Don't tell my wife...

[geneandbolly]

Aye Noel its yersell easy led astray wan mair time by the demon 'rings' --- wull 'they' (the local departments o buchermint) be alloooin ye a pile o scrap coupes lyin in yer gairdin jist lik Glesga or ur they a wee bitty mair particular ower ther in Finland ---an limit ye tae wan runnin an wan fur bits ?

don't worry - i've no idea what he's on about either!!

[Nj]

don't worry - i've no idea what he's on about either!!

haha. actually I can read that and see/hear him in my mind's eye no problem. it's a lot easier to understand than Finnish anyway

[geneandbolly]

It would probably be rude if I said I was going out for milk and came back a week later with a car.

[PRY4SNO]

Great looking coupe! And such low mileage, it's barely broken in

I've long oscillated between getting a respray in panther black or the stock brilliant black with extra clear coat. Seeing this car makes my decision no easier... so thanks for nothing lol

[andy10v]

Good to see you are back in the game Noel!

Nice acquisition! I love panther black.

Are you passing through Scotland when you are collecting the car, or staying down south?

[Nj]

Great looking coupe! And such low mileage, it's barely broken in

I've long oscillated between getting a respray in panther black or the stock brilliant black with extra clear coat. Seeing this car makes my decision no easier... so thanks for nothing lol

haha. sorry

[Nj]

Cheers Andy. I'm not honestly sure yet. If I can arrange it for a decent price I'd like to send it from Wales to Germany, where a good friend will perform some magic on it. Then i'd just fly from Helsinki to Germany at some point and drive back via Denmark, Sweden and ferry to Finland.

I'm still trying to engineer a work trip to Scotland so I can drop in to see everyone. it's been way too long.

Good to see you are back in the game Noel!

Nice acquisition! I love panther black.

Are you passing through Scotland when you are collecting the car, or staying down south?

[dm80]

I'm telling! Ahem. Nice motor neeb.

Straightforward enough to register it aye?

[Nj]

haha. don't bother your **** mate

If by "straightforward" you mean "pay the same again in taxes" then aye..

I'm telling! Ahem. Nice motor neeb.

Straightforward enough to register it aye?

[Henkjan]

taxes are based on Finish market value (and CO2) iirc?
when I imported an A4q a couple of years ago the amount of tax did not exactly shock me

[Nj]

taxes are based on Finish market value (and CO2) iirc?
when I imported an A4q a couple of years ago the amount of tax did not exactly shock me

Yes. maximum is about 35% based on a high CO2 rating so anything fun means higher tax
It's especially painful if you think about a newish A6 3.0tdi quattro or something that you might pick up for 25,000€ in Germany and then looking at the Finnish equivalent pay 15,000€ more in tax.

For my coupe the only 7A quattro I can see right now is listed at 3,500€ so I might be looking at something like 1200€??
second last car here http://www.nettiauto.com/en/audi/coupe

[PRY4SNO]

At least the bones are there and you can add the meat after you pay taxes

[Nj]

At least the bones are there and you can add the meat after you pay taxes

Damn right. You mean like the 034 turbo kit, injector kit, clutch etc etc etc.... ?

[bunyoch]

Wheesht ! wheest ! Noel ---dinna ye dare be gloatin an plottin afore ye hae the braw beastie hame -- ur yer missus wull be gittin a haunle oan this wild news an its yersell wull be hinging frae the tallest tree in the area by yer testiculars as a prime example fur aall the ither wimmin in the locality AN THEN the 'wurd ' wull git oot an arroon the wurld an the rest o us wull be phuqued !

Mind noo -- oan its arrival - let the kids see it an sit in it furst an ye micht jist survive tae see the aftermath !

Oh --- an Ah a telt the wean tae pit anither spoonful o waatter in the gruel in case ye visit .

[gripper]

In English please
Some of us are finding it hard work to keep up with this thread.