"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/30/2016 at 10:24 • Filed to: None
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"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/30/2016 at 10:24 • Filed to: None | 0
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My brother in law wants a recent or new Mustang, but lives in Germany where Mustangs are expensive. I’m going to visit Boston (with his sister) this July as a tourist. We
wanted
to rent a Mustang
because foreign tourist
. 1+1=2? American delivery? He orders/buys a Mustang in the States, we drive it a week+ and ship it out? Can I make this happen?
Hoccy
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 10:36 |
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I suspect he would have to pay an import tax? I know that the cost of shipping together with taxes makes importing such a car to Norway as (if not more) expensive than buying one already in the country. Not sure how that applies to Germany, but worth checking.
jimz
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 10:38 |
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it’s possible, but:
1) it’ll probably be a V6 (see Bark M.’s rental review over at TTAC)
2) most rental agencies won’t reserve you a specific make or model car. Your reservation will just be for a particular class of car. your best bet is to reserve a rental at the destination airport for the Mustang’s class of car, and do it with a company which just gives you your paperwork and you walk out to the lot and pick any car in the class.
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duurtlang
> Hoccy
04/30/2016 at 11:01 |
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Shipping itself isn’t overly expensive at all. Taxes on the other hand... That’s for him to find out.
mallthus
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 11:03 |
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Hertz will be your best bet. They have a unique Mustang model, the Shelby GT-H, available for,rent, albeit not in Boston.
https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/misc/…
They also have regular Mustangs in their Adrenaline Collection. You can specifically reserve a Mustang with them, although they reserve the right to substitute should there not be one available.
https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/vehic…
pjhusa
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 11:03 |
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When you rent in that class, you’ll most likely get a new V6 Mustang or Camero.
KatzManDu
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 11:14 |
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Germany’s car taxes aren’t nearly as bad as Belgium or The Netherlands. I know that much. You’re not looking at $3k/yr for road taxes.
Your best bet would be to get a used, late-model Mustang from a US serviceman who brought the car with him. There are specific websites and Facebook groups for this which are limited to the expat community. I can hook you up with them if you’re interested.
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duurtlang
> KatzManDu
04/30/2016 at 11:22 |
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That’s an interesting suggestion, thanks. I’d like to those expat links.
Road tax for a Mustang in the Netherlands isn’t all that bad. It’s based on vehicle weight (and fuel type) over here, and while a Mustang isn’t exactly light weight it isn’t overly heavy either. €900 a year or so, when run on gasoline without a LPG conversion. Ecoboost and V8 fall in the same weight and thus tax class. However, the one time new car emissions based tax is what makes these overly expensive here. About €15k on the Ecoboost and €65k (yes, really) on the V8.
Anyway, all this is moot as we’re talking about a German living in Germany.
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KatzManDu
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 11:27 |
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Gotcha. Try this on for size.
http://ramstein.bookoo.com/cars-and-truck…
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KatzManDu
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 11:29 |
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Ohhh! http://ramstein.bookoo.com/i/56611920
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duurtlang
> KatzManDu
04/30/2016 at 11:38 |
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Ha! Exactly the one I found.
Edit
: he wants a slushbox no matter what.
Klaus Schmoll
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 11:50 |
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I’d probably shop around for a good deal on a slightly used or ex demonstrator European model. Maybe Geiger has some deals since they don’t have the monopoly anymore. Getting an American car TÜV complaint might be accompanied by some hiccups.
I remember that the guys who imported the last VW Kombis from Mexico had to swap out all the glass and all the lights for identical parts made in the same factory but some Ece safety logo. This made the cars absurdly expensive, but there were no new T3 buses money could buy so it still made sense. On a car that can be bought from any Ford dealership, not so much. I’m not sure, but I vaguely remember something about the tail lights being different on US vs Euro models, but I am not sure.
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 12:10 |
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All cars sold by a dealer in the US will have at least a 30 day temp tag so registration won’t be an issue. Now insurance on the otherhand may be an issue and to be honest I wouldn’t know where to start on that front.
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KatzManDu
> duurtlang
04/30/2016 at 13:39 |
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Enough searching and he’ll find one.
Cé hé sin
> Klaus Schmoll
04/30/2016 at 16:38 |
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There are quite a lot of differences and I’d guess that registering a US import in Germany would be a difficult and expensive process.