Importing to UK

[CABC]

i've done a quick search on ph, but the results weren't too fulsome or up to date.

i'm thinking of buying a 5.0 Mustang in US, driving for 3 mths in US and then importing to uk.
reasoning is:
- the US road trip is a thing we want to do anyway. so hire costs for 3 months kick off the thought of buying. (avoiding let down of a long term rental Corolla!)
- it would be a great journey to drive our own car, and then bring those memories home in a car we want anyway
- costs, if it were neutral i'd be happy.

Any thoughts, experience or contacts would be welcome. i'm in south east.

i think a UK import agent is an expense i'd be happy to pay for.
what are the issues with US Mustangs in UK? (headlamps, fog lights, reverse lights...anything else?)
how do you buy a car in US? (i have family there, so possibility of an address, but no SS number. i did buy a car in 1980 there, but rules may have tightened since.)

[thainy77]

Getting insurance will probably be the bigger issue.

[CABC]

visitor.us promises to fix this. works by setting up a US company to own the car.

[Avdb]

Perhaps go for the GT350 to have something unusual when back in the UK

[Roo]

CABC said:

- costs, if it were neutral i'd be happy.

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Apart from the previously mentioned problems with buying and insuring a car only you can decide if it's cost neutral.

[CaptainSensib1e]

Avdb said:

Perhaps go for the GT350 to have something unusual when back in the UK

This. A LHD Mustang will be tough to move on with so many RHD ones available. But a GT350 will get a decent premium seeing as they are so rare over here.

[CABC]

CaptainSensib1e said:

Avdb said:

Perhaps go for the GT350 to have something unusual when back in the UK

This. A LHD Mustang will be tough to move on with so many RHD ones available. But a GT350 will get a decent premium seeing as they are so rare over here.

yep, good input.

i'm also considering import to EU as well, where lhd is useful. Better place to stretch the legs too

[thainy77]

I have a GT350 if there is anything you want to know about them.

[CABC]

thainy77 said:

I have a GT350 if there is anything you want to know about them.

thanks for the offer.

I guess i'd ask a piece of string question: is it civilised enough for road trips? (spouse on board)
i'm used to lightweights and can tolerate more than most. that said, i wouldn't want a car like this to be too raw as i'd much prefer real agility and feel from a lighter car when uncomfortable. this car is about the engine primarily.

[thainy77]

CABC said:

thanks for the offer.

I guess i'd ask a piece of string question: is it civilised enough for road trips? (spouse on board)
i'm used to lightweights and can tolerate more than most. that said, i wouldn't want a car like this to be too raw as i'd much prefer real agility and feel from a lighter car when uncomfortable. this car is about the engine primarily.

Yes, if you don’t have it in sport or track mode it’s fine, I use it as a daily and do about 50 miles a day in it. It’s also pretty agile when in track mode for a car of its weight.

Plus who doesn’t want line lock?