Where to buy a Doblo Family?

Hi All

I'm looking for a used Doblo family - the seven seater version. Anybody any ideas where's the best place to get one for less than £10 k?

I'm coming over from Ireland where second hand ones are like hen's teeth. A new one will cost about €22 k which is good value over here but still a rip off!

Thanks for your help.

You can have a brand new one here for less than £10,000.


http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/index.htm

Thanks Doblo

Check this out lets say I buy the new Doblo over there for £10k - that's about €15k then bring it home and register it I have to pay €4400 VRT ( Vehicle Registration Tax ) just to register it. AGAH!!

Nothing like double taxation...

If you bought a second hand Doblo would you still have to pay to register it? If not why not get someone to buy the Doblo from fiatsupasaver & then resell it to you as second hand? Or am I just dreaming?

Good idea..but guess what - for me to bring in a car that's mine say I emigrated and was coming home - I'ld have to own the car for at least 6 months so I couldn't just buy one and come home. And yes they have custom's and exise people floating around in unmarked cars keeping a sharp eye for yellow plated cars and watching their movements ready to pounce!

The easiest way would be to buy one that was written off here and buy a replacement somewhere else and then swap identities . 2 years ago I was offered a Xantia TD which was taxed as a 1.8 not a 1.9 ( which falls into the 2 litre category ). The car was a UK import as it had GPS which no longer worked and some voice which spoke to me when I stalled the car yes the car spoke and it had an English accent. I was told just to ignore her and keep going .....so I did. I reckon that car was a replacement for a 1.8 that was written off and the paperwork was still good. Highly illegal but if you sold enough to exceed the fine wouldn't it be worth it ?

Of course, If bought and registered the car with an english relative or friend on the log book, you could just drive it and say you were borrowing it with the owners consent.

I heard a rumour that if a person had an English ( say relative ) who "owned" the new vehicle for 6 to 12 months and then came to live in Ireland then that person could register the car in Ireland as their own. Once registered then it could be "sold on".

Sneaky

Ideal for occasional use vehicles which wouldn't be on the road or needed like a new Doblo!

Have you tried to contact www.fiatsupasaver.com and ask them if they sell to people in Ireland??? If so it might be a little more than here but surely not THAT much more. Might be worth an e-mail

Good idea Ozzie but I already tried that and I think they're all dead in there!

Just thought a second hand one would be easy enough to pick up over there - they're like hen's teeth over here except for a few 1.2's eh no thanks I'ld rather the straight 1.9 diesel

Or better still the JTD lol!

I went down to a dealer today -not John Linnane in Rathnew where they refused to replace my tyres ( the wrong ones were fitted from new, long story... ) but Paschal Kennedy's in Dun Laoghaire. They are a Fiat service agent, Alfa dealer from years ago ( they lost their Alfa dealership when Lancia went lhd ). Anyway they said they can't find any second hand Doblos so I might have to order a new one So what the hell we might as well.....

I would love a 1.9 JTD Ozzie only if you 'll pay my road tax - its €539 per annum on a 1.9 / 2.0 litre. Nice eh....

Bl**dy hell how come it's so expensive there!

I thought the prices we pay are bad enough

Road tax is based on engine size here -so the bigger the engine the higher the road tax

It's not unknown for engine changes to be done on older cars - especially on diesels and something bigger falling in

Ever since the Euro change over EVERYTHING went up. Initially everything was penny to cent correct then slowly but surely up crept prices - so BEWARE! We now live in a Rip off Republic

I suppose fuel isn't too bad here after seeing prices in London about €1 per litre of either petrol or diesel

Ah but sure the craic is mighty!