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Redrocket wrote:

Hi everyone, I am thinking of buying a classic car in Greece to bring to Germany. It seems like there could be a good enough money saving depending on how expensive it costs to export.

In Germany we have temporary insurance and registration plates, which can be issued to non-residents, and the vehicle can be driven inside of Germany and in other EU member states for a period of 1 or 2 weeks. But this is only issued in Germany for cars in Germany, after inspection you can drive it outside Germany.

Is there such an equivalent thing in Greece?
Yes I am suggesting that I am consider breaking in a new classic car with a roadtrip as crazy as it might sound.

On the other hand, has anyone any experience of shipping a car to Germany or northwards with a shipping company? Car I am considering is in Athens.

I once picked up a TR7 in the South of France (St Tropez) and brought it back into Germany to restore it.  I rented a car transporter from Hertz and brought it back on that; it saved me any concerns I had as to whether it would make it, plus I didn't have to register/insure it until I was ready.  I just had to sort out the customs at the border.  Most towns in Germany have a central "Zollamt" where you could make enquiries.  I didn't save any money doing it that way (car restorations aren't about that), but it made it a lot easier.

What's the car?

hi,just to tell you that you may find answers to your questions on É«»¨Ìà Forum as these subjects have come up from time to time,scroll through the previous pages for past posts,also set your set your same questions out there.We saw a great classic car race in September from Athens all around the Pelopnese,we caught site of them at Alepohori,most of the cars were from Belgium I think,lovely,gorgeous cars,they had obviously spent a lot of money on them.

Hi, thanks for your replies.

Car is a mk2 escort.

The car transporter is an interesting option, but most I've looked at ( not at hertz just in general ) require a C license.
Also, a round trip Munich to Athens in a van/transporter is 2000 kilometers each way so its a tad more drving than I wanted.
I suppose the other option may be ask around and see if someone knows a shipping company that deals with this sort of export regularly.

I'll just need to keep thinkin about this for a while longer

Nice project; I've got my eye on a Mk 2 Cortina 1600E LHD; don't know if I'll pursue it though.  With regards to the transporter; you can drive up to and including 3.5t gvw on a car licence; there are plenty of small transporters in that category.  It is a long way, so I turned mine into a  trip to visit somewhere I hadn't been to before.

Best of luck with it.