What car to buy
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Are you planning on keeping the vehicle long term in the UK or selling it as soon as you get there? If you're selling it then we don't have to worry about how practical it will be in the UK, just whether they'd be anyone willing to buy it, but if you want to keep it then you'll already be dealing with the issues that a left hand drive vehicle in the UK suffers from (drive thrus, toll booths, people parking too close to driver's side door etc) that adding to that size and difficulty to get parts might just make it unusable.
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I hadn’t been prepared for the response. I am not set on taking anything back to the Uk it’s more that I’m entitled to it and tax/shipping etc isn’t an issue.
If it wasn’t to go back to the Uk with me I’d just lease and get something daft.
I am happy with rwd rather than a 4x4 the guy I replaced had a mustang 2008 on winter tyres and didn’t have any major event in it.
more after something that I wouldn’t get the opportunity to drive in the UK
If it wasn’t to go back to the Uk with me I’d just lease and get something daft.
I am happy with rwd rather than a 4x4 the guy I replaced had a mustang 2008 on winter tyres and didn’t have any major event in it.
more after something that I wouldn’t get the opportunity to drive in the UK
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I problem I see with any anwers to your question is that there is little or no overlap between "what would be in the slightest bit practical to drive in the UK" and "what you wouldn't have the opportunity to drive in the UK", and honestly I think the UK has a wider variety and more choices of unusual low-volume cars than the US does. There is no US Morgan or US Caterham, and the Atom is made in the US under license.
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I hadn’t been prepared for the response. I am not set on taking anything back to the Uk it’s more that I’m entitled to it and tax/shipping etc isn’t an issue.
If it wasn’t to go back to the Uk with me I’d just lease and get something daft.
I am happy with rwd rather than a 4x4 the guy I replaced had a mustang 2008 on winter tyres and didn’t have any major event in it.
more after something that I wouldn’t get the opportunity to drive in the UK
If it wasn’t to go back to the Uk with me I’d just lease and get something daft.
I am happy with rwd rather than a 4x4 the guy I replaced had a mustang 2008 on winter tyres and didn’t have any major event in it.
more after something that I wouldn’t get the opportunity to drive in the UK
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Re: What car to buy
I problem I see with any anwers to your question is that there is little or no overlap between "what would be in the slightest bit practical to drive in the UK" and "what you wouldn't have the opportunity to drive in the UK", and honestly I think the UK has a wider variety and more choices of unusual low-volume cars than the US does. There is no US Morgan or US Caterham, and the Atom is made in the US under license.
You might consider an F-150 Raptor. Fun and practical in one.
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Personally, I wouldn't buy a muscle car to drive somewhere as snowy as upstate NY. You do see a few of them in Anchorage, but I suspect people moving here from Texas bring them with them. I will freely admit I haven't tried to drive one on snow myself though.
I also personally wouldn't want to take a car from here back to the UK. You (or the person you sold to) would be driving a left-hand drive car on the left-hand side of the road. Most people don't want that.
I also personally wouldn't want to take a car from here back to the UK. You (or the person you sold to) would be driving a left-hand drive car on the left-hand side of the road. Most people don't want that.
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Maybe go for something like a Hummer H2 or 3, I like Toyota FJs . There is a lot of choice of 4x4 vehicles that generally are not available in the UK. Cadillac escalade are also nice luxury cars that are not too expensive.
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When I get a convertible 2-seater I will drive it with the top down at all times, 12 months of the year, unless it is raining heavily; admittedly I don't live in upstate NY.
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Last edited by Pulaski; Oct 23rd 2020 at 8:53 pm.
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If I lived in upstate NY and wanted to buy an older/classic type car that I intended to keep long term I would go to southwest to buy. Texas, Arizona, New Mexico.
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You may be able to pick up a cheap Katrina car in Texas. But I would go with Pulaski's recommendation and use carvana