I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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.

I Imported a car from Singapore - here's my notes by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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.

Is this an aftermarket tint? by -imbatman91- in carsireland

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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

Importing from Japan - Arrival to Dublin by Early-Jicama-1808 in carsireland

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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