How to drive a car from Germany? Recommendations for car enthusiasts

Is it worth buying a car abroad and driving to Russia or is it better to buy a foreign car here? In the case of buying a new car, the second option is more advantageous: you practically do not win anything in money, because thanks to the policy of the concern-producers, new cars are sold at the same price as at home, but you get rid of unnecessary troubles.

Another thing - buying a used car. It's no secret that a second-hand foreign car after 8-10 years of operation in "native" conditions (with European quality of roads and excellent car service) has a state and appearance better than "ran through" on Russian roads for 2-3 years. In addition, in Western countries it is not customary to operate machinery for many years. After a year or two of operation, the car quickly morphed morally and, having an excellent appearance and technical condition, can be sold for almost symbolic money. What are willingly used by our enterprising compatriots - in fact, even taking into account all the hassle and expenses for the road, search, purchase and customs clearance, such car will cost less than what was bought in Russia of similar quality.

Undisputed leader among the countries from which it is worthwhile to bring cars, is Germany - the quality of German cars does not need recommendations. Therefore, the question of how to drive a car from Germany is one of the most popular at specialized forums.

The main options are two - go for a purchase yourself or entrust a purchase to an outsourcing specialist - a firm engaged in "staging" professionally. Each option has its advantages.

The main advantage of buying a car through an intermediary is that you do not suffer from a lot of unavoidable hassle and ignorance of many nuances (legal and everyday) that can seriously damage the situation at a decisive moment. Professional "peregonchiki", as a rule, know all about how to drive a car from Germany.

There are several drawbacks. First, these services are by no means cheap. Secondly, the whole procedure of buying (finding the right option, negotiation, the procedure for making a purchase, the very distillation and customs clearance from Germany) is sometimes delayed for too long. Thirdly, there is always a risk to run into an unscrupulous middleman and stay without money and without a car. Or get a stolen car as a purchase.

To reduce such risks, it is better to deal not with a private person, but with an intermediary firm having a legal address, for example, a car dealership. The company undertakes to search for a vehicle that is suitable for the price and quality, communicates with its owner, checks the technical condition of the machine and after acquiring the customer's consent to purchase, acquires a car and delivers it to the customer's city of residence. The package of services includes the registration of all documents, including at the customs.

If you decide to save on the services of intermediaries and wondered how to drive a car from Germany on your own, the necessary condition is to speak enough language to negotiate with the car owner and fill out a lot of papers, as well as know some of the subtleties of the purchase procedure. Search for the car should be conducted on specialized sites, whose database is updated daily. Announcements about the sale on such resources are placed both by the owners of cars and by dealers. But such sites are visited daily by a lot of visitors, and the appropriate options are sorted out quite quickly.

On how to drive a car from Germany with the least moral and financial losses, you can also find out at the auto forums. You can immediately book a liked car on the Internet. Also useful will be information about the route to your place of purchase and back (for this purpose there are special interactive maps), where the cheapest hotels and guarded parking are located.

How to drive a car from Germany and not go broke with this?

If you are going to look for a car in the markets and in the car dealerships in Germany, you should know that the prices in car dealerships (auto-houses) are higher than in the market by 10-20%, but there it is customary to bargain. But the risk of buying a stolen car is minimal, and at the border there is the possibility to return VAT on the tax-free system.

The largest car market in Europe is located in the German city of Essen, also popular are the car markets in Munich and Cologne. German markets, as a rule, work on weekdays, on Saturday - before lunch, on Sunday - off. You should plan a trip with this in mind.

Travel expenses include the purchase, registration, insurance and transit numbers (their cost is 150-200 euros), as well as the cost of the hotel, food, bus ticket to the destination (about 80 euros) and travel expenses. The cost of a Schengen visa in the German consulate is about 70 euros.

It is necessary to check the availability of inspection, the correctness of marking the car, clarify the data of the seller and issue an invoice for purchase. In Germany, for the sale of a car, there is no need to re-register, and it is better to stock up some document (the seller's receipt for a voluntarily committed transaction) so that there are no problems with the traffic police.