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Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:17:40 GMT
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My uncle did the same thing back in '78 and '80 picking up a diesel Rabbit
and diesel Dasher, driving around Europe a few weeks and shipping them back
as used cars...
Dave
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> > > >
> > > > Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:G2y261.48L@lugnet.com...
> > > >
> > > > > BTW, Chris, what would the postage to the UK on this gem be? :-) Just in
> > > > case.
> > > >
> > > > I'm pretty certain that Larry meant to type shipping and not postage.
> > >
> > > No, I meant to type postage, inasmuch as I was trying to be silly. For a
> > > vehicle of this age and condition, shipping to the UK via the cheapest
> > > possible way would be a significant fraction of (or even MORE than) the
> > > value of the car. Much less postage assuming one even could, which one • can't.
> >
> > The cheapest way of shipping a car is by ship, as you might expect,
> > and in fact it's more common than some might think. However, for
> > my car, I was quoted $1150 (I actually priced it, just to see), and
> > it would arrive in six weeks' to two months' time. After all, when
> > cars are imported to the US, the shipping companies sometimes can
> > easily carry other lots on the return trip to Europe--and at $1100+
> > a car, it's a lot more than they get for hauling fresh vehicles
> > from the factory (that bulk "destination" charge and all).
>
> I have no idea of what it cost in 1972, but we did the reverse. We went to
> Europe for a 5 or 6 week vacation. We took delivery of a VW Squareback at the
> factory in Germany, drove it around Europe, and then shipped it to the US. I
> think the end result was that we paid less than we would have paid to buy the
> car off the VW lot in the US, and didn't have to pay for a rental car. There's
> a real benefit to knocking some value off the car before paying import duties
> on it.
>
> Frank
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| (...) can't. (...) I have no idea of what it cost in 1972, but we did the reverse. We went to Europe for a 5 or 6 week vacation. We took delivery of a VW Squareback at the factory in Germany, drove it around Europe, and then shipped it to the US. I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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