Harold 4x4

Harold 4x4

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Can anyone from the island of Ireland(s) advise me on registration of vehicles to Eire? I have a French registered RHD Discovery td5 which I would like to take with me if we relocate over there ...

Is insurance comparable to mainland UK, and what is the second hand car market like over there ?
 
Lots of info here:

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/...ve_in_ireland/importing_car_into_ireland.html

But if you are moving there I would brush up on a few terms.
Don't say Eire over there
Don't say "Ireland and mainland UK" unless you are in Northern Ireland.
There is only one Island of Ireland but depending on who you are talking to there are two Irelands. The republic and Northern Ireland.

Secondhand car market is a rip-off, as is insurance.

Good luck with the move!
 
Thanks for the link! Not quite sure why you advise on verbal skills but no doubt I will find out when I'm over there again...
 
Harold 4x4 said:
Thanks for the link! Not quite sure why you advise on verbal skills but no doubt I will find out when I'm over there again...
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Its not a huge thing, the only way I could equate the type of reactions you might get is by way of an analogy.

Imagine, Irish tourist walks in to a traditional French restaurant in the French countryside, waiter brings him a cheese board with a selection of nice local cheeses and he says: "I don't like the look of that, do you not have any nice German cheeses?" Nobody will kill you for saying it but you might not make as many friends :)
 
Nope, that analogy still not working for me ;) However, using that particular analogy the French would probably take the cheese away and come back with the same cheese and present it as German, they are Irish after all :p. What I have learned in life is people are generally the same the world over - always someone ready to drop a metaphorical Turd on a situation.

Strangely enough being English in France I find the most annoying people are generally 'Brits abroad', usually on holiday having a moan about something not being as good as back home. I tend to avoid them like the plague and use my best French accent if necessary ...:cool:
 
Harold 4x4 said:
Nope, that analogy still not working for me ;) However, using that particular analogy the French would probably take the cheese away and come back with the same cheese and present it as German, they are Irish after all :p. What I have learned in life is people are generally the same the world over - always someone ready to drop a metaphorical Turd on a situation.

Strangely enough being English in France I find the most annoying people are generally 'Brits abroad', usually on holiday having a moan about something not being as good as back home. I tend to avoid them like the plague and use my best French accent if necessary ...:cool:
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I have always been too British to be Irish, too Irish to be British and too old to give a crap either way. I can sing God save the queen to the tune of come out you black and tans and vice versa :)

You will notice the little quirks, is it Northern Ireland or the North of Ireland?. Derry/Londonderry? Then you have the Free state or the Republic, that's a tricky one. I noticed loads of pitfalls in your original post you will have loads of fun ;-)
 
There are no pitfalls in my original post :)

I don't have the same issues as you, it would seem. I don't 'feel' any sense of patriotism either way so I am not English, British or any 'ish' on the list. What I am is an old(er) geezer bimbling through life trying to keep his damn 'annoying piece of crap' Land Rover (s) running. Who gives a FK about a peice of an Island and who 'owns' it - we'll all be dead one day so bollocks to that nonsense.
 
Harold 4x4 said:
There are no pitfalls in my original post :)

I don't have the same issues as you, it would seem. I don't 'feel' any sense of patriotism either way so I am not English, British or any 'ish' on the list. What I am is an old(er) geezer bimbling through life trying to keep his damn 'annoying piece of crap' Land Rover (s) running. Who gives a FK about a peice of an Island and who 'owns' it - we'll all be dead one day so bollocks to that nonsense.
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I don't have any issues, my English wife didn't have a great time there though. All I was trying to tell you was to beware of the 1000 welcomes. I will be interested to know how welcoming you find my countrymen after a year or so, but as I said, the best of luck.
 
:D We 'all' have issues ...

I understand fully where you are coming from. Writing some bull****e banter on a forum is never the best way to convey a message.

What I can relay is the last time I went to Ireland (last Autumn) even the English agent at the car hire company was telling me about the underlying 'anti-English/British' undertones. He is English and his wife is Irish and apparently he had a hell of a time when they moved over.

Always up for a challenge, me. And I don't mind the odd fisticuffs should a very nice Irish geezer want to make friends :cool::p:D
 
Harold 4x4 said:
:D We 'all' have issues ...

I understand fully where you are coming from. Writing some bull****e banter on a forum is never the best way to convey a message.

What I can relay is the last time I went to Ireland (last Autumn) even the English agent at the car hire company was telling me about the underlying 'anti-English/British' undertones. He is English and his wife is Irish and apparently he had a hell of a time when they moved over.

Always up for a challenge, me. And I don't mind the odd fisticuffs should a very nice Irish geezer want to make friends :cool::p:D
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You will be fine so :)
 
I wouldn't worry too much fella, you seem sound enough, just stay away from arseholes and you will be Ok, thers plenty of them everywhere you go.. Just dont try putting on a funny Irish accent, for some reason a lot of English people seem to think us Irish find this funny, we dont, and for fecks sake dont go calling people Paddy, you'll be on the next boat home! :p
 
Well I can throw in my real experience,.... fwiw;

I had a disco td5 which I had for many years with me when I moved to the 'mid-West' (East Clare rented then North Tipp bought) 3 years ago. First thing is keep the booking print out of your ferry crossing, second thing is even if you aren't in your permanent home yet, start the process at the VRT office. You only get 30 days to declare your transferring your domicile, after that you are charged the VRT as if you had justt bought the vehicle, in my case a bill of €800 extra!

Wish I had asked the question before moving,.... and as the man says you are going to find insurance expensive here. I find some vehicles aren't too bad but others seem expensive, it is just the import costs really,... but it also applies to spares, mind you in France it was always quicker to mail order stuff from the UK anyway. You might find (depending on where you end up) that the narrow roads make LHD a pain, I am more comfortable now in RHD having changed.
 
Helps to change the licence to Irish for the insurance BTW, it shouldn't but it does. The insurance companies here do have things their own way at present.
 
If all goes to plan I will buy something in Ireland and sell the TD5 (RHD) here in France - plenty of Hunters who want a 4x4 regardless of the wheel being in the wrong place ...

However, I'm not sure how having an Irish Plated vehicle would work if I chose to use it in France/Europe for maybe 6months whilst I get my act together with relocation and job hunting.
 
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