Importing car
Finally car arrived in Nederland. It's still a lot cheaper than having to
sell and buy another car although it's very hassle. Car transport with
documentations on the US side was about $1050. Another $200 for inland
pick-up for the vehicle. We weren't in the country when they picked up
the car, so we left the car with a friend in the States. (Car shipment
was only 4 weeks but our stuff was said to take 6-8 weeks in transit.)
That's all on the US side.
Most of the hassle was for the Europe side. The biggest item was to get the import exempt for the custom; otherwise it'd be very costly (like 2k when I did the calculation). That final piece of paper we got took a lot of work. Good thing we were anticipating this so I kept all the necessary papers with me and not packed in boxes. Still they require more stuff after we arrived in Nederland. Then it was getting the car registered here. Can't stop our liability insurance in the States yet before returning our New York license plate. (So gotta mail that with a return receipt so I have something to show Geico that I returned my plates.) Clearing the custom, port, fees and documentations at Rotterdam cost about 300 euro. Took the train down to Rottermdam was about 20 euro. Taxi from Rotterdam Centraal Station to port was 57 euro.
Finally we arrived at the RDW (Dutch version of DMV) in Amsterdam for inspection and registration. Car didn't pass inspection since apparently every European car has a tail "fog light". Also that our head light beams are too high. We need to get the fog light installed and the front light angle adjusted at a local garage before getting registration. Good thing we can still drive around with our US plates for a bit (altho I was told foreign plates are collectible items. I took my tail plate up just in case. I need to have something to send back to the NY DMV.) The hassle now is with parking. We don't have a garage, so we must do street parking. Street parking here is cheap with a permit. It's about 98 euro for half year. However, it's a totally different game without a permit: 3 euro per hour. Anyways, paid about 200 euro for inspection and "partial" registration. Need to pay another 26 euro for the fog light inspection next time. With the custom tax exempt, luckily we also don't need to pay the BPM tax. That's a tax imposed on newly imported/purchased vehicles based on your carbon emission.
All in all, I hope this is all worth it, or I'm gonna make sure it's worth it.
Most of the hassle was for the Europe side. The biggest item was to get the import exempt for the custom; otherwise it'd be very costly (like 2k when I did the calculation). That final piece of paper we got took a lot of work. Good thing we were anticipating this so I kept all the necessary papers with me and not packed in boxes. Still they require more stuff after we arrived in Nederland. Then it was getting the car registered here. Can't stop our liability insurance in the States yet before returning our New York license plate. (So gotta mail that with a return receipt so I have something to show Geico that I returned my plates.) Clearing the custom, port, fees and documentations at Rotterdam cost about 300 euro. Took the train down to Rottermdam was about 20 euro. Taxi from Rotterdam Centraal Station to port was 57 euro.
Finally we arrived at the RDW (Dutch version of DMV) in Amsterdam for inspection and registration. Car didn't pass inspection since apparently every European car has a tail "fog light". Also that our head light beams are too high. We need to get the fog light installed and the front light angle adjusted at a local garage before getting registration. Good thing we can still drive around with our US plates for a bit (altho I was told foreign plates are collectible items. I took my tail plate up just in case. I need to have something to send back to the NY DMV.) The hassle now is with parking. We don't have a garage, so we must do street parking. Street parking here is cheap with a permit. It's about 98 euro for half year. However, it's a totally different game without a permit: 3 euro per hour. Anyways, paid about 200 euro for inspection and "partial" registration. Need to pay another 26 euro for the fog light inspection next time. With the custom tax exempt, luckily we also don't need to pay the BPM tax. That's a tax imposed on newly imported/purchased vehicles based on your carbon emission.
All in all, I hope this is all worth it, or I'm gonna make sure it's worth it.
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