I paid $900 to ship my car from New Jersey to Cork, Ireland, via Sebrouge in Belgium. If this sounds like a good deal I can look up the name of the company for you... It was a US based company. John --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: > Dan wrote: > > >2. I very much doubt it. I would think it more costly to ship from the > >west than the east... mine was central. > > > Thrascar will ship from anywhere but prices change depending on the > location. > > > > >3. The fees you'll pay will be 5% duty. Not VAT etc as you are > >re-patronising the car. > > > Actually it has nothing to do with the country of origin - the car has > been classified as "item of historic interest", in other words, it's an > item of value to bring in to the country, so should be encouraged. > Imports per se should not be encouraged and hence taxes are levied, but > an "item of historic interest" can be anything from a Ming vase to a > DeLorean which will increase the value of the pound - it makes the > country richer. > > Martin (A-level economics getting a bit of airing there)