Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Property For Sale in Calis Beach & Turkey => Moving To Turkey => Topic started by: Steve B on March 14, 2005, 17:48:03 PM
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Hi there,
We are thinking of buying a small Ford camper for around 2k and driving down from Brum to Calis. We won't be bringing furniture and all just a few personal bits and pieces. I know we could fly but we fancy the adventure driving through Europe. The advice in previous posts is great and will remember that for when the time comes. When we arrive in Calis we would like to sell the camper. Does anyone know how we go about this and what sort of return are we expecting to get back as its a right hand drive?
Cheers.
Steve B.
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You'll get nothing ! 'Cos you'll find it's impossible to sell.
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Alans correct - you will find it hard to get shot of. Might even find it recorded in your passport too which will cause problems when you leave.
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You will get a visa for your car in your passport and it has to be taken back out of the country, so impossible to sell.
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What would you recommend for travelling by road to Calis then?
It would be such a nice adventure, crawling through Europe on 4 wheels with some bits and pieces of property we would not want to leave the UK without. Has anyone else done this? Any advice on the best way to go about it?
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If you bring ANY motorvehicle from the UK, it's going to have to go back! Plus you're unlikely to get a UK insurance company to cover you past Istanbul. So, you'll have to buy further cover once you get into Turkey.
Travelling down through Europe by car sounds very exciting and romantic. Believe me, it ain't! Been there, done that, ruined the t-shirt in the wash! LOL
My suggestion is to get a flight to Istanbul. See the sights there for a few days. Drop your personal stuff with a carrier for onward shipment to Fethiye. Then, travelling light, you can do a few coach hops down through Turkey.
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Saga were the only company that I heard of that would insure a car - but I think it was also on the basis of a short visit.
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I have a question:-
I noticed in the local rag someone selling a vehicle "with english plates",
1)what would happen if the vehicle needs to be out of the country in six months and it has been sold to somebody else?
2) what happens to the buyer and seller, are they fined?
3) what happens to the vehicle, how is it checked, followed up to leave the country?
4) How, as a buyer, do we insure that the vehicle does not need to leave the country? i am not a number plate expert:(.
Any ideas anyone?, (apart from going to a reputible dealer)
Dipps
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We contacted the turkish embassy in london last year and they said you can only sell the vehicle to a non turkish person, I belive this is a bit of a grey area so if anyone can shed any more light? or the vehicle has to be disposed of (as in srubbishped I surpose) and all documents have to handed in the customs.
karen
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a friend of ours bought a jeep ,a ssangyongsong or somthing like that ,it was on english plates
,he bought it of a friend and had it confiscated and taken to the customs office by fethiye harbour ,luckily his friend is the cchief of police and got his money back for him,the car was still there parked up 12 months later,be careful
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Cheers chaps...Mmmm I think I'll stick to KayaKoyuOldBoy's idea.
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OMG!! what on earth have a written? SRUBBISHED I bet that word isn't in the english dictionary :-\, I ment to write srubbishped.
sorry folks.
karen
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hey hang on a minute its happened again the word I trying to type isn't typing properly, am I going mad or have I got a virus?
karen
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SrubbishPED!!!
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I GIVE UP!! HELP ME PLEASE
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karen :D:D no idea what word you were trying to type, but gave me a good laugh.
try putting a space between each letter or writing it backwards!!
reminds me of a forum where someone wrote the word 'peacock' and it came up as 'peathingy' (the forum was programmed to alter certain words that could be rude!)
Lynn
ps sorry for going off topic
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S.C.R.A.P.P.E.D.
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YIPPEEEEEEE its worked, I have run an anti virus thingy on computer nothing found but has worked now anyway. It might be what you said it could look like the "pooh pooh" word without the S at the start.
how funny
karen
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Karen, what a laugh - Ah yes! it replaced the C. R. A. P. in S.C.R.A.P.P.E.D. with "rubbish"
:D[:o)]:D
how funny, Srubbishped should be in the dictionary anyway, great word!
(goodness knows if this will appear as written!)
Lynn
(PS yes it did!)
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As we've digressed off topic, and confusingly gone onto 2nd page :-\thought I'd bring back Karen's dodgy word in context of how she said it...
originally posted by karen -
We contacted the turkish embassy in london last year and they said you can only sell the vehicle to a non turkish person, I belive this is a bit of a grey area so if anyone can shed any more light? or the vehicle has to be disposed of (as in s.c.r.a.p.p.e.d I surpose) and all documents have to handed in the customs.
karen
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DON'T DO IT !!
It will all end in tears!!
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OK So what is the position with taking your car to Turkey with you? Still not clear from above answers. We are moving to Calis permanently later this year and was hoping to take our 6 year old Ford Galaxy with us. What are the restrictions on this (if any)and is there an official site that would advise me on the legalities etc.
Evie
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Evie, do not bring your car to Turkey, it is not worth the expense and hassle, you will be required have your car stamped in your passport and then you can only bring it into Turkey for 6 months and not to return for a further 6 months then start all over again'
If it was that easy this question would not need to be asked and every expat would have their cars here and a new business would be started.
I have used quote below by some who knows. I am sure he will not mind
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The longest it can stay here is 6 months and no longer. After that you have to take it back out of the country and wont be allowed back in for another 6 months. You should take this into consideration very carefully unless you qualify for a blue plate you have no way around this.
To qualify for a blue plate you must have one of the following:
work permit
student permit
investigation permit
retirement permit
Not forgetting if you do qualify for this you will have to pay a whooping Turing deposit. give you an idea my 1996 Fiat Brava cost me 3,000 euros which I get back when I take the car out of the country.
The deposit only works if you keep your car here using the blue plate scheme
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So as you can see really not worth it!!
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Thanks Loz - I see what you mean! We are retired and I suppose would qualify for a Blue Plate but how difficult is this to get and would we still have to pay up front.
Evie
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Evie, this is the answer I have from my friend re the blue plate
"To get the blue plate you must have the retirment visa from the consulate in London.
Once you have this you need to visit Turing and they will tell you if you can apply for a blue plate and how much deposit you will have to pay.
If you are able to get a blue plate then you will need lots of money and someone to do the paperwork for you unless you want to have end up in a mental ward because here the paperwork is a nightmare.
expect to pay 250 million for a 2 year registration with turing, how ever much your deposit would be (judged on age and weight), 350-600 euros for the man to do the paperwork for you, and another 500-900 million in extra fees.
My advice, if you have a non-luxury car then dont bother and just buy a normal car in Turkey."
Well I would tend to beleive him, I hope This helps you Evie in making the right descision.
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Just another point to consider. If you bring your car from the UK, it'll be right-hand drive. Believe me, it's dangerous enough to overtake here when you're on the proper side of the car!
Go on, be sensible and buy a Turkish car. The Tofas Streetfighter is an excellent model! LOL
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Thanks everyone - our car is a Ford Galaxy Ghia X with every extra and very low mileage,we have had it from new - so it is dear to our heart but the decision will be - not too take it with us - we don't use a car very much anyway just didn't want to see it go for a song in the UK. We walk or take the dolmus at the moment and have no real problems.
Thanks again advice really appreciated.
Evie
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right descision am shure, a friend of mine kept taking his car in and out the country every six months, then the customs told him to get a residents permit, he did that then they had him trapped, they then said you are a resident now not a tourist and gave him two days to get the car out of turkey perminantly.
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So it appears you can still buy a 2K vanything, drive to Turkey (with SAGAs additional insurance)and deposit yourselves (plus the contents of the vehicle) at your Turkish holiday home, then remove the engine, seal the windows and place it up-side-down in the bay and use it as a boat - remembering to get a fishing license and 9hp outboard motor first. LOL.
Sounds do-able, although hard work.
Glen.