 my car in brazil: import or just use it ?
In article <C0F6D3AC.3959F%guido.de.backer@easynet.be>, Guido De Backer
<guido.de.backer@easynet.be> writes
>hi all,
>I am sorry my portugese is too bad to write...
If you think this is Portuguese then you have a major surprise coming..
>I'm from Belgium and my wife is from RS, Brazil
>we will go to Brazil in oktober+november and again in january - march 2007
>usually we rent a car in Brazil
>
>now I have my old volvo here, that is 20 years old and is almost finished
>I was thinking to send it to Brazil so that we can use it there
>
>or we could import it:
>I heard it is very expensive to import, but nobody can really tell what the
>cost would be for a 20 year old volvo with market value 500 euros
>are there maybe exceptions for old-timers ?
>
>or we could use it as tourists visiting the country:
>we keep it on belgian licence plates, don't import it, and just drive around
>and send it back to europe, or better scrap it in Brazil or sell it for
>pieces .. (?)
>howlong can we use a foreign car in Brazil ?
>
>anyone ideas ?
>or web adresses where I could find more information ?
I'd say forget it. Shipping a car to Brazil will cost you a fortune, the
bureaucracy will be a nightmare (to get the car, sell it (if you will be
able to) and get the money out of the country.
If you don't want to rent and you are there for a long time, I suggest
you buy a cheap car while in Brazil and then re-sell it when you leave.
Even this simple transaction will be fraught with difficulties.
--
JohnM
World Cup Balls #10 (and last)
"The player who stood out for me,
who didn't even play, was Carrick"
LEE DIXON, BBC1
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