This thing about having owned it for 6 months is virtually impossible to pull off unless you actually did live in NI or UK and had the car registered and insured in your own name. The VRT office has heard these stories hundreds of times before. They are very good at getting money out of us.

 

Cheers Guys,

will have a good look at this before making a proper decision.

 

QUOTE(kvw @ Sep 19 2006, 09:26 AM) [snapback]32904[/snapback]
have a read through this guide from boards.ie, I used it to import a car <2 years ago.


That was me who wrote that!!

 

When you go to pay the VRT do the Revenue lads/ladies actually come out and inspect the car or do they just work off the DVLA Form?

Will they charge extra if the car had a good leather interior?

Damien

 

QUOTE(dealgan @ Sep 19 2006, 09:17 AM) [snapback]32903[/snapback]
It's easy.
The seller sends the V5 form back to the DVLA in swansea, and they then stamp it as being exported from the UK and post it to you.


Do NOT do this.
When buying the car give the seller the export section from the V5 and take the remainder of the V5 with you.

You will not be able to pay VRT unless you have the full V5 with you and you will be waiting a few weeks to get this if you let the seller send all of it to the DVLA.

 

QUOTE(Rushey @ Oct 11 2006, 09:09 AM) [snapback]35922[/snapback]
That was me who wrote that!!

and a fine body of work it is too.

I've used it again a few weeks ago and followed it virtually to the letter,

RAC inspection...the whole shebang.

worked a treat again

 

that does look like a great guide i had a quick skim through it
would i be wright in thinking that the same points would apply
to bringing a car down from the north

 

QUOTE(bucks @ Nov 14 2006, 01:12 AM) [snapback]39780[/snapback]
Do NOT do this.
When buying the car give the seller the export section from the V5 and take the remainder of the V5 with you.

You will not be able to pay VRT unless you have the full V5 with you and you will be waiting a few weeks to get this if you let the seller send all of it to the DVLA.


Ahem. Yes, you will wait a few weeks for it to come back in the post from the dvla.
I've done this 3 times so far. I thought this was the right way to do it ?

First time I read the instruction on the V5 and that was what it said to do if exporting the car. Mabye they have changed the procedure ?

I was wondering how you were supposed to VRT it within 24 hours if you didnt have the paperwork !

 

You dont need to send the V5 to Swansea anymore, Just take it home with you. If you send it to Swansea, you will get it sent back a few weeks later with absolutely nothing changed and a letter telling you they no longer do the export of the car so its basically a complete waste sending it to them as they just open it, stick it in another envelope and send back to you.

As for the living in the UK thing, You could be asked to show proof of insurance, maintenance bills for the car (eg service) you will also be asked for payslips from UK, proof of residence etc, Unless you actually live there or girlfriend/best mate etc etc it aint going to work and you have to keep the car in that persons name for 9 months after it does come in.

 

QUOTE(cardoor @ Nov 13 2006, 11:54 PM) [snapback]39771[/snapback]
When you go to pay the VRT do the Revenue lads/ladies actually come out and inspect the car or do they just work off the DVLA Form?

Will they charge extra if the car had a good leather interior?

Damien


So loads of experience but nobody has actually answered my question???

 

Depends on the car.. I wasn't charged for the leather in my 1990 Corrado.. but on a newer car I am sure they might spot it and charge you for it being an optional extra that increased the value of the car

 

QUOTE(cardoor @ Nov 13 2006, 11:54 PM) [snapback]39771[/snapback]
When you go to pay the VRT do the Revenue lads/ladies actually come out and inspect the car or do they just work off the DVLA Form?

Will they charge extra if the car had a good leather interior?

Damien


Depends on your VRO office to be honest.

 

pre 00 cars wont get charged extra for extras but newer ones will

 

QUOTE(t.d @ Nov 15 2006, 03:24 PM) [snapback]40002[/snapback]
pre 00 cars wont get charged extra for extras but newer ones will


Not always.

I know of someone who took in a nearly new E class not so long ago, changed the nappa leather interior for cloth,avantgarde alloys to base spec alloys and so on to avoid paying extra VRT and they didnt even bother going out to look at it either

 

QUOTE(GSBellew @ Nov 15 2006, 03:43 PM) [snapback]40012[/snapback]
Not always.

I know of someone who took in a nearly new E class not so long ago, changed the nappa leather interior for cloth,avantgarde alloys to base spec alloys and so on to avoid paying extra VRT and they didnt even bother going out to look at it either

I heard that the boys in the VRT office are well wise to Mercs and read the options and extras off the sticker inside the door or in the boot.

 

What sticker?

Only one I know of is the chassis number and weight sticker on the drivers side B pillar

 

I got away with nothing on my latest import, they are well up to speed on extras etc.

They had the Glasses Guide out and everything, I was trying the old base model trick but no joy.

 

With the older stuff they don't seem to care. They didn't even bother to go out for a look at my A4.

 

I paid exactly what irsaid on the site for the Golf the other day. It was 5 to 4 so there was no way she was going out to check the spec on my "CL"!

Even upping the mileage doesn't make feck all difference either

 

If you're lucky, and go to an office close to closing time, and get an official with SFA knowledge about cars you might get away with a few extras.

The VRT official has a discretion to reduce the amount payable by 5% if your car is deemed "average" condition, and 10% if it is in "poor" condition, the base rate being calculated for a car in "good" condition. Mileage doesn't count for much. If you claim you are being charged too much you must pay the amount asked then claim to the VRT office in Rosslare for a rebate. (And the chances of that are small)

If you have the UK V5 form, and the on-line print out of the amount payable, and the details on these two forms match, then it's highly possible your car will not be inspected.

And, finally, the car must be roadworthy and must be drivable. It was once possible to import a crashed car and pay small VRT, now you must repair the car then pay VRY on the value of the repaired car. (Not fair, but that's tax.)

My GTi cost me £300. Revenue deemed it's OMSP at €2662.
I asked how this value came about. I was told it was based on the prices of similar cars for sale in dealers, despite there being none of them for sale in dealers in the country.

Revenue have hired some "consultants" who's job it is to scour the classified ads and forums, such as vagdrivers.net, and calculate the OMSP of "desirable" cars, such as Golf Mk2 and BMW E30 and such like.