I haven't bought the car you story will make me rush out to buy it. In fact,
after deciding to buy the car, another guy met there offering the seller and
additional $500 to sell it to him. Lucky me, he already pocketed my money
and I got my title.
Now I am considering keeping the engine and selling the body as I am not
sure I will be up to the task of building this thing from ground up. I have
one already and I am well pleased with it. The price is what attracted me to
this other one.
Gabriel
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Stephen Flaherty
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 7:05 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: To buy or not to buy
Hi
Greetings from Ireland - Ye all have it soft in the America's. Get this for
devotion to the TR6.
At today's exchange rates one Irish £ is worth US $1.24
I bought my TR6 in the UK way back in 1993. I had to pay IR £5,000 for it -
it had been restored in the late 1980's so the body was good but not
concours, It also required some mechanical work.
When I shipped it home our ever friendly Government slapped on its duties.
They have a classic car list from which they decide its value regardless of
what you actually paid for it.
A heap of scrap is worth IR £ 3,500 - a medium quality example is worth IR
£6,500 and a perfect example is worth IR £ 10,000 - they valued mine at IR
£8,000.
The duty was 25% of its value plus a loading because of its large (by Irish
standards) engine size.
I ended up paying IR £ 2,250 in duties!
I had a struggle getting insurance then which when I did get it cost IR
£900. A classic car here is not considered a "classic" until it is 30 years
old - my TR6 is 1975 so I have to pay the full rate of Road tax - about IR
£340 which is paid annually.
I never use my TR6 in the rain or drive it on wet roads - only problem is it
rains here on average one day out of every two!
Oh - and if that was not enough to put you off TR6 ownership - here we pay
about IR £3.20 a gallon for gas - still I love my TR6 and willingly pay and
consider the pleasure I get from it well worth the money.
Steve
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