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[Afdharley]

Wife and I are seriously looking into this about 4 years from now. We have many questions and probably some we haven't thought of yet too.

First that comes to mind is, I want to bring my Shelby and someone mentioned that I may have to convert it to right hand drive or pay a tax for not doing so. Is this the case?

If you have other things I need to consider please share. I've been looking into our health care insurance and pensions and things seem good on that end.

Anyway, thanks. Tim

[rocky]

I think there is a team shelby forum for Europe you could check with them maybe.

[Afdharley]

Do you have a link for it? I thought this might be a place to start.

[Cali_KR]

Afdharley, on 28 August 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:

Do you have a link for it? I thought this might be a place to start.

You're in it now...

[ingram4868]

I would imagine finding someone with experience to work on the car will be difficult but you would certainly standout in a crowd.

[Afdharley]

Cali_KR, on 28 August 2012 - 11:26 AM, said:

You're in it now...

I thought so but rocky confused me

Anyway, I did a google search...google is your friend ....and found that you don't have to convert to right hand drive. You do need to convert a few lights and other things to make it legal there. The kicker is the 10% import tax and then the 17.5%VAT all on the amount I paid for the car plus the cost of insurance. That adds up to close to $12.5Gs!

The move may be possible but taking the Shelby is looking like a dream at this point

[sportscars]

Yeah, if you think the tax rates are high in the US, you have no idea compared to what they pay in some countries in Europe. I learned a lot on the Shelby Run Europe trip this summer.

I know in the Netherlands you pay income tax on a tiered scale, i.e. 25% on first $25k, 35% on next 25k, 45% on everything above that. Plus you pay tax on any money you have in savings at the end of the year. Plus 20% VAT (sales tax). I think the 20% VAT is for all of the EU, but I dont know the income or savings info for the UK/Scotland.

Also you need to check on registration and license plate fees. In Denmark it can cost 200% of the vehicle purchase price just to get plates for imported cars and your insurance will not cover that fee if the car is totaled and you want to replace. Have a friend who had a Ford GT over there, he paid $125k for the car and over $200k to get it registered - but if it were to be wrecked he would only get the $125k so he sold it.

There is a possibility we may do some of the UK for Shelby Run Europe 2016!

[sportscars]

rocky, on 28 August 2012 - 10:08 AM, said:

I think there is a team shelby forum for Europe you could check with them maybe.

It is mainly for German GT500 owners. It is www.shelbyforum.de run by a really nice guy named Albert. Lots of good people over there!

[07SGT0547]

sportscars, on 29 August 2012 - 12:17 PM, said:

There is a possibility we may do some of the UK for Shelby Run Europe 2016!

Define "UK"... Driving around London for a day, or touring around the entire island (England, Wales & Scotland) for a week???

[Afdharley]

Thanks for the info guys. The more I look into this the more it seems like taking the car is not such a good idea.

[sportscars]

07SGT0547, on 29 August 2012 - 01:50 PM, said:

Define "UK"... Driving around London for a day, or touring around the entire island (England, Wales & Scotland) for a week???

Gregg, its still 4 years off! There is a lot of planning to do. I was just saying that the UK is one of the options we will be looking at.