On Tue, 30 Aug 1994, Mark Clark <markc@brahms.udel.edu> asked for
advice on buying a British sportscar in Denmark.
Been there, done that, don't have no stinkin' t-shirt to show for it!
I purchased my first LBC, a 1959 MGA, in Denmark some twenty years ago.
I paid 12500.00 DKr for it, spent about a year and several thousand DKrs
trying to get it to pass the safety inspection to get it registered.
I ended up selling it for 9000.00 DKr (6.00 DKr is approx. US$1.00).
There are two alternatives to buying an LBC in Denmark:
1. Buy a rust-free California LBC, ship it to Denmark, pay the
approx. 180% registration tax, pray it will pass the safety
inspection (It won't) then drive it around the beautiful
country roads in Denmark during the 3 week long Danish summer
and park it during the winter when the roads are salted.
You'll need to buy gas. 6.00 DKr per liter is almost $4.00 per
gallon! You'll also need to buy insurance ... if you can get it!
2. Move to California where LBCs are plentiful, cheap(ish) and
rust is (almost) non-existent.
I chose alternative #2.
-- Flemming Larsen flarsen@uclink.berkeley.edu
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