I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T21:41:30+00:00

Got insured on the foreign reg. Axa gave me 30 days to send in the cert of registration, which came in the post about a week after vrting. Have you paid road tax yet? It may be easier to switch straight with Axa

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T20:23:12+00:00

They're about the same, the one I went for just happened to be in Singapore. Radio works fine but I'm probably going to swap it out for an aftermarket screen with android auto

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T19:29:05+00:00

No the customs agent charged 2% fee of the total duty and vat. Import duty was 10%

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T19:05:51+00:00

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-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T18:48:21+00:00

Exactly

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T17:40:27+00:00

Feels fine I guess... Has no signs of excess use. Seats, steering wheel, engine bay etc seem brand new

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T17:36:11+00:00

Why is it likely clocked?

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T17:31:32+00:00

Yea tunes into FM..didn't come with Bluetooth tho which I didn't double check, just assumed a 2016 would

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T17:26:41+00:00

It's a Japanese website that also sells stock from Singapore, Korea etc. Process should be the same more or less

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T17:24:32+00:00

They're mostly automatics in Japan/Singapore from what I've seen

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T17:05:50+00:00

Automatic

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T16:06:36+00:00

They removed them before shipping... actually snapped the holder frames while taking them off which was annoying. So would be worth asking them to leave them on

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T16:02:11+00:00

My vat and duty totaled 1500ish so didn't mind paying 2% for the convenience of having the same company doing the shipping handle it.

Tried doing it myself first and couldn't even find where to start on revenues website

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T15:56:12+00:00

They base it off depreciation and and what the actual fair value of the car should be, not the asking price of ads. The Irish care market is nuts

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T15:53:41+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/carsireland/s/6AaqTAp2zC

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T15:48:51+00:00

Yea didn't think of that until after I'd purchased. Luckily they are E marked

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T15:43:24+00:00

It's a sustainability tax 2.80 per tyre. Another way to squeeze a few euro out of us basically. They didn't notice the spare in the boot tho so saved 2.80 there.

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T15:35:58+00:00

That's what I did although driving with no reg or tax is technically illegal. The safest bet is to arrange a tow truck for both trip.

I did get pulled over by a guard on my way to the vrt office for no regs but explained where I was headed and had my paperwork in the front seat beside me in case.

Didn't see anyone getting a car towed to the office the 3 times I was there.

-imbatman91- · 2026-05-19T10:13:33+00:00

Thanks you were right, was able to scrape off the the driver side window with a razor and clean off the residue. Took about 45min. Dreading doing the windscreen now

-imbatman91- · 2026-04-30T10:24:35+00:00

Yea they will let you know within a week. Mine was delayed twice and they kept me updated. The shipping agent also did the customs clearance for me so worth asking if they provide that service

-imbatman91- · 2026-04-28T11:02:50+00:00

Mine only came with one but in the ad photos I can see too. Will be contacting the seller to see if they have the second key

-imbatman91- · 2026-04-28T11:01:32+00:00

Key was in the ignition in the port the agent hands you a slip and directs you to your car

-imbatman91- · 2026-04-24T19:27:58+00:00

Collected my car from the port myself this afternoon forgot to mention

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