Irish 4200

zagatoes30

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Rarely see Maserati's over here and it is unusual to see an original Irish car up for sale, especially one with low miles and with some hefty recent work on clutch, brakes and suspension.

Might have to keep an eye on this one as looking at the guide price it would be much cheaper than bringing one over from the UK with Import duty, VAT and VRT all to add to UK pricing

https://www.davidgoldingclassic.auc...6SrB65WVu4W7xqv__eigXG7pN2c4KU92vzjtckpRxU88E

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philw696

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That looks lovely Andy and with such recent expenditure and from another trusted seller.
Strange they removed the engine to do a crank seal.
 
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It may well go cheap as there is likely very limited demand in Ireland; the Republic has penal car tax rates (for large engines) and no supporting dealers and the North has only Charles Hurst who probably very rarely see these and charge crazy main dealer rates. I only had one proper enquiry on my NI car earlier this year and that was a guy from England.
 
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nfm said:
It may well go cheap as there is likely very limited demand in Ireland; the Republic has penal car tax rates (for large engines) and no supporting dealers and the North has only Charles Hurst who probably very rarely see these and charge crazy main dealer rates. I only had one proper enquiry on my NI car earlier this year and that was a guy from England.
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It will be cheap or expensive limited supply but limited buyers. Road Tax here would be €1809 per annum and it wouldn't qualify for classic insurance although a specialist might accept it on a limited mileage policy. As far as servicing an extra €300 for ferries plus fuel to take to a UK indie would be what I would do.
 
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zagatoes30 said:
It will be cheap or expensive limited supply but limited buyers. Road Tax here would be €1809 per annum and it wouldn't qualify for classic insurance although a specialist might accept it on a limited mileage policy. As far as servicing an extra €300 for ferries plus fuel to take to a UK indie would be what I would do.
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Wow road tax fees in Ireland with your fleet Andy you must be contributing a chunk of cash every year mate.
 
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zagatoes30 said:
It will be cheap or expensive limited supply but limited buyers. Road Tax here would be €1809 per annum and it wouldn't qualify for classic insurance although a specialist might accept it on a limited mileage policy. As far as servicing an extra €300 for ferries plus fuel to take to a UK indie would be what I would do.
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Similar to here. 1250e per yer for the 4200. Plus you must have a minimum of 18000 euros income to prove that you are able to keep it. Silly things.
 
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philw696 said:
Classics are the way forward then in my way of thinking :)
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that's my view anything over 30 years old has reduced tax and only €200 VRT and for cars coming from the EU that's it, whereas UK cars have Import Duty and VAT on top of that
 
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Wow we're lucky here in France the first owner buying new pays highly but the one off payment for anything over 10 years old is very reasonable for the registration.
 
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zagatoes30 said:
It will be cheap or expensive limited supply but limited buyers. Road Tax here would be €1809 per annum and it wouldn't qualify for classic insurance although a specialist might accept it on a limited mileage policy. As far as servicing an extra €300 for ferries plus fuel to take to a UK indie would be what I would do.
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Agreed, for servicing I used Autoshield in Manchester several times and tied it in with a mini break.
 
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CatmanV2 said:
What is the point of tax that high?

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In general motoring is heavily taxed here, car prices new and old, road tax, insurance, fuel all higher than the UK and by some margin, nearly half the population leave in the Gtr Dublin area and in theory public transport is good so less need for personal transport or such is the view of the government. Road tax is banded and the silly tax only licks in once you go above 2.0 litre so smaller cars can be more cost effective. Bizarrely diesels are still cheaper our BMW 525d is only €270 per annum where as our 1.6 147 is €506.

High tax for two reason, firstly high social awareness generally the government does a lot to support those without in society and secondly it protects the local market from low cost imports particularly from the UK. Pre Brexit it was just the VRT cost (a loop hole as this was a registration tax not a purchase tax which would have been against EU one market rules) but post they have slapped on VAT as they are no longer obliged to recognise UK VAT payments but have still left VRT in place a double whammy you might say.

Pre Brexit it was just about cost neutral to bring a car in from the UK as even with VRT prices were still a bit cheaper than dealers offer here for lower spec models. It is still cheaper to bring in cars from mainland Europe with only VRT but as they would be LHD there are few that do it.
 
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