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Are crew cab rules ok for used vehicles?
Do the new crew cab tax rates apply to second hand cars? For example, if I buy a 2008 SUV that's classified as a crew cab and taxed as such can I continue to tax it at the commercial rate? I am a limited company director and VAT-registered so the car would be for business use.
Pete Watters (Dublin)
Dec 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
Value of 2013 Mercedes E 220?
What's the cost in Ireland of a 2013 Mercedes-Benz E 220 with 73,000 miles on the clock?
Derek Legear (Limerick)
Dec 2019 Filed under: used car values
Can I temporarily bring my van in from UK?
Hi, I am doing some work on my own house in Ireland in 2020; how long can I keep my big van there without changing the plates as I want to bring it back to UK again?
Martin Joyce (London)
Dec 2019 Filed under: importing
Why different tax for these Zafiras?
Hi!
I can't understand something. How come my Opel Zafira 161 is in the €570 tax band and a 141 is in the €280 tax band? The two cars are identical.
Tamas Giran (Enniscorthy)
Dec 2019 Filed under: taxation
I want to use a crew cab privately...
I want to use a six-seat crew cab as a private car; how much is the VRT and road tax on a 2.2-litre diesel?
Fergus Scully (Navan )
Dec 2019 Filed under: commercial vehicle
How much is my 2013 VW Sharan worth?
How much is my 2013 Volkwagen Sharan diesel automatic worth?
Tom Kearney (Bray)
Dec 2019 Filed under: used car values
Do I need to tell Revenue if I didn't import?
Do I need to let Irish Revenue know if I resell my imported UK car back to the the UK garage where I bought it as the VRT is too high on it when I got the figure today?
Mary Reilly (Navan)
Dec 2019 Filed under: importing
Belt or chain in a 2012 Mazda3?
Hi,
Does the 2012 Mazda3 Tamura 1.6 diesel have a timing chain or timing belt?
Regards
Mark B.
Mark Bowman (Whitehead)
Oct 2019 Filed under: servicing
What's up with my Audi brakes?
Hi.
In May 2018 I bought an Audi A3 Sportback 1.0 turbo (pre-reg Jan 2018). Around Oct/Nov I noticed a metallic grinding noise when reversing slowly out of my driveway and also reversing from a car parking spot. Initially told "probably lack of use" as my mileage was and is low (now 11,600km). Early in 2019 went back three or four times and they could not find anything wrong. They suggested the brake material. I had no more problems until now when the problem is back. The dealer is an Audi dealer and I believe they did their best to sort me out. I am wondering if the problem is brake material together with my little use (and short trips) of the car. There is no problem driving forward. Can you suggest what might be wrong?
F D (Dublin)
Oct 2019 Filed under: brakes
Can I import a car that's on finance?
I was working in UK and took finance on a car, and now I have an opportunity to move back to Ireland. Can I VRT the car here and re-register to Irish plates? I intend to continue to pay all finance owing monthly as I am doing.
John Sheehan (Castlebar )
Oct 2019 Filed under: finance
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