Greek plated car advice

agentsuz


Joined: 07/01/2011
Posts: 303

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 20:29

hi i have seen a greek plated car for sale and i wanted some information if anyone can help. i am moving to northern cyprus soon and wondered what happens if you buy a greek plated car? do you have to pay to register it in the north or is there anything else i would need to know? many thanks

Zoots


Joined: 05/02/2011
Posts: 669

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 20:30

Do you mean Greek or Greek Cypriot? Different regs for each, I would have thought.

agentsuz


Joined: 07/01/2011
Posts: 303

Message Posted:
08/02/2011 20:32

i dont know i would guess greek cypriot but i'm not 100% sure

nostradamus


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:16

Forget it. Even if the authorities here were prepared to re-register a GC plated car, and this is questionable, they would want a fortune in tax as they do on all imported vehicles. GC cars are very appealing as the prices are very low there in comparison with here but the government here are not obviously in favour of cheap motoring!

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:44

I know cars are cheaper to buy in south,but if you are living in TRNC I'd not recommend you to go that route.

An ex neighbour did it,got cought,350 tl fine and was told to take it over to south,he didn't,got cought again,this time the car was confiscated.I went with him to get it.3000 tl fine (reduced it to 1000 tl after about an hours hard arguing).He got his car, with custom officer drove it Metehan,crossed over..............





Is it worth the risk?



Besides,one island maybe,but 2 different countries!



Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

denizen



Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:51

according to friends of a friend, who live on the Medview homes complex at Safakoy, just past bogaz heading towards the Karpaz, all you need is a GC post office box and you can legally use a GC registered car in the TRNC. No need to pay any import duty. Bit dubious about it myself but he says that many of their neighbour's cars seem to prove their point.

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 08:58

msg 6;

If the intention is to dodge the system,I'm sure there are plenty other ways.But,how long for?



The mentioned person in msg 5 also had RoC adress as well as TRNC adress.

Your ins-outs would give everything away.

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 09:19

The use of a GC postal box as a means to 'legally' use a South registered car here is a myth. If you live here, and your ins and outs will clearly demonstrate this, then you will not have a leg to stand on with the authorities here in the North. Your car will be impounded at best and you will have to pay a fine to release the car from customs. You will then have to take the car back to the South and sign a document to say that you will never bring the vehicle into the North again - I speak from experience !! You can import a vehicle from the South but any import taxes will negate any saving that you made on the vehicle in the first place.



Buy the vehicle here in the North, there are always people leaving the island and a car can be got for a 'reasonable' price if you shop around.



It really isn't worth the risk.



Regards



Paul

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 09:37

The bottom line is that you would be required to register your GC plated car here in the KKTC, not a cheap prospect. Sell the car over there, and buy one here.

Geoff

Famagusta City

nostradamus


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 09:44

Message 6: no, sorry, this is nonsense. If you are running a GC car then you will need a Greek side address for it anyway for the purposes of road tax and insurance. Having a PO box on the other side makes no difference at all to how the customs here view GC vehicles. Two or three years ago, when there were a lot of GC vehicles here, the government instigated a clamp down on them and most people had to take them back to the other side and sell them there after paying a fine here. I suspect that, because this reduced the numbers to virtually nil, the authorities have not been looking too closely. If there is a rise in numbers again though, you may be sure that they will soon start getting very interested and take action.

agentsuz


Joined: 07/01/2011
Posts: 303

Message Posted:
09/02/2011 10:37

thanks for all your help an advice, i think i will leave buying that car then. thanks again