Taking my Car on Vacation to Europe

[kcdude24]

Just buy a new one, get a nice ED discount. And they pick up the shipping cost....seriously dude.

[persian54]

Dude just do ED on a new car!

haha

then when you come back, lease transfer it

I'm sure someone would love to take over the ED payments

[1sikbmr]

Originally Posted by kcdude24

Just buy a new one, get a nice ED discount. And they pick up the shipping cost....seriously dude.

Originally Posted by persian54

Dude just do ED on a new car!

haha

then when you come back, lease transfer it

I'm sure someone would love to take over the ED payments

Originally Posted by 1sikbmr

a little different when he has a vt2-600 kit under the hood

Originally Posted by Brooklyn Mark

The whole reason for the trip

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[persian54]

Originally Posted by 1sikbmr

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I'm sure someone in Europe can install an ESS kit for him

then when he comes back, he can easily sell it too. or keep it on the car for a lease transfer


OR you can have TWO M3s.
A coupe and a Vert
or
A coupe and a Sedan

lol

[karussell]

Originally Posted by Brooklyn Mark

Does anyone have any experience with taking a US registered car into Germany or anywhere else in Europe? I plan on going this summer and taking my car for 3 months to the Nurburgring and other places. I have been doing research online, but there is not much info...

So far I found the following, but it may be outdated..


Shipping to Europe is about $800.00 (Boats go back empty)
Shipping back from Europe is about 2-3k

You just have to purchase your own insurance and you can stay up to 6 months with your US registration/plates, after that you must pay a VAT.


Does anyone have any other info or experience they can share?

You need to have a clear title. Bank won't let you export the vehicle.
You need to find a US insurance carrier that will cover you in europe. I can't speak for other countries but German insurance companies cannot cover your car since it doesn't have a registration. The only insurance carrier that currently does this is USAA. Geico used to cover cars as recently as 2010, but they have changed their policy this year.

I have a friend that shipped his GTR in 2010 to europe for 3 months. I can put in touch with him however I also have 3 friends with GT3's that attempted to come out this past summer and couldn't get an insurance company willing to cover them. None of them were military so couldn't get USAA.

[Brooklyn Mark]

Originally Posted by karussell

You need to have a clear title. Bank won't let you export the vehicle.
You need to find a US insurance carrier that will cover you in europe. I can't speak for other countries but German insurance companies cannot cover your car since it doesn't have a registration. The only insurance carrier that currently does this is USAA. Geico used to cover cars as recently as 2010, but they have changed their policy this year.

I have a friend that shipped his GTR in 2010 to europe for 3 months. I can put in touch with him however I also have 3 friends with GT3's that attempted to come out this past summer and couldn't get an insurance company willing to cover them. None of them were military so couldn't get USAA.

Any info you could get would be great! I also heard that you have to leave a deposit for the VAT incase you don't want to return.

[Rshane]

Originally Posted by karussell

You need to have a clear title. Bank won't let you export the vehicle.
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Actually, all you need is a notorized document from the bank that says it is okay to ship the car over. I needed three copies to ship my TT and A5 over here.

As for insurance, it is really no problem to get insurance over here...however, the minimun coverage is $10,000,000. Yes, you read that right...10 Million dollars (7,000,000 Euros) That about blew my mind when I found out. I plan on ramming my car into a Bugatti Veyron factory before I leave so I can make good on that coverage.

Chartis insurance is the company I currently go with.

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Originally Posted by Brooklyn Mark

Thanks for the link! That is the exact trip I am planing to do.

There is plenty of help for you on the net, here is one link ===>CLICK to Open

[meyergru]

Originally Posted by kcdude24

Just buy a new one, get a nice ED discount. And they pick up the shipping cost....seriously dude.

+1

Even better: Sell the car in Germany after your trip.

I often thought about that, but cannot do it, you have to live in the U.S. to do European Delivery. The basic idea is to NOT ship the car. This incurs a fee of 19% of the selling price, because the VAT has to be paid if the car does not leave the country. However, the US M3 price is way less that the price here in Germany. I bet you could drive the car for free for half a year.