Stumbled across this on ebay, i recognised the car but if i remember correctly the owner just bought it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LAND-ROVER-RANGE-ROV...4002r38244

it belongs to a member on here, lives in Portugal and he had lots of problems with his Rinspeed alloys IIRC 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Tim in Scotland wrote:

it belongs to a member on here, lives in Portugal and he had lots of problems with his Rinspeed alloys IIRC

ah cool maybe a genuine add, seemed a bit wierd with a UK mobile number ect

Avoiding paying Portuguese import tax.......  2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Not mine tho
I drive a LHD UK registered TDV8 and reside (part time) in a european country.
Import duty is high here also but it is the insurance that is the killer here €4000 per year compared with £358 in UK for a simillar level of cover.
For my motorbike they wanted €3000 and I was paying £315 in the UK. At least when my R1 got stolen it was still under UK cover and I got the value of it back and bought a 1300 with it, now I pay €215 third party only.
Right need to go fit the winter tyres to the car today  Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

I thought it worth mentioning as ive had pictures of my car and reg number used in for bogus sale adds.

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I drive a LHD UK registered TDV8 and reside (part time) in a european country.
Import duty is high here also but it is the insurance that is the killer here €4000 per year compared with £358 in UK for a simillar level of cover.

If you are a Brit in Europe and can use a UK address then Land Rover Insurance has unlimited continental use as a standard cover on it's policies - I'm now paying £185pa for the TDv8 to them which is fully comp and includes offroad use and recovery, unlimited continental driving and lots of other things that not even the directline type insurers can match. Nearest quote I got from any of them was £650 pa from e-sure, the rest were much higher or refused to quote unless a Tracker was fitted.
My premium dropped 50% this year because they recategorised my job and I am deemed to be a lower risk, I don't mind paying £185 for a host of thing I won't use just to get the premium so low. The TDv8 now costs the same to insure with LRI (really Royal and Sun Alliance) as my 13 year old Defender which has the same cover. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

lespes wrote:

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I drive a LHD UK registered TDV8 and reside (part time) in a european country.
Import duty is high here also but it is the insurance that is the killer here €4000 per year compared with £358 in UK for a simillar level of cover.

Have noticed that insurance companies seem to heavily load premiums if your driving licence is not issued in the country that you are driving in. When the EU was coming into being one thought was you could go to any country and get cover anywhere, but in practise it costs an arm and a leg and thats if they will quote you.

I can get property insurance in the Channel Isl;ands for property in the UK at a good saving, but try and insure a car in England from the Channel Islands then it it will cost 3 times the rate you would be quoted in England and be in no doubt that they really don;t want your business.

Think Coko was paying some horrendus premium in this country, which was probably due to his non english licence

Never heard a named driver bringing the insurance down before, but not surprised, they all seem to have their little quirks.

One thing for sure you do have to shop round nowadays. Always used to use NFU, who always provided the best cover for the cheapest quote, but now, do not find them at all competitive and have become quite expensive over the past couple of years

Hi, the add is genuine. I bought the car just over a year ago but am now looking to sell now.
Although i live in Portugal, I still use a UK mobile number.
As you guys have mentioned, its registered in the Uk to avoid the crazy Portuguese import duty charges. Insurance costs aren't too bad. 2008 RRS Supercharged
Lucerne Green, HST Kit, 23" Rinspeed Alloys, Side Steps, Mud Flaps.

By the way Alicatt the same thing happended to me, my fiance is Portuguese and with her as a named driver on my insurance policy it reduced the caost by 15%! 2008 RRS Supercharged
Lucerne Green, HST Kit, 23" Rinspeed Alloys, Side Steps, Mud Flaps.

Bodster2 wrote:

Hi, the add is genuine. I bought the car just over a year ago but am now looking to sell now.
Although i live in Portugal, I still use a UK mobile number.
As you guys have mentioned, its registered in the Uk to avoid the crazy Portuguese import duty charges. Insurance costs aren't too bad.

Thought i would warn you just incase it was a scam

x5pea wrote:

Bodster2 wrote:

Hi, the add is genuine. I bought the car just over a year ago but am now looking to sell now.
Although i live in Portugal, I still use a UK mobile number.
As you guys have mentioned, its registered in the Uk to avoid the crazy Portuguese import duty charges. Insurance costs aren't too bad.

Thought i would warn you just incase it was a scam

I appreciate it. Thanks  2008 RRS Supercharged
Lucerne Green, HST Kit, 23" Rinspeed Alloys, Side Steps, Mud Flaps.