I am looking at buying a 2006 Audi A4 2.0TDI S-Line Avant from the UK.
The standard specification is higher then the Irish spec i.e. Sports Suspension Electric adjustable Sports Seats and a few other bits and pieces.
The price including rate of exchange and VRT is very competitive compared to the price quoted by garages here.
My concern is will I be charged extra for the higher standard spec or will I be charged based on the Revenue calculated value of the car?
Thanks,
I am looking to buy from an Audi main dealer as I am aware that clocking is rife in the UK and I will be looking to get the ususal checks carried out HPI etc.
Is there anything else I should do?
Thanks all,
I am going to a dealer even though I will pay more but at least their is some comeback.
The cars I am looking at are all over 6 months old but thanks for that tip as I did not know that.
Great site this!
They are no fools in revenue when it comes to extra specifications. They know what to look out for, and your kind of car, where you have not been resident in the UK for more than six months, and therefore not VRT exempt, will be looked at for any extras.
It probably depends on where you go and how busy they are at the time? Remember many are ex-Customs and know their stuff, not revenue pen-pushers. The revenue site says they MAY examine the car, I think, not they WILL
no-one I know (including me, twice) has ever had the extras checked on registering an import.
any V5 documnet will detail if the car is an SE, sport etc.
This was discussed recently, but for my own personal experience, i recently brought in a fully loaded BMW 320 touring sport with all the extra's and i got stung for every extra, 30% of the leather, blue tooth, heated seats, metallic paint etc, etc. They did'nt come out to look at the car, they don't need to. They just input the chassis number into the UK database and up comes my exact car listing all the extra's. No discussion, thats the price take it or leave it! I took it but still saved a packet. Went through a main dealer by the way.
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