 Anyone here ever ship a US car to the EU? (Roy?), Looking for someone else's experience to learn from |
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 Dec 19 2007, 02:48 PM
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I am 95% sure I will be taking a temporary transfer to Germany in 2008 for my job. I don't know how long I will be there or when I will be leaving but I am pretty sure this is going to happen. I've done a few Google searches on transporting US street-driven cars to Germany but haven't gotten a whole lot of concrete information, just broadbrush stuff.
Based on what I saw, it appears that this will cost around $3,000 minimum roundtrip but I am also very interested in any safety/emissions/etc. modifications that might be required. While it is unlikely that I will get to take the car, I'd like to be armed with enough information to make a quick, informed decision before ruling it out. In case you are interested, I am looking at taking my 1997 WS6 that has been modified for track use (purchased from fellow frraxer "BobbyLee" earlier this year). It would be fun to try some lapping days over there with some "American Iron" in addition to just getting to and from work. Any information would be interesting at this point. Thanks. |
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Dec 20 2007, 04:02 PM
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Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 2,647 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Pittsburgh, PA Member No.: 14 |
I have roughed in a plan...
My current thinking is that I would drive to New York and board the QE2/QM2 for an eastbound passage. Looks like it will cost around $1,600-$2,000 for a steerage-class cabin. From there, I'll get the car from Southhampton to Portsmouth. Looks like a 15-mile drive (ought to be interesting). From there, I will get on the P&O ferry to LaHavre, France. From there, I'll point the car east and head towards Germany. Looks easy enough. An alternative could be an "autocar" train from the UK to Germany but I haven't researched that yet. It appears that I would need to take a week's vacation for the trans-atlantic crossing and allot 2-3 days to get from Southampton to Erlangen. Now I need to wait for my company to firm up some dates. From there, I can try to make this work within the transatlantic crossings (according to Cunard they only have the QE2 and QM2 for this) and see what happens. From there, I would need to talk to the Germany Embassy. Assuming the dates agree with Cunard's schedule, this could actually work and I could probably convince my company to pick up the tab for the transatlantic crossing (at a minimum) in lieu of a plane ticket. I always enjoy this sort of thing. I have always been the McGyver of international travel. Hahahaha. |
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KeithO Anyone here ever ship a US car to the EU? (Roy?) Dec 19 2007, 02:48 PM
roy Keith is this a private industry or DOD or DOD Con... Dec 19 2007, 04:54 PM KeithO Private industry and I will need to do this on my ... Dec 19 2007, 05:29 PM roy Short term no problem, just use your stateside pl... Dec 19 2007, 06:52 PM KeithO Hmmmm, so you are saying that I could have it ther... Dec 19 2007, 07:23 PM roy Rigid inspection in that if its a aftermarket part... Dec 20 2007, 09:45 AM KeithO Looks pretty straight-forward and I like the 6 mon... Dec 20 2007, 11:08 AM atakacs I took my '98 Z28 to Germany in '98 but th... Dec 20 2007, 03:00 PM
atakacs QUOTE (KeithO @ Dec 20 2007, 11:02 AM) I ... Dec 27 2007, 10:52 PM Sidney Keith,
For $3,000 I'd say, fly coach, ke... Dec 21 2007, 06:55 PM KeithO This won't happen... It appears that things wo... Mar 10 2008, 09:18 PM roadracerwhite Sounds like a cool idea.
I have heard of two po... Mar 11 2008, 12:40 PM BenZ28 QUOTE (roadracerwhite @ Mar 11 2008, 06:4... Mar 13 2008, 03:16 PM |
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