export car greece to Germany

Redrocket wrote:

Hi everyone, I am thinking of buying a classic car in Greece to bring to Germany. It seems like there could be a good enough money saving depending on how expensive it costs to export.

In Germany we have temporary insurance and registration plates, which can be issued to non-residents, and the vehicle can be driven inside of Germany and in other EU member states for a period of 1 or 2 weeks. But this is only issued in Germany for cars in Germany, after inspection you can drive it outside Germany.

Is there such an equivalent thing in Greece?
Yes I am suggesting that I am consider breaking in a new classic car with a roadtrip as crazy as it might sound.

On the other hand, has anyone any experience of shipping a car to Germany or northwards with a shipping company? Car I am considering is in Athens.

I once picked up a TR7 in the South of France (St Tropez) and brought it back into Germany to restore it.  I rented a car transporter from Hertz and brought it back on that; it saved me any concerns I had as to whether it would make it, plus I didn't have to register/insure it until I was ready.  I just had to sort out the customs at the border.  Most towns in Germany have a central "Zollamt" where you could make enquiries.  I didn't save any money doing it that way (car restorations aren't about that), but it made it a lot easier.

What's the car?

hi,just to tell you that you may find answers to your questions on Expat Forum as these subjects have come up from time to time,scroll through the previous pages for past posts,also set your set your same questions out there.We saw a great classic car race in September from Athens all around the Pelopnese,we caught site of them at Alepohori,most of the cars were from Belgium I think,lovely,gorgeous cars,they had obviously spent a lot of money on them.

Hi, thanks for your replies.

Car is a mk2 escort.

The car transporter is an interesting option, but most I've looked at ( not at hertz just in general ) require a C license.
Also, a round trip Munich to Athens in a van/transporter is 2000 kilometers each way so its a tad more drving than I wanted.
I suppose the other option may be ask around and see if someone knows a shipping company that deals with this sort of export regularly.

I'll just need to keep thinkin about this for a while longer

Nice project; I've got my eye on a Mk 2 Cortina 1600E LHD; don't know if I'll pursue it though.  With regards to the transporter; you can drive up to and including 3.5t gvw on a car licence; there are plenty of small transporters in that category.  It is a long way, so I turned mine into a  trip to visit somewhere I hadn't been to before.

Best of luck with it.