has anyone shiped their truck to EU for a roadtrip?
next summer ill be needing a long vacation and ive found a RO/RO service to several ports in EU.

just woundering if anyone has done this and or knows where I can find info on things ill need to do, to be able to drive there.

thanks

 

Wouldnt it be cheaper to rent something there?

 

I´m not sure , you might need a document to prove you only is here on vacation.

I´ll see if i can dig something up for You !

 

My wife and I went to Europe for 3 week this summer and we rented and Mercedes 320 Kompressor and had a hell of a good time. Having the L there would have been fun on the Auto bond, but you need to remember that the roads sume times are narrow, and the gas is about 4 times what it is in the US. If you get in an accident over there they automatically pin it on the foreigner. You may just want to rent!

 

of course
but i wana have some fun with the germans

 

Would make for interesting driving.,

Be prepared to pay the equilivent of $200 to fill the truck with gas.

Expect roads to be a lot narrower than you're used to and a lot busier.

Roads in the UK are bad at best but on the continent are pretty good overall. The German Autobhans will lead to much fun but if you happen to take a trip thru the Uk be prepared for lots of trafic and speed cameras on almost every road, mind you with US plates they aint gonna ticket you

 

I can just imagine all the attention u would get with your L. I was thinking about moving to Europe at one point, and if I would move there, i would want to take my L with me, although it would be too expensive to have as a daily driver because of gas there is about 5 bucks a gallon.

 

Most of your everyday people take no notice, to them its another Yank truck.

Anyone who knows their cars will look in awe and will love the V8 noise, the ones we get tend to be Jags/Mercs and you wouldnt know its a V8.

As for gas prices. Currently in the UK its 90p per litre which is about $1.60. Just under £5 a gallon which is $8-$9

 

Daaahuuummm, I should stop whining about my $2.40 a gallon here.

 

i got a friend in St. petersburg and shes paying only $1.79 eq. for a gallon

but ill be stayin germany and $200 for a tank isnt sounding to worth it but we will see

i fiqure itll be about $3200 to ship it there and back and for all the gas

but if i could sell it there it would be almost worth it

 

Make sure not to goto Portugal if you bring the L.

If so, bring alot of octane booster. I only remember seeing 87 octane there.

 

If you were to sell it here then to give you a guide, the cheapest i've seen a Lightning for sale is £17000 or almost $30000 and that would be for a 1999 model. Brand new 2004 L's are around the equlivent of $50000.

In Germany take another $20-$30 off the price of a tank of gas, the UK is the most expensive in Europe

 

if i could get $30k i would be on the boat tomarrow

do i need to do anything to the truck i.e lights - tags

ive heard u need the big licence plates and my exhuast might be to loud

 

For it to be legal in the UK and i think its the same for Europe it has to have a test called the SVA test where they change the lights etc for Euro spec and test all the other stuff so that it means the Euro regs. Usually on imports it gets done by the dealer. It can be done by the public if they take it to the right place so thats not a problem. also the registration of the vehicle is up to the buyer as well. Only problem you might find is selling it quickly, because of the fuel prices in Europe it might not sell very quickly.

Dont worry about the plates or exhaust, that tends to be down to personal taste.

Theres plenty of L's for sale here in the UK which have been freshly imported and not yet registered.