Dithering over an order for a set of drop arm links for my Evora, I was reminded by the French dealer to get the order in soon, as after Dec 31, he might have to charge tariffs!
This is the first time the idiocy called brexit has hit me in the face so to speak, especially as the subject of tariffs in the news is aimed at the UK !
I am particularly annoyed that the straw haired liar has me both ways - I have two British cars in France and a German car in the UK…
You do not pay UK VAT, but you will have to pay TVA arriving here…
Basically, this nonsense, if it is not saved, puts the UK way offshore, any parts for our Lotus cars ordered in the UK will be sent here VAT free, where the courier will be asked to collect French TVA and any duties applicable. This is how it used to be manay many years ago, and I guess normal procedure for our Antipodean and American cousins, but of course alien to us!
However,my experience when I was in my USA muscle car phase was that it is hit or miss if duties are applied - I once had two cams and a head set for a Firebird arrive on my door step without request for duty, yet the next day, full duty and VAT on a set of Akebono rake pads…
Let us hope for our sakes in Europe tat a deal is struck!
Yes,
let’s hope for a deal.
All i know is each month my UK pension goes down with the weak Pounds Sterling.
Good job i worked in France for 20 Years and have a French Pension.
Not soo easy for some Expats.
Alan
Brexit “is what it is”, more “patriotism” for some, a blue passport made in France and the “mackerel diet”.
“B” will be of no use to UK car manufacturing. This is underlined by Honda and Ford closing, JLR producing the new Defender and Discovery in Slovakia, Mini relocating production to Leipzig and Graz in 2023 and Nissan proposing to close if a meaningful trade agreement is not found. Production of the Ineos Grenadier and Tesla batteries will not even start in the UK.
For old cars tariffs and VAT will be a headache. There is no relief on VAT for EU residents or citizens (despite this being available for the rest of the World). In addition, for purchases, EU VAT will be applicable plus tariffs if a trade agreement is not reached. This is not very helpful to either UK specialists or their customers.
This will delay my project but I can better appreciate the logistics for our pals in the US, Canada and Australia.
Thanks Jono! Apparantly Evoras shed droplinks like snakes their skin, so I have cancelled the order now and will make up rose jointed arms using components from McGill Engineering. It will be four times the price maybe but hopefully not an annual change!
Not ‘afraid’ of anything! They just want what is rightfully theirs - bear in mind it was the British skippers who sold fishing quotas to the EU skippers way back. The EU skippers just want to make sure they can continue the contract.
It would be akin to you selling me your car, and then say the Lotus Club deciding down the line that ownership of all cars must be under 40 and demanding I give my [your old] car back.
For as long as there is a straw haired liar in there it will go wrong. The UK should be building themselves Free Zone Enterprise areas and ports, and be making London into a tax haven to get back their dominance in world finance. This would frighten Europe, not wagging on about a depleted fish industry that barely supports 12,000 UK people.
BRAVO HCA,
I fully agree with you. I consider myself as European.
Talking about Fish the UK have been sold a red Herring and have been Kippered by a Liar. Finance is moving and Car Industry.
Alan
A total of 16 posts. 11 of which are from 3 Brexit ‘critics’ living in France.
If I were you, I’d spend more time lobbying Monsieur Macron so we actually can reach a fair settlement.
If you chaps think the current exchange rate is doing your pensions no good at all. Just wait to see what a ‘no deal’ exit will do to your income. Coincidentally meaning imports from the UK are cheap even for those in the EU with tariffs to pay on them!
The UK will soon have control over who can fish in its waters as it will have left the Common Fisheries Policy. If France want to continue fishing in UK coastal waters they are best advised to accept the UK’s terms otherwise they will lose the lot.