ktel

I am searching for a top condition 1982 944 either located in the US either in Europe... I know the production was very limited that year and no cars were official imported in the States, so this is a very long shot.

If you wonder why I' m looking for a 1982, the reason is that it can be imported to my country without paying any taxes as it 's considered a classic car. Thank you!

StoogeMoe

Good luck. I've only ever seen one here in the US. And it wasn't in that great of shape.

racer

If you wait a year, would an '83 meet the same rule? lots more '83s to choose from.

out of curiosity, what is the tax burden of an 83 vs an 82 at the moment?

Rudeboy42

by t he time you find one an '87 will be old enough to qualify

ktel

Yes, if I wait a year an '83 will meet the same rule. But I can't wait so much
Tax for an 82: zero, if imported as a classic vehicle. Tax for an 83: 10.000 euros or more.

racer

No wonder Greece is broke Wow.. How can you pay 10,000 in euro TAX on a car that's likely only worth less than 5,000 Euro to begin with! crazy talk!

dpoul34

http://southcoast.craigslist.org/cto/2287279396.html

catamax944

http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=192490522

http://www.autoscout24.it/Details.aspx?id=192370539

ktel

Thank you! I 've send a mail to the seller from the craiglist. The silver one from Italy looks very interesting but first I wanna see the one from the States.

Luis de Prat

Having shipped a 944 from the US to Europe myself, I don't see the benefit of looking at US cars as opposed to buying in Europe since the shipping alone will cost you at least US$3K and you'll still have to make changes to the car to pass local inspection.

You're much better off looking at cars in Germany or elsewhere in the EU that is within driving distance.

I brought mine into the EU duty free due to relocation from the US.

racer

iirc, Euro cars were higher HP than US cars (163 vs 143/147)

Voith

We have similar law here, but my 85.5 is considered classic car officially for 4 years now, since I convinced them (official technical check staff) that it is rare.

Check if your law permit younger cars classic classification if they are "rare" models. Here car has to be 25 years old, but only 20 if it is rare.

Benefit of classification is 90% off insurance, so yearly car registration is only 120€. (But you have to be a member of one oldtimer club that issues you with old timer licence)


Btw: how are old timers treat officially in USA?

Voith

Check www.mobile.de

http://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/se...nt1.modelId=12

racer

If you mean cars (not people), it is all STATE dependent. Some consider 15years old to be classic. Others 20, Others 25.

Most states will mileage restrict /use restrict a classic or antique tagged car The ususal "advantage" to the classic/antique status is not needing to pass yearly safety or emissions testing. Insurance can be less, but will often have similar use restrictions (ie, can't be your only car, must be garaged etc).

divil

There is basically no tax to begin with over here so most people don't bother going out of their way to search for cars of a particular age. In some states that have emissions tests, cars of a certain age are exempt but for the most part every single aspect of owning a car over here is a fraction of the cost of most European countries.

I moved here from Ireland a while back and my 2 cars here would cost me a total of about $3000/year in road tax and probably about the same in insurance back home. Here, it's about $500 all told for insurance and yearly registration.

Oh and I didn't even mention the NCT yet...