If you think cars are expensive here...

[renault12ts]

...look in here:

Used Ireland - Second hand - Carfinder.ie

 

[joshmerc]

This ones well cheap AUDI A4 1.9TDI 1995 €500 ono 1995 1.9 500.00 Saloon NAVY used second hand cars - Second hand - Carfinder.ie

 

[MOCAŠ]

Daihatsu Terios, 1495 cc petrol engine, automatic, 4WD, Central Locking, Air conditioning; 5 door 5 seater; Headrests x 5. 1 careful owner. Mileage very low 2007 1495cc 1100.00 Hatchback Gray used second hand cars - Second hand - Carfinder.ie

 

[renault12ts]

What about this then?

Mercedes E 200 Kompressor 7 Seater Estate 2002 1998 15000.00 Estate Silver used second hand cars - Second hand - Carfinder.ie

 

[74merc]

They're a lot cheaper than they used to be. In fact you see the odd RoI registered car popping up in the specialist dealers, so it's obviously worth their while to source them from there.

 

[MOCAŠ]

I used to have a place in Co. Sligo back in 1990s, and managed to get over there once or twice a year. I seem recall from Irish car mags I picked up back then that RoI prices tended to be about 15-20% higher than in the UK for near-equivalent models, even allowing for the near-flat Pound-to-Punt exchange rate at the time.

Guessing that the Terios advert I spotted was meant to say £11,000. E&OE, and all that...

 

[shorty]

The reason form the higher used car prices in the ROI compared to the UK is largly down to VRT , its a tax paid when importing the car . The rate of this tax depeneds on what emissions band the car falls in , these bands are the same as the road tax bands used here and in the UK .
When I importd my wifes MR2 in 2008 , the VRT cost me 1000 euro , and car only cost my 1200 euro , and to put a years tax on the car costs 615 euro .

 

[renault12ts]

So, Shorty, should we sell our cars in Ireland?

 

[Olivier]

The insurance there is a rip off as well. I know a chap who was once given an old volvo, axa insurance only wanted 2500 euro to insure it
He decline the offer and the owner of the car had to pay the scrap to take it away, a perfectly working car
Its as they call it, Rip off Ireland. The VRT should defo be abolished, its apparently against EU laws