The worlds most interminable collection thread...?

[mat777]

Evening all,

I had confirmation today that my money has landed for some shite I've been discussion over since the start of June. 

It's all been a bit convoluted, as this particular shite is in Minnesota, and I've been in a 3-way (oo-err matron!) conversation with the seller and with a reputable car import agent, a Brit living in Texas. 

I was contemplating replicating this shite over here, but whilst the base vehicle was available here cheaply, the parts needed to make it special would have to be painstakingly sourced from across the states , gathered up and imported. It would then have been at least a week's work for a pair of mechanics at one of the handful of garage who still take on vehicle builds, rather than just flipping oil and brakes all day, with an open-ended snagging process afterwards. In fact, the more I've seen of endless niggles on the owners groups from people doing this for themselves, the more I'm glad I plumped for a completed and snagged example. 

It's cost me a lot of money and quite a few headaches (funnily enough, sending 5 figure sums overseas to a new payee will cause your bank and PayPal to raise eyebrows into orbit) but the light is now on at the end of the tunnel. I'm mega excited, because this is an "endgame" vehicle for me, a concept I've been searching in vain for for years but only recently became aware this fulfilling answer existed. 

Luckily a pre sale inspection came back with a solid thumbs up, and the seller seems a very patient and decent chap with a long ownership and a genuine reason for sale (these vehicles are usually very much a "keeper" as you won't see your build costs back in a sale).

Collection is now booked for early August. From Minnesota, it will be trucked to the Eastern Seaboard and allocated to a 40 footer with a suitable other UK bound car being handled by the agent . From there, it will take 6 weeks to arrive in Southampton, at which point I'll have to work out how to retrieve it as I can't tow it back myself legally.

It'll then probably take another 4 weeks to get registered. And so, thankyou for reading so far, and welcome to the world's longest collection thread!

[tooSavvy]

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[Remspoor]

2 hours ago, mat777 said:

5 figure sums overseas to a new payee will cause your bank and PayPal to raise eyebrows into orbit)

First off congrats. 

Re the quote. Why not use WISE transfer?