shipping from ireland

[Mirinjawbro]

what's the best way to get a shipped to England (lincolnshire) from Ireland (Dublin area)

the dealer have quoted me £600 but i'm sure i could half that myself with another company


thanks

[bennno]

Mirinjawbro said:

what's the best way to get a shipped to England (lincolnshire) from Ireland (Dublin area)

the dealer have quoted me £600 but i'm sure i could half that myself with another company

thanks

Fly over collect it, drive it back?

Do you realise if it’s southern Irish that it’ll likely be subject to import duty, vat, nova process is a PITA.

[ZX10R NIN]

As above just go & collect it.

[andrewcliffe]

Fly out. Drive back - Dublin to Holyhead.

Car will be subject to import duty and VAT, with a reduced rate if over 30 years old. To register may need a copy of the CoC, plus MoT etc, and the registration process can take 6 weeks.

[vikingaero]

Mirinjawbro said:

what's the best way to get a shipped to England (lincolnshire) from Ireland (Dublin area)

the dealer have quoted me £600 but i'm sure i could half that myself with another company


thanks

That sounds like a good price. The ferry and fuel will take a big chunk of that if you collect yourself (which I would advocate as a road trip) unless you book a night crossing to lessen the ferry cost.

[PoorCarCollector]

Mirinjawbro said:

what's the best way to get a shipped to England (lincolnshire) from Ireland (Dublin area)

the dealer have quoted me £600 but i'm sure i could half that myself with another company

thanks

By your own words, use the company that you are sure would charge £300 !! Easy

£600 sounds very fair to me and I've had a couple of cars shipped over before

Using the quoted dealer would seem the 'best' and easiest way to me, But by best, do you actually mean cheapest??

Edited by PoorCarCollector on Tuesday 6th August 09:02

[66HFM]

Get a quote from Shiply, that will give some perspective as to whether or not the £600 quoted is a good deal or not.
You may get lucky and have someone coming back from Ireland with an empty load...

Either that or as others have said a flight and drive back yourself..

[andrewcliffe]

If your time is considered free:

Flight - from £ 20 pp
Ferry - from £ 145
Plus about 2 tanks of fuel.

[PoorCarCollector]

66HFM said:

Get a quote from Shiply, that will give some perspective as to whether or not the £600 quoted is a good deal or not.
You may get lucky and have someone coming back from Ireland with an empty load...

Always a fun gamble with Shiply, there's a good chance of never seeing the car again!

[Strocky]

PoorCarCollector said:

Always a fun gamble with Shiply, there's a good chance of never seeing the car again!

Heard this guy is reliable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDunfIMFMLc

[Paddymcc]

If you can get the car shipped to a port in Ireland you can collect it on the English side.

You can send a car unaccompanied from Dublin or Belfast to Liverpool or you can also use Warrenpoint to Heysham.

The cost is around £180 for unaccompanied vehicles.

There are dedicated vehicle companies ive used in the past taking cars from England to Ireland and can recommend David Corr Transport (around £400) and Daniel Bartlett Transport (around £500)

[anyoldcardave]

PoorCarCollector said:

Mirinjawbro said:

what's the best way to get a shipped to England (lincolnshire) from Ireland (Dublin area)

the dealer have quoted me £600 but i'm sure i could half that myself with another company

thanks

By your own words, use the company that you are sure would charge £300 !! Easy

£600 sounds very fair to me and I've had a couple of cars shipped over before

Using the quoted dealer would seem the 'best' and easiest way to me, But by best, do you actually mean cheapest??

I do this regularly, though not as often as before the big B, 600 is the going rate since all costs increased, anyone doing it for 300 is desperate.

Lincoln is not on route to anywhere really, and I doubt they have other cars that far east regularly, so 600 sounds like a very good deal to me.

Flying and driving, will cost you breakdown cover.plus,

2-300 for the ferry, School holidays now.

Fuel,

Food and other spending.

risk of weather or other ferry delays.

A flight and airport transfers, add in your time, and 600 is not sounding so bad.

I could give you some telephone numbers, but they will all be around 600.

Edited by PoorCarCollector on Tuesday 6th August 09:02

[anyoldcardave]

bennno said:

Fly over collect it, drive it back?

Do you realise if it’s southern Irish that it’ll likely be subject to import duty, vat, nova process is a PITA.

Not always, if the car was sold previously in the UK and registered in the UK, then Nova, yes, but other costs no.

The last 2 I brought back, had been registered in Ireland, but DVLA not informed of export, so V62, job done. Always worth checking for export markers on DVLA car check.

[anyoldcardave]

Paddymcc said:

If you can get the car shipped to a port in Ireland you can collect it on the English side.

You can send a car unaccompanied from Dublin or Belfast to Liverpool or you can also use Warrenpoint to Heysham.

The cost is around £180 for unaccompanied vehicles.

There are dedicated vehicle companies ive used in the past taking cars from England to Ireland and can recommend David Corr Transport (around £400) and Daniel Bartlett Transport (around £500)

All the ferry companies will do this, providing it is a running and driving car, so Holyhead and the other Welsh ports are options too.

I have done this, but I am not so keen on doing it with classics, and a numpty trying to start and drive it..More a time saving excercise than a cheaper option, unless you collect it yourself.

Much better to let the dealer supervise loading, it stays on a truck until destination, hopefully lol, far less chance of issues than it being handled several times.