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Old 11-22-2018, 06:49 AM
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I'm taking ED of my incoming RS in a few weeks. Given it's Dec in Germany, I don't plan to spend any time driving it while I'm there; best case is I get to drive one of their RS's around track while I'm there. I plan to ship it from Leipzig to London, where I'm currently living. I can keep it in London with me for 90days before it has to ship to the US (it's a US spec car). Even though the weather is wet and cold in London this time of year, I should at least be able to fit in a little bit of driving and even a couple track days on the occasional dry day here/there, before it has to ship off to the states.

Any suggestions on a transport company to get the RS from Leipzig to London? Luckily there's a Porsche drop location in London to send the car to US. I just need transport to get the car from Germany to UK.
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www.carseurope.net are the best for Germany to UK.

Do you plan to insure the car through Porsche for 90 days? Their rate is quite expensive.
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Another recommendation from a friend:
http://www.mnbtransport.com/en/

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I have the Porsche insurance quote as a worst case. I need to reach out to my broker to get a quote to compare.

Thanks for the suggestion on transport.
Old 11-22-2018, 12:56 PM
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Ping Shmee150...he has a place in germany and London. He either drives between but also believe transports as well.
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Why not drive it through train tunnel?
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Just worried about the weather. I guess I could check forecast slightly before it and cancel transport if it looks ok.

If no snow/ice, I'd definitely drive it.
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Porsche offers free winter tires with ED, so if you do decide to drive back to London, you can do it safely with winter tires.
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^^^ Wouldn't that require the car to go back to where he picked it up?
I had snow tires on the Macan, but as soon as spring came, I stopped by and put our own wheel and tire package back on.
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ED transport recommendation

Viagramobile?
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Originally Posted by gt3touring
Porsche offers free winter tires with ED, so if you do decide to drive back to London, you can do it safely with winter tires.
Yes, unfortunately, if I do winter tires, I have to return it to Leipzig.
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So many ED posts. Do that many of us really have Erectile Disfunction? Or am I reading this wrong? Has this got something to do with a manual?
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Ha. Yes, ED transport can have a few different meanings I guess.
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CARS Europe is great. Not cheap but neither is your car!
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I called them today; in process of setting it up. Thanks for the recommendations.


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