Bristolblue wrote:I dont spend too much time here, 3-4 months a year due to working overseas
JuliaB wrote:Bring the Brithish one. I have see people here with Fnnnish plates driving cars with the stearing wheel on the other side. And you won't get the big tax bill if you have owned that car for more than 6 months.
I'm sure you won't be able to do what you wanted on the buying a new car front.
If I remember correctly, JuliaB has it half right, for it to be a removals vehicle, you need to have owned it for at least 6 months
and been resident / working outside of Finland for the last 12 months. Not sure if you qualify on the residency score... you should look into it, perhaps you will.
If you don't qualify, cheapest option is probably (IMHO) to ship your UK car here, pay the import tax,
get new headlamps fitted, have winter heating kit fitted, pay for the Autokatsastus (MOT), purchase plates. And after all that expense 99% of the time you'll
still be better off than buying a car here. NB
NB The part in italics about headlamps is the only thing different from importing a car from Germany, which a lot of Finns do to save money as used cars are so dear here. I also bought / imported a car from Germany for the missus & believe you me, the UK prices are better.
I imported my own car from the UK and had to pay tax as I owned it for only three months before moving here
unavoidable as the previous car's engine died. Driving a RHD on the right is no problem, I've been doing it for most of the last six years.... bonuses are you get out on the pavement & you can see speed cameras coming up
not that I speed of course.
the steering wheel is on the wrong side. So no point shipping my UK car. But what i wanted to know is, if i use one of those internet car buying sites (they will ship a new car direct to Finland from somewhere in the EU) will i be able to claim it as my moving goods and pay no tax or reduced tax. Or will i get a big fat tax bill 
