Senna's NSX

[UnhuZ]

Hi,

congratulations on this business... i live in Lisbon and i never saw it live (stupid i know)...

how do you plan to get it to UK ??

again, i'm very happy for you...really happy.... just because i'm a huge...huge Senna fan...since he signed with Lotus to drive the black JPS

All the best,
Nuno

[flyingsniffer]

Congratulations on the purchase. Do you plan any modifications

[goldtop]

I plan to drive it to the UK. I live 30 miles from gatwick so come and see it if you want. £45 each way with easyjet and you can take your misses to London for the day. Being a senna fan I got outbid on a helmet last year at auction. Now I have a whole car for the price of a helmet.

If/when Mercedes ever sell the #11 190E, we'll be fighting over it!

[UnhuZ]

Hi,

I plan to drive it to the UK. I live 30 miles from gatwick so come and see it if you want. £45 each way with easyjet and you can take your misses to London for the day. Being a senna fan I got outbid on a helmet last year at auction. Now I have a whole car for the price of a helmet.

thanks...and what do you think about we meet up when you pick the car, or if you pass through Lisbon, we meet here??

eahaeh...

Thanks,
Nuno

[scottg]

So how mush does a Senna crash helmet sell for? I know which I'd rather have on display and it doesn't fit on a shelf!

I plan to drive it to the UK. I live 30 miles from gatwick so come and see it if you want. £45 each way with easyjet and you can take your misses to London for the day. Being a senna fan I got outbid on a helmet last year at auction. Now I have a whole car for the price of a helmet.

[Senninha]

Quick question, are you able to retain the origanal reg plates and register on these in the uk?

[NSX100]

Quick question, are you able to retain the origanal reg plates and register on these in the uk?

No chance. I have brought a French registered car to the UK when I was transferred back to the UK and the rules are simple although perhaps changed now - it was a while ago. You can drive on the foreign plates for a maximum of 1 year but then have to register the car on UK plates. If you have owned the car outside the UK for more than 12 months and can demonstrate this ie as a foreign resident returning to the UK there is nothing to pay - duty, VAT etc. Unfortunately in this case VAT and duty will have to be paid and the 12 month rule may not apply - I think it is 1 month. The UK is one of the few EU countries where you can do this - France is another - but in Scandinavia for example full assessed duty and tax is payable on an imported car even if you have owned it for years when moving there to take up residency. So much for a "Common Market" -each country has their own rules.

[goldtop]

Unfortunately in this case VAT and duty will have to be paid

Eh? There will be no duty or VAT to pay when Senna's car is imported from Portugal!

[WhyOne?]

Eh? There will be no duty or VAT to pay when Senna's car is imported from Portugal!

Agreed.

HMRC:
Second-hand vehicles
If you're bringing into the UK a second-hand vehicle, you don't have to pay VAT - as long as you paid VAT in another EU country when you bought it, but you must still complete a NOVA notification to HMRC within 14 days of the vehicle arrival.

[goldtop]

Lost out on the helmet - there's always this at the NEC Classic auctions: http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/a...race-suit-2558

For those who can't afford that: http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/senna-cap

(Same auction has one of Fangio's personal cars)