You lucky lucky b******Ds

[Alan_leamy]

FYI. On friday I recieved the cost of registering my new 3r in Ireland. We have some political thievery operation going on in Ireland.

On top of my 55k sterling I paid for my 3R on registering it on Irish plates (which is obligitory) I have to hand the government a whopping Euro 30,125 (£20,197 Sterling) which will bring my total cost to over £75,000 sterling to own and drive Irelands first Noble.

Count your luck stars all my fellow UK Noblers.

But guess what "Hurts, but worth every penny"

[amg merc]

Alan, wouldn't it have been possible for you to have registered the car in the UK, and keep it here, but then 'temporary import' it a couple of times a year for 6 months into Ireland?!

[Alan_leamy]

Yeah but the "constantly looking over my shoulder for customs" wouldnt be worth it.

[kentviking]

Shouldn't you be able to reclaim the UK VAT???...certainly when I brought my 156 into the UK I only paid the net cost in the Netherlands and then the VAT in the UK...could you not have done the same thing?

[Alan_leamy]

Its not VAT. Its 21k on top of that again.