customs grief

[flectron]

thanks for the kind offers, but it\'s gonna be in my name, ok people? step away from the car.

i\'m gonna try and get a VAT break by claiming it\'s of historical interest, which reduces it from 17.5% to 5%.
i need some back-up but the prez said he\'d help (cheers clive:wave).
seems like there\'s a long lead time on these applications, so i\'ll probably have to pay in full (cheers bank:wave) and try and claw some back whenever the lovely VAT people are ready. :rolleyes:

gord:D

ps no bullets here bob, i agree when it comes to old-skoolers. don\'t know if carl will tho.. or our kiwi friends..

[MikeLMR]

is it here yet

[flectron]

yep, arrived yesterday!
but it\'s in southampton, and will be for a couple of days til it\'s cleared customs, etc. bloke reckons he\'ll have it here monday by the latest, making this already the longest week in history.:rolleyes:
paid the duty/ vat yesterday, came to £2385.11 which smarted a little, but i\'m over it - i\'m not prepared to get down about money. if i was a financially responsible type of bloke i wouldn\'t be buying this car in the first place, rather an economical little runaround like a fiat 126 or summat:p
soooo, expect the first pix sometime next week.
gord:D

[WeasleRx7]

That\'s great news Gord

I\'m looking forward to seeing it about.  You will drive it wont you?? Not just keep it locked away until the 2 days of sunshine we get each year!

Simon :wave

[flectron]

hi simon :wave

well....

i\'ll drive it more than the previous owner (about 300km/year ), but i am going to be a bit precious about taking it out in the rain... also i\'ve got classic insurance for it which limits the mileage to 5000 p/a..
when yours gets back we could have a mini meet and see if any other glos rotors wanna meet...?
i bought my little 1000 to be my daily driver - you seen it buzzing round town yet?
it\'s definitely the only one in \'nam! (pics in link in sig.)

gord:D

[Big Stu]

Gord,

Great News on the Car. I used to live in Glos and i may be down with my shiny new motor shortly. If i do ill let you know so we can go through the inner ring of cheltenham and upset to multiple chavs that hang around the bus station in there XR2i\'s

[flectron]

:rollin

hehehehe i proposed exactly the same thing to simon (weaslerx7).
but yeah definitely let me know if you\'re around \'nam - i\'d love a look at your shiny new beast.

gord:D

[clive]

Originally posted by flectron
yep, arrived yesterday!
but it\'s in southampton, and will be for a couple of days til it\'s cleared customs, etc. bloke reckons he\'ll have it here monday by the latest, making this already the longest week in history.:rolleyes:
paid the duty/ vat yesterday, came to £2385.11 which smarted a little, but i\'m over it - i\'m not prepared to get down about money. if i was a financially responsible type of bloke i wouldn\'t be buying this car in the first place, rather an economical little runaround like a fiat 126 or summat:p
soooo, expect the first pix sometime next week.
gord:D

Hi Gord,
Sorry didn\'t realise the car landing was quite so imminent, if you didn\'t receive it today you will receive it in the morning, a letter from the club written by myself to claim the historical interest of the car to gain a reduction for you.

Hopefully you can get a refund on production of this letter

[flectron]

that\'s great, thanks for helping clive.
Regards,

Gord:D