How much does it cost to import a 4wd leon into the UK?

[spiralysis]

Thanks.

 

[cordobabrendy]

id say whatever it costs to drive the fooker up and get it through an mot/sva if needed.

 

[m0rk]

won't need an SVA - just an MOT. which will mean new headlamps

 

[Ruddmeister]

Thanks.

There are some already here, they come up for sale once in while on Autotrader etc

 

[cordobabrendy]

lhd would put me 99.9% off..

 

[m0rk]

it's not that hard to do brendy

I'm still thinking about 'a' lefty - and find driving a leftie just as easy

then driving on the continent in the rightie is not that hard either - just need to have a quick car to make the most of a gap

 

[cordobabrendy]

ive driven in spain in a spanish ford before, its like fancying carol smilie, shes doable but you know theres something not quite right about it! haha

 

[m0rk]

really? I found it easier - after the initial punching of the door card of course

 

[cordobabrendy]

what i found worst was getting in and out of the car, kept whacking my knee then when driving trying to keep out of the gutter, then sorted that and started getting friendly with the centre markings.

 

[stoneyfordNI]

sod all wrong with carol smilie

 

[cordobabrendy]

drivers over there are mental, this fella was moving house...literally!

 

[CupraJay]

Love the idea of the 4x4 leon. Shame they never made a UK version. Always wondered if you could disconect the front drive and make it RWD. That could be some fun. 225bhp and RWD.

 

[si-mate]

I prefer driving abroad, but it never feels right climing behind the wheel on the left and using the gear lever with your right hand.

 

[stoneyfordNI]

Love the idea of the 4x4 leon. Shame they never made a UK version. Always wondered if you could disconect the front drive and make it RWD. That could be some fun. 225bhp and RWD.

dont think u can , it would prob throw a wobbly , you can buy uprated haldex controllers tho for the haldex1 systems ( such as the leon) which gives sharper torque transfer to the rear and more rear bias ,

http://www.amdtechnik.com/product.details.cfm?ProductID=643&VariantID=72&ReferenceID=3257

 

[Niall]

Nothing wrong with driving a left hook. Personally i think it's more natural for a a right handed person. Right hand drive is an engineering comprimise.

 

[CupraJay]

dont think u can , it would prob throw a wobbly , you can buy uprated haldex controllers tho for the haldex1 systems ( such as the leon) which gives sharper torque transfer to the rear and more rear bias ,

http://www.amdtechnik.com/product.details.cfm?ProductID=643&VariantID=72&ReferenceID=3257

Sounds like just the ticket. Now it really is a shame they never did one in this country.

 

[Fl@pper]

Nothing wrong with driving a left hook. Personally i think it's more natural for a a right handed person. Right hand drive is an engineering comprimise.

i prefer it too as well

 

[helms]

driven a lefty and certain things about it i like. other bits i really dont.
Cant put me finger on it though, i drive mainly with one hand so for me being on the right... is right..lol

 

[g60jet]

Having Lived in spain that pic looks like a morocan, they are nown for loading there housing in to the car and drive back at the end of the summer. anyway, as for importing a car into the UK, you will need to pay import duty on the it. To import it in to the uk for UK plates is a bit of a nightmare, as the car need to be legally in your name before leaving the country of origin. german is the easiest country to do it from, as they have export plate. The DVLA website tells you how to do it.

 

[cordobabrendy]

that pic was taken when we were driving from benalmedina to almeria to look at the harbour (possible place for the inlaws new boat but they decided against it) it was all over the road and was holding a queue of us up for a good 15 minutes.