VW Touareg

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One of my friends has asked me to help find her a used VW Touareg , budget is 15k to a max of 20k GBP.

Anyone got any idea which engine is best or which one to go for?
 
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[TW]Fox;10981342 said:
None of them are really that good unless she wants to tow stuff over grass fields, to be honest.
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I know she bought my golf V5 from me so she has something for day to day but she is moving to Norway at the end of the year and wants to take a second car more suited to living in the countryside (she has 4 dogs lol).
 
Didn't one of the OcUK bosses have a Toureg and everyone was cooing over it? Or was that just many pages of bum-kissing?
 
Paras said:
I know she bought my golf V5 from me so she has something for day to day but she is moving to Norway at the end of the year and wants to take a second car more suited to living in the countryside (she has 4 dogs lol).
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buy a car over there then...
 
Why would anyone want to spend £20k on a UK RHD car in order to move to Norway :confused:

Some of your threads aint half a bit random, Paras.
 
Lol, has she looked into the import duty on cars to Norway? If not, she's in for a shock.

I've just looked it up, and to bring in a 2004 3.2 V6 Touareg and register it on Norwegian plates it will cost NOK 460,000 (~£38,000). Yes, you read that correctly. £38,000 to import a £20,000 car.

edit: That's socialism for you!!
 
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that's nothing, if you buy an M6, you're almost paying more in tax than the original price of the car.
and M6 cabrio is £200,000 of which £93,000 is tax

an S63 AMG L will set you back £300,000

the cheapest car you can buy is a smart ForTwo coupe with 800cc
bargain at £14,000

they've got all sorts of taxes, including a very strict CO2 one..

a friend of mine bought a 10 year old civic coupe in germany for a couple thousand €, brought it back to norway and had to pay almost as much to get norwegian plates
 
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Ok sorry I should have been more clear, it’s an English girl in my class who is marrying a Norwegian boy in my class (they are both my friends).

She wasn’t to buy a LHD car here in Czech or Germany (probably the latter) because when she moves to Norway at the end of the year (when we finish uni), she will NOT have to pay any import tax on both the cars because she is taking her own personal property with her when emigrating.

She is only really doing this because they know how expensive it would be for her to buy one there. I know it’s a random thread but she asked me for my help because she knows im into cars and I always help her out with hers.
 
Why buy an RHD car? And are you sure she will avoid the tax in this way?

Where does a Uni student marrying another Uni student get £20k for a car anyway? :p
 
she's in prague dude, the car will be LHD
she's going to have to pay tax on it if she wants it on norwegian plates.
it makes sense to register it at her parents address in the czech republic and drive around on foreign plates

i dunno where she gets £20k, but doesn't paras have a 335? :p
 
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[TW]Fox;10982163 said:
Why buy an RHD car? And are you sure she will avoid the tax in this way?

Where does a Uni student marrying another Uni student get £20k for a car anyway? :p
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she is looking for a LHD here in Czech or Germany.

Generally when you emigrate from one country to another you do not have to pay the import tax/VAT on personal possessions (as long as you have owned them for over 6 months nomrally). This is how I planned to import the Cayman from the US (I have a green card) before I bought the 335.

And as to how she can afford to a 20k car as a uni student. Well let’s just say she comes from money. But its not inconceivable to own a decent car at uni, not too many students can afford a 530i when studying. I know you paid for it yourself but you still have family support (ie free food and rent). Im still a full time student but drive 30k car + have another 10k car for weekends :)
 
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you don't have to pay import duty on the possessions, but you're going to have to pay a hell of a lot to register a touareg in norway, but i guess they can afford it so nm :o
 
I think in answer to the original question the best one to go for is a 3L TDI, not sure if you can get one for 20k though. They are not bad cars far from it they are suppose to be excellant off road although not that many will go off road, I also think with the facelift model they also look pretty good. The main problem with it is that it should have had a Audi badge on the front rather than them wait for the Q7. VW never really needed a fully blown off roader Audi however did.
 
Paras said:
She wasn’t to buy a LHD car here in Czech or Germany (probably the latter) because when she moves to Norway at the end of the year (when we finish uni), she will NOT have to pay any import tax on both the cars because she is taking her own personal property with her when emigrating.
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This is not true. A few years ago (i think pre 2002) there was a fundamental loophole in the tax laws whereby you could do this quite easily. I know countless people (I am Norwegian, by the way, in case my username didn't give it away) who brought cars in this way - but it has been closed and the Tax authorities have gotten stupidly strict.

If you want to put Norwegian plates on a foreign car you will have to pay the import duty.

There are also very strict rules on driving a foreign registered car in Norway if you have a registered address in Norway so she needs to look into this carefully.
 
ah du er norsk, så du vet jo bedre enn meg :p
do you know exactly what the rules are?
because i'm probably going back to norway for a year and was hoping to not have norwegian plates.. i know if you're a student you can get away with it, but what if you're working?

yeh nick's right, i didn't think you could get away with having a car as a removal good..
Importation of motor vehicles as removal goods

When a motor vehicle is brought into Norway and the owner takes up residence in Norway, the owner must pay Vehicle Import Duty and VAT.

Before importing a motor vehicle to Norway it is important to obtain any relevant information concerning the technical requirements which the vehicle must fulfil before it may be registered on Norwegian number plates. Furthermore, it is also important that you obtain information relating to any export regulations in the country of export/purchase.

On arrival at a Norwegian border, you must report to the Customs. You must therefore always cross the border where there is an open customs office.
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http://www.norway.org.uk/travel/gettingto/traveladvice/advice.htm
 
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