LHD Cars

[eamo]

Now that Brexit has basically fecked up importation of cars from the UK what’s everyone’s thoughts about buying LHD?
Would you buy and drive a LHD? I’m taking more so about pre 2000 cars here.
Looking at Deane motors he seems to be bringing in a lot of LHD lately ie E28 M5 and a Ferrari
Is that the way the market is going??

[eamo]

For example E39 M5s are starting at around £25k in the Uk now. So with conversion rate vat duty vrt and nox your looking at about €45k cleared
But this would be less than €30 home and hosed
I found this offer on AutoScout24.

https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/b...campaign=share

Final price: € 18,500.-
Mileage: 220,000 km
First registration: 04/1999

[Alanmcgrath40]

Or you could have this northern reg one without the vat and duty possibly cleared for 35k? facelift, less mileage & rhd

https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-...39-m5/29326614

On the the whole LHD thing, I had a look into this shortly after brexit. I personally wouldn't drive a LHD unless there was a significant saving(at least 30%) or it only came in a LHD ie. E30 M3, E34 M5 touring.

That M5 for 18.5k does look cheap, a bit too cheap? from my experience cars on the continent are far more expensive than the UK and almost comparable in price after adding vat and duty. Just using an e46 M3's as an example, on the continent they average about 30k for a half decent one with lowish mileage. In the UK you're looking at 18-19k for similar. Add vat & duty and your around the 30k mark.

Then you have the language barrier, stuff could get lost in translation, Further to travel and it will always be worth less on this island. Come sale time it will be alot harder to shift. You could argue that you'd have a bigger market with it being a LHD, but I don't think Europeans would be looking to Ireland to buy cars unless it was something very special and alot cheaper than they can get in their own back garden.

Anytime I was searching for something in Germany or the likes there was always a couple of rhd ones and they were always the cheapest.




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[kdevitt]

I’d have zero interest in any LHD car which was also available as RHD. I’d actually have to give it some thought as to whether I’d be bothered with something that was LHD only - E30 M3 /Z1 etc.

[dergside]

When will we switch to driving on the right?

[kdevitt]

When will we switch to driving on the right?

Never .

[eamo]

Ya I think I’m out. Drove a LHD E28 today. Not my cup of tea

[Big H]

Ah, who wouldn't like a big old Yank muscle car for a sunny Sunday outing - a Stingray, Mustang, Camaro etc.


A 1995 Corolla saloon efi in that manky grey/green colour they came in in LHD, eh, no !


Up to about 10 years ago, I would have said a stern no to an automatic trasmission tbh - I've slowly warmed to them (some cars of course have to be manual only).....

[dergside]

Never .

What's keeping us in RHD?

Historically it would have been because of the close links to the UK market, but they've made a very clear decision that will impact on the level of UK/Ireland trade significantly over the coming years. We're nailing our colours to the mast as far as links to Europe are concerned, so that's the future. Sweden made the switch in 1967, so why not here? Not a simple change or trivial, but with RHD we're a complete outlier in the EU.

[kdevitt]

There are 208 border crossings for a start - but mores the point, whats the benefit of switching over? Ireland is a small market by any standards and there are plenty of markets outside of Ireland that are RHD, so unless all RHD markets changes over, then we won't.

We're also a complete outlier in the EU in speaking English by the way.