 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Volvo Cars / January 2005Import right hand drives
Is it possible to import a right hand drive Volvo to the U.K at a lower price than through a U.K Volvo dealer. > Is it possible to import a right hand drive Volvo to the U.K at a lower > price than through a U.K Volvo dealer. From where? Only a small handfull of countries use RHD, and there's probably more Volvos in the UK than all the other RHD countries combined. On 23/1/05 11:04 AM, in article 1SBId.4939$Hg6.1545@trnddc09, "James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> decided to come out from under the bed and slurred: >> Is it possible to import a right hand drive Volvo to the U.K at a lower >> price than through a U.K Volvo dealer. > > From where? Only a small handfull of countries use RHD, and there's probably > more Volvos in the UK than all the other RHD countries combined. So these are just a handful? L Anguilla L Antigua and Barbuda L Australia L Bahamas L Bangladesh L Barbados L Bermuda L Bhutan L Botswana L Brunei L Cayman Islands L Christmas Island (Australia) L Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) L Cook Islands L Cyprus L Dominica L East Timor L Falkland Islands L Fiji L Grenada L Guernsey (Channel Islands) L Guyana L Hong Kong L India L Indonesia R Iran R Iraq L Ireland L Isle of Man L Jamaica L Japan L Jersey (Channel Islands) L Kenya L Kiribati L Lesotho L Macau L Malawi L Malaysia L Maldives L Malta L Mauritius L Montserrat L Mozambique L Namibia L Nauru L Nepal L New Zealand L Niue L Norfolk Island (Australia) L Pakistan L Papua New Guinea L Pitcairn Islands (Britain) L Saint Helena L Saint Kitts and Nevis L Saint Lucia L Saint Vincent and the Grenadines L Seychelles L Singapore L Solomon Islands R Somalia (a part of Somalia trying to assert independence, Somaliland, drives on the left) L South Africa L Sri Lanka L Suriname L Swaziland L Tanzania L Thailand L Tokelau (New Zealand) L Tonga L Trinidad and Tobago L Turks and Caicos Islands L Tuvalu L Uganda L Virgin Islands (British) L Virgin Islands (US) L Zambia L Zimbabwe With thanks to Brian Lucas Hammo > On 23/1/05 11:04 AM, in article 1SBId.4939$Hg6.1545@trnddc09, "James Sweet" > <jamessweet@hotmail.com> decided to come out from under the bed and slurred: [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > > With thanks to Brian Lucas What about England, Scotland and Wales or are they phasing it out starting with buses & trucks, as in that unkind Irish joke? On 24/1/05 1:56 AM, in article pWOId.131017$K7.11880@news-server.bigpond.net.au, "jg" <jg@nospam.com> decided to come out from under the bed and slurred: >> On 23/1/05 11:04 AM, in article 1SBId.4939$Hg6.1545@trnddc09, "James > Sweet" [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] > What about England, Scotland and Wales or are they phasing it out starting > with buses & trucks, as in that unkind Irish joke? I don¹t know what happened to the UK?! Bugger, try and be a smart arse and it never works! Hammo PS any luck with the 340? > On 24/1/05 1:56 AM, in article > pWOId.131017$K7.11880@news-server.bigpond.net.au, "jg" <jg@nospam.com> > decided to come out from under the bed and slurred: ................ > I don?t know what happened to the UK?! ...and Scotland, with a name like Hamish! I thought it was a good list just the same. > Bugger, try and be a smart arse and it never works! > > Hammo > > PS any luck with the 340? Well the 360 first caught my eye, wouldn't want to have much to do with anything related to Renault though which I think the 340 is? Saw a 440 Saturday - the mechanic said it was one 12 in Australia. The owner had waited 3 months for new CV joints, can't understand that but not a good advert. Just they seemd so cheap for a quality car, like the 265 I bought - bit of a gamble but nice to drive til it blows up. The daughter isn't ready to buy anything but her old car is... > On 23/1/05 11:04 AM, in article 1SBId.4939$Hg6.1545@trnddc09, "James Sweet" > <jamessweet@hotmail.com> decided to come out from under the bed and slurred: [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] > > Hammo Hmm ok I stand corrected, I had no idea there were so many. We in Australia are right hand drive so is Japan and until recently some Arab countries like Dubai . >> Is it possible to import a right hand drive Volvo to the U.K at a lower >> price than through a U.K Volvo dealer. > > From where? Only a small handfull of countries use RHD, and there's > probably > more Volvos in the UK than all the other RHD countries combined. > Is it possible to import a right hand drive Volvo to the U.K at a lower > price than through a U.K Volvo dealer. Depending where from, any car might not be set to run properly in the average humidity, temp etc in a different country. Cars imported directly from UK to Australia, for instance often run like pigs here without modification. Cars here often if not always have slightly different engine specs to their equivalent in UK, US etc. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.