where to buy a LHD ? Advices ? LHDporsche ?

[proenca]

Hi there,

Im now in the position of changing my current car to a 996 LHD - Im leaving the UK in a few months and under Portuguese customs law ( im portuguese btw ) I can bring a car home and slap a portuguese license plate and pay 0% on vat and on car tax ( usually 17%, so big big savings here )

So I managed to gather 25k to buy a 996 lhd which will be my daily driver in Portugal.

But my quest is - where to start ? I've seen LHDPORSCHES.COM and LHDVEHICLES... also a few on autotrader and pistonheads.. LHDporsches say they can source the car for me but.. anyone with experience with them ? Checked eporsch and 911virgin but no luck there for LHD.

Anyone got a 996 LHD to sell ? Triptonic prefered but manual is a go as well.

Whats the best place to source a lhd ? Thank you for you help

 

[Diesel130]

I would have thought Germany would be the best place to get a LHD 996.

 

[Steve_996_4S]

Hi there,
Purchased my used LHD 2003 996 4S in Germany as a Porsche factory ex company car. Even managed to get the German VAT refunded. Car was immaculate.

 

[Luis Redinha]

Hi Proença,
Just remember that the car has to be in your possession at least for 6 months and you have to prove that you worked and got payed every month of the last 24 that you spent in the UK. That was the law a few years ago when I tried something similar to what you´re planning ( I´m also portuguese, the english is just for the guys in the forum.)
As for the search for a German car, make sure that the law doesn´t require that you register the car in the country that you´re living in before birnging it to Portugal.
I went to Germany a couple of years ago and bought a 2003 C2 from a Porsche Dealer - Dusseldorf - very nice guys, with Porsche Warranty that I registered in Portugal but had to pay all taxes.
Feel free to PM me if you need adcional info,

Best wishes

Luis Redinha

 

[Diesel130]

I thought if you bought a car from another EU country, the import duty and VAT stuff only applied to new vehicles and not second hand ones ? I guess I'm wrong there ...

 

[aitch]

ORIGINAL: Diesel130

I thought if you bought a car from another EU country, the import duty and VAT stuff only applied to new vehicles and not second hand ones ? I guess I'm wrong there ...

Not in Portugal. The Portugese flout EU law, and do their own thing, based on engine size.

I was allowed to import one car duty free on taking up Residencia in Portugal. If I had had to pay the duty, on a one year old XC90, it would have been 15k euros !!!

Car prices for anything over 1400cc are unbelievable.

Before I bought y 996 I looked and importing from Germany, but by the time youve been to look, fetched it and paid the duty, you don´t really save anything.

Curiously though, the insrance on the 996 is 25% cheaper than the Volvo.

 

[carreraboy]

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