Our faithful LHD Berlingo - bought a few year back in Belgium, has finally given up after 360,000k. No complaints, she was a good runner and little trouble. The thing is we are now looking for a second hand LHD and sort of wondered if they might be cheaper in the UK.
We've done the usual web searches and many have vehicles on them that are either sold or do not seem to exist. One has had a nice little LHD on their site for weeks after even though it's been 'sold'. Talk about time wasting!
Any ideas folks?
Hi Bannon,
Whilst it may not be a Citroen C4 you are after, it might be worth posing your question on this forum: www.c4owners.co.uk
It has a massive membership, both in the UK and Europe and I would imagine there will be somebody on there who may be able to help (albeit you may have to wait a couple of days for replies)...
Mel
Save the head lamps and buy RHD in the UK.
What did it die of ? I think my 306 is only just run in.
I did put a similar query in the " shopping " shopping for a car in Spain , but got no feed back so I feel like it was a stupid idea. Binned!
So I am following your thread - we want just a LHD , French reg small car , diesal, second hand no part ex but will pay in sterling.
We followed up 2 adverts in UK for above spec , the cars did not even exist when friends went to call cold!
From what I have seen, LHD prices in the UK have rocketed to level or even dearer than French prices.
It wasnt that long ago when you could hardly give away a LHD car in UK, but people have cottoned on to the fact that they can be worth decent money here, and are asking a lot for them now.
The odd bargain still turns up, but its hard to find.
Have a quick browse on ebay.co.uk with "LHD" in the search box. There are plenty for sale, but prices arent any cheaper than here, especially once you have factored in going to get it, driving it back to france and paying for certificate of conformity and possibly LHD headlights if the originals are gone.
milkeybar kid wrote:I did put a similar query in the " shopping " shopping for a car in Spain , but got no feed back so I feel like it was a stupid idea. Binned! So I am following your thread - we want just a LHD , French reg small car , diesal, second hand no part ex but will pay in sterling. We followed up 2 adverts in UK for above spec , the cars did not even exist when friends went to call cold!
dave21478 wrote: From what I have seen, LHD prices in the UK have rocketed to level or even dearer than French prices. It wasnt that long ago when you could hardly give away a LHD car in UK, but people have cottoned on to the fact that they can be worth decent money here, and are asking a lot for them now. The odd bargain still turns up, but its hard to find.
Quite true, I bought my current car in UK and paid something like a £1k premium over what the equivalent RHD would have cost, but crucially still cheaper than what it would have cost in France !
Well....
I've managed to locate a suitable LHD vehicle in the UK at what seems a fair price, trouble is, I do not know the dealer or his reputation. Not to 'name and shame anyone' but would it be OK do you think to ask on this forum about this particular dealer to see if anybody has had dealing with them?
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