Galant Vr4 in Ireland (but I'm in the UK!)

Hi everyone

Well a bit of a story but a friend in Ireland where I have family had a VR4 that was looking for a new home, so I've decided to adopt it as a new project for when I am over there

I've read on the posts so far that everyone likes pictures so here's a few as I found her, and one after I had a good tidy up with a jet wash

It's the Twin Turbo and after a bit of EasiStart it turned over pretty great - especially for sitting for about a year outside

Tappets / Lifters are slightly noisy so reading around that sounds like first job to think about, and then it's generally bringing the car up to ship-shape for sunny Ireland holidays!

Nice to meet you all

Judder / Alex

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Hi and welcome.

Nice and shiny after the jet wash.

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welcome. The car looks OK for one thats been sitting so long.

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Hi and welcome

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Originally Posted by Bobby~d

Hi and welcome

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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, very kind

Look forward to seeing you on the main forums as my tidy-up progresses!

Nice car, are you keeping it on the Irish plates?

€1080 a year tax is a hefty kick for these hence so many are lying up out of use.

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Originally Posted by miller

Nice car, are you keeping it on the Irish plates?

€1080 a year tax is a hefty kick for these hence so many are lying up out of use.

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Yes, that's a very good point!

I've also massively struggled trying to find anyone in Ireland to insure it as modern cars they only go up to 15 years old and even though it's now 20 years, being a 1997, everyone's response so far has been

"Unfortunately that vehicle does not fit into our underwriters criteria so I would be unable to get you a quote on this vehicle."

So I'm thinking that the best route is to go to UK plates and MOT it in Northern Ireland when I am back later in the year - road tax is better, I can possibly find some insurance, and I have existing high performance insurance policies so _hopefully_ it should be possible to find Footman James / Flux / etc. who can insure it

Any thoughts and/or advice very welcome!

Sounds like NI is the way to go. Would you have any trouble "importing" it, or is it a straight paperwork and plates job?

Welcome to the club anyway :)

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Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Judder

Yes, that's a very good point!

I've also massively struggled trying to find anyone in Ireland to insure it as modern cars they only go up to 15 years old and even though it's now 20 years, being a 1997, everyone's response so far has been

"Unfortunately that vehicle does not fit into our underwriters criteria so I would be unable to get you a quote on this vehicle."

So I'm thinking that the best route is to go to UK plates and MOT it in Northern Ireland when I am back later in the year - road tax is better, I can possibly find some insurance, and I have existing high performance insurance policies so _hopefully_ it should be possible to find Footman James / Flux / etc. who can insure it

Any thoughts and/or advice very welcome!

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Yes there is an Insurance backlash on at the moment against older cars here in Ireland. Lots are waiting for them to turn classic now. Some special cars can be insured under a classic policy once they hit 20years, BUT thats at the discretion of the Insurer. A couple to try in Ireland are Autoline in Newry, Carole Nash and First Ireland.

My advice though, if you are staying resident in the UK would be to export it onto UK plates. MOT and a DVLA fee of £50 will see to that. Technically the car/you can only spend 90days max until your classed as resident in Ireland.

Also the Irish NCT is ten times stricter than the UK's MOT so another headache to bear in mind....