Car shipping to the UK

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Ron Fellows

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1,517 posts

255 months

Wednesday 28th November 2018
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Looking for recommendations as I'm going to ship my Testarossa back to the UK next year.

Is there anything new I need to look out for when it arrives in the UK?

Sunny in Dubai

74 posts

81 months

Wednesday 28th November 2018
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Hi can you let me know who you used and the costs for future reference Thank you

K50 DEL

9,352 posts

235 months

Wednesday 28th November 2018
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Craig.... as you know I shipped my 360 back to the UK a couple of years ago so can give you chapter and verse later but the one thing that you must make absolutely certain of is that when the RTA issue the export certificate they put the exact date of first registration on it....

By default UAE RTA only puts the year of the car and then UK DVLA will use Jan 1 of that year.

My 360 was actually first registered on Oct 21st 2001 making it a 51 plate, thanks to me not being told the above by the importer, the RTA doc just said 2001 - you can imagine my annoyance when my car was registered on an X plate!

It took more than 6 months and the personal intervention of the head of Ferrari North Europe to get the DVLA to re-register the car correctly.

Don't make the same mistake lol

Ron Fellows

Original Poster:

1,517 posts

255 months

Tuesday 4th December 2018
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K50 DEL said:
Craig.... as you know I shipped my 360 back to the UK a couple of years ago so can give you chapter and verse later but the one thing that you must make absolutely certain of is that when the RTA issue the export certificate they put the exact date of first registration on it....

By default UAE RTA only puts the year of the car and then UK DVLA will use Jan 1 of that year.

My 360 was actually first registered on Oct 21st 2001 making it a 51 plate, thanks to me not being told the above by the importer, the RTA doc just said 2001 - you can imagine my annoyance when my car was registered on an X plate!

It took more than 6 months and the personal intervention of the head of Ferrari North Europe to get the DVLA to re-register the car correctly.

Don't make the same mistake lol
Well thankfully the Testarossa is a Jan 1992 lol

Send me their details please mate and a rough idea on costs. I'm getting various pricing all of which seems to cover the exact same points but with £1k of a difference per car which is way too much.

K50 DEL

9,352 posts

235 months

Tuesday 4th December 2018
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Ron Fellows said:
K50 DEL said:
Craig.... as you know I shipped my 360 back to the UK a couple of years ago so can give you chapter and verse later but the one thing that you must make absolutely certain of is that when the RTA issue the export certificate they put the exact date of first registration on it....

By default UAE RTA only puts the year of the car and then UK DVLA will use Jan 1 of that year.

My 360 was actually first registered on Oct 21st 2001 making it a 51 plate, thanks to me not being told the above by the importer, the RTA doc just said 2001 - you can imagine my annoyance when my car was registered on an X plate!

It took more than 6 months and the personal intervention of the head of Ferrari North Europe to get the DVLA to re-register the car correctly.

Don't make the same mistake lol
Well thankfully the Testarossa is a Jan 1992 lol

Send me their details please mate and a rough idea on costs. I'm getting various pricing all of which seems to cover the exact same points but with £1k of a difference per car which is way too much.
Will send you everything I have once I get home this evening bud

Sunny in Dubai

74 posts

81 months

Sunday 20th January 2019
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Hi any one can help who can I contact to ship a car to UK, or Italy or Spain please from UAE?

SallyMills

3 posts

52 months

Tuesday 9th February 2021
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I need some advice about shipping a car from the UK to the USA. It is my first experience, so I don't really know any qualitative vehicle transport services

nemiros

1 posts

45 months

Thursday 11th February 2021
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Sadly, I don't know any shipping companies in the UK, but I can recommend you from the USA one. I bought a brand-new car one year ago, and I needed to ship it to San Francisco from Chicago. So my brother told me to check national transport services. He has more experience with cars and vehicles in general, so I always ask him if I need help with the car. I really enjoyed all the process when we were discussing all the details and contacting with them in general. When my car arrived I took photos and made technical inspection immediately. No scratches, everything came out great. So I am very thankful to https://shipnts.com/

Edited by nemiros on Monday 15th February 19:01