Car buying in Slovakia

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Car buying in Slovakia

Post by nitro_warrior » Wed Nov 20, 2013 2:04 pm

I have a bit of an early stage scheme brewing. A friend of mine is marrying a Slovakian girl and the wedding will be taking place in Slovakia in August.

It strikes me that this is a good opportunity to buy a one way flight, buy an interesting vehicle and drive back. Even the girlfriend isn't completely adverse to the notion, so long as we go back via a beach in Croatia which would only add to the adventure I reckon.

So that's the basic plan, I know nothing of what I should be doing, logistics of importing/registering a car back in the UK, so any words of advice or suggestions would be helpful. I have half a year to plan! I should say my plan is to buy second hand at a fairly low bangernomics type price point.

If the plan works I have another wedding in Poland in October...
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Re: Car buying in Slovakia

Post by GvidoR » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:37 pm

I'd say it's worth it only if the car you are planning to buy is either...

1) Much cheaper in Slovakia
2) Very rare in UK

Cars in Slovakia are left-hand-drive. Also, you will have to re-register the car or whatnot when it comes to UK. You will also have to adjust the headlights as far as I know. I'm not sure how much all of this will cost but I don't think it's very cheap.
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