Anyone looking for a project?

i used the online v.r.t calculater before i went over for the car.there was no listing for a 1985 323i conv.

here is what i calculated:

1985 320i conv=€350

1986 325i conv=€600

1985 323i saloon=€400

prices are not accurate as i cant remember exactly but they are within €30 accuracy.

based on the prices above i figured i would have to pay about €500.

well i was wrong.

Car is on the Limerick side of Buttevant about half a mile from the town . House on the left . It's an 89 2 door , zinnobar red with 17inch rims and tinted windows . Body is dentless but it does need a touch of Ferecla to bring the paint to life again . Small bit of rust at the drivers side A-pillar . Engine is not running and the chap reckons it's a head gasket job (?) It's got a sunroof and a set of MAX POwer seat covers . AC Schnitzer sticker on the window .

Dennis Sexton is the lads name , 0872442779 .

Forget VRT. Why isn't car tax based on the amount mileage you do as opposed to the size of your engine.

You do 30,000 a year no matter what size engine you pay a rate of say  2% after all you are using the roads more 600 Quid

You do 5,000 a year you pay 2% smaller amount, but you have not used the roads as much. 100 quid

In other words you for what you use, seems very fair to me.

Well that's being discuss as many EU member states feel like it's an illegal tax!

Unfortunately as noone, apart from us can gain anything from it, I don't expect anything to happen soon!

Edited by ludo

How does the revenue commissioner get away with this? This must be illegal

jrafferty wrote: Apparently they had no record of a 323i tc baur ever being registered in this country so they had to go and research the price.(if anyone can tell me different im all ears).

I suppose there was no chance they would just have thought it was a dodgy vinyl roof, eh???

i argued the point of price with the V.R.T. office in santry and asked how they came up with that price.there was no disputing with them .

they said "you pay the v.r.t within a week or get the car out of the country".i was held to ransom.Apparently they had no record of a 323i tc baur ever being registered in this country so they had to go and research the price.(if anyone can tell me different im all ears).

inanyway, i didnt learn me lesson i brought a 1984 323i baur over one month later and went through the same process.

 

pma1ums wrote: just a small question ..but how much are you guys stung for VRT??? it seems daft amount of euros are added on something witch is so cheap over  here ...

It depends on the cc of the car:-
< 1.4L then VRT is 22.5% of OMSP (Open Market Selling Price)
1.4 - 1.9 = 25%
>1.9 = 30%

Naturally our revenue commissioners decide what the OMSP is!
This is also separate from our punitive annual road tax.

Assume a new car has a retail price of 10k, then add the appropriate VRT rate and then add 21% VAT on all of that. This is why many older cars here were of standard spec - adding options increased the retail price therefore incurring more VRT & VAT.
There is also the claim from some quarters that safety is being comprimised because the manufacturers are omitting some of the pieces here that are standard elsewhere (IIRC the new golf here has less airbags) for this very reason.
However our Govt. make so much money from it that it is not likely to go for a while.

@stevo

are you gonna buy? if not can i have the details?

if anyone is intereted in that baur just be warned,i brought over a 1985 323i baur just before x-mas and was hit with a €1200 V.R.T bill.

i was expecting about €500 v.r.t. but what can you do but to pay it.