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Car shipping from US to Europe?
Just wondering, has anyone ever shipped a car to Europe from the USA? Or vise versa? I know to ship a car to Puerto Rico it's about 2-3 grand but I don't know if Europe is a TOTALLY different story cost wise. An international license is needed and all the crap from the country you're shipping it to.
Any info/advice is greatly appreciated!
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For adventure's sake, I'd drive to Nova Scotia, ship it from Halifax to Rekyavyk (sp) pick it up there, drive around Iceland for a while and then catch the weekly ferry to Scotland.
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Please tell me you're not looking at a car on craigslist.......
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That would be so much fun! Would you do Scotland to England?
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I think it's around 2-3 grand to ship it, so that's pretty doable for me in a year. Looking at about 6 grand probably, but it'd be so worth it.
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But you could just as easily do Scotland--Sweden by ferry.
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Going through Canada would be cool, I imagine it wouldn't take as long to get to Sweden then going from like Long Beach, California. How long does something like that take? Weeks?
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Just kidding, of course you can drive.
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It would be more expensive to do that I think than to ship from Baltimore to Hamburg which is a common route.
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IIRC the fellow who bought my old Ferrari had it picked up at my house in Lafayette, hauled to the chicago area, put in a container and dropped in England for less than 3000. The cost to ship to chicago was about 300 IIRC. It seemed pretty reasonable to me.
The halifax and ferry thing sounds very interesting!
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Sounds like an absolutely crazy idea and I totally support it!
Now if you're going through all the hassle and expense of shipping you car overseas you'd better plan that carefully. There is a lot more to Europe than Arjeplog and I'd take the opportunity to see as much of it I could. Things to consider..
That list would be 50% shorter if you'd drive a brand new car. But that wouldn't be an adventure now would it!
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Would you be able to drive a US car in europe?
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Yes.
Insurance is trickier but it can be done.
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Ok, here was my plan:
This is the "Beta" version lol I want to ship the car to England and drive it to london...ship it by ferry to France and drive to Paris and stuff.. then off to Deutschland, probably Munich then through Belgium and into Denmark and it is a must that I go on the Oresund Bridge!!!! Then into Sweden. Do my thang in southern Sweden and drive up to Arjeplog which is the destination. Drive back down probably to Stockholm or maybe back to Copenhagen to ship the car back to the USA and hop onto a plane for myself. This whole adventure is only 1,500 miles and takes one day and 22 hours if you're doing it straight through, according to google maps. I'll probably be there for about 2 weeks, so I could span out the trip for the 2 weeks. So far from what i've read, I need an international drivers license which is 15$ at AAA and need my insurance to cover me while over there. I can drive with my California plates since the car will only be in each country a few days, a week at most. But need to have the registration in the car at all times, which is a given. I'm just wondering, that, if I drive with my California plates am I going to get pulled over by every cop that sees them? Or will they be cool with it? Also, i'm going to have to study the European rules of the road and i'm pretty good with German, but French, Danish and Swedish not so much. lol The only real issue I see here, is the monies... But i'll hopefully have a very good income in the next few months so I can save up over the next year or two. Which is cool, gives me time to make sure the 220 is in top shape, which isn't the case atm. I'm still riding on one 30 year old tire (until monday ) Ohhh, Also I'm probably going to have to invest in a security system of some sort and damn good one too, cause if this car is stolen while I'm there i'll not only be furious/depressed but royally screwed! I'm going to get those allen wrench type screws for the License plates and a license plate cover so it'll be VERY difficult to rip them off. (read a horror story, of someone trying to pry off Cali plates in the netherlands).
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