09-30-2023, 01:16 PM | #23 |
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I am is Spain and I bought my car via BMW military sales. I used Andrew's FCU they have branches in Europe. Check them out.
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04-23-2024, 08:25 AM | #24 |
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I went through a similar situation when I moved to Germany for work. It's exciting but dealing with a car loan can be a real headache. I had my loan through a big company, and they didn't allow exporting the car while it still had an active loan. Sound familiar?
I tried refinancing with my bank, but got declined for the same reason—my income-to-loan ratio wasn't what they wanted. It's frustrating, I know. I found a really useful guide at https://threemovers.com/cost-of-ital...tional-movers/. It gave me great tips for international moves. Last edited by This Time: BMW; 04-25-2024 at 04:47 AM.. |
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04-23-2024, 08:36 AM | #25 |
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I had a similar situation 15 years go with a minivan while on active duty. Ended up selling it and buying a local German spec 5 series. If you can get the financing at a price you can tolerate than go for it. Study the German drivers license book provided by US European Command. It’s was a hard test long ago, due to new signs and certain right of way laws in Germany.
If you can’t take it then BMW Military sales is available for DoD civilians and you can get a good tax free deal, until you bring back stateside and pay the state tax then. Good luck and enjoy Europe! |
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04-25-2024, 12:23 AM | #29 |
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As a few others have stated, sell the car before you move. Once you get here to Germany go through Bavarian Motor Cars and buy a new one. You won’t pay tax and they currently have 10% off MSRP.
You can also buy mine You gonna be in the Ramstein area? |
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