Planning to ship UK Right Hand Drive car

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I may be moving to Quatar in May 2009. I have the same questions as Shaunconnor and Musashi:

1.- Can you import a car to Quatar or not?

2.- What is involved? Is it a headache not work taking on or can it be done?

3.- What import duty, if any, applies?

My car is a right-hand drive bmw and I am considering bringing it simply because I like driving it.

I don't think heat or sand will be a problem, given that the car has been at home in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

for someone from the UK or othe country where vehicles are RHD and much cheaper than here (cant believe anyone thinks cars are cheap here, obviously have money to burn!!)it makes sense 2 investigate the possibility of importing your personal car over, especially with the current economic downturn.

Wish you all the best in Doha xx

(or is it 3 x's they do over here?)

what are you going to do with a right hand drive car here? just asking...

and yes please somebody do something about this fruitsdrinks/simplecolours guy before i shoot him myself.. :P

somebody stop this moron orelse i will be forced to consume his fruitdrinks ....:(

deedee, glad im not the only one noticing... it's getting annoying really...

ban samin3269 before we all go insane.

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Maybe he / she has consumed too many of his own drinks and is now in La La Land..

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he's gone way beyond nuts Rizks... he might as well create his own fruitsdrinks/simplecolour thread and then just put all these bits there.. :/

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samin3269.....

WTF ?? r u gone nuts ??

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lol Jamille......

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geez will you stop flooding this thread with your fruitsdrinks and simplecolour bits... you've already posted it like 7 times already... :/

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it is not allowed to import RHD cars anymore.

i dont they they will allow RHD's in Qatar. Earlier it was permitted. From the 90s onwards I think they have stopped giving permission

Musashi

please let me know if you get a proper response since i am in the same boat and for whatever reason i am unable to sell my car in the UK due to massive negative equity amd really must bring to Qatar

All I need to know is it allowed - irrespective of the cost

Looks like my chariot will go into storage for the duration...

Not happy.

Not if you have a Qatar residency permit. You must then have a Qatar drivers' license and register your car here.

Mandi

Can I drive it without a registration?

Like Tourist passing through?

The department of motor and vehicles might not give you registration for that car if you bring it here.

go ahead , new experiance.

LoL Alexa ....

That wasn't that hard now, was it.

I didn't crash your response Vegas? I don't understand, sorry.

You can't teach experience...

I thought the question was pretty straight forward.

Indeed, I shall make all the necessary inquiries regarding the car's spec, before making my final decision.

However, at this time, all I want to know is if it is possible to do it.

A simple Yes or No would do. If yes, then the appropriate measures to do so would be a nice addition.

Beyond that, whether I wish to risk my car's paint work, rubber, plastic, AC etc will be a decision that I'll take later.

Thanks

I am glad you think everything is so easy, I personally find driving here a bit more difficult than London. I guess I am just thick. Seeing as you are finding everything so easy, go to the Ministry and ask them if you can do it. That's what I did.

You can't teach experience...

Will the paintwork of a UK car be up to the rigours of life in the desert? I thought cars for the Qatar market had special treatment to protect them from the abrasive sand.

Why not just store it? Then you have a nice car to come home to...

You can't teach experience...

I've spent the last year driving the car (Right Hand Drive UK spec) in Holland, Germany ( ), France and Italy (which are all left hand drive countries); so sitting on the wrong side is the least of my problems - it is damned easy. I've already started driving in Doha (in a crappy company car) and the driving here is easy, too.

As to whether or not the spec of the car is suitable to be driven in Qatar without modifications to AC etc, I shall find out when I call Mercedes, tomorrow. I know that a lot of the specs are above GCC specs (i.e. emissions, airbags, safety rating etc).

However, if bringing the car over is simply a legal impossibility, then I'll save my time. That is the purpose of my question.

So, I ask again; can I bring it over, and if so, how?

Given the credit crunch, it is impossible to sell for a reasonable return, so I'd rather keep it out here.

Thanks

Thats hilarious...or maybe not.... the driving is difficult here... you need to have the steering wheel on the correct side...otherwise it will be even more dangerous.

and that is useful advice from someone who lives and drives here.

...so it's possible, musashi.

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

You can't teach experience...

...not a commentary on how crazy you consider my plans.

I'd prefer to know whether or not it is possible and the procedures involved; then I'll decide on whether or not I will do it.

Why would you want to do that? First of all cars are quite cheap here. And second but most important is the AC. You need one. Another thing is that the rubber, plastic in the car here are specially made for high temperatures. 50 degrees celsius in summer.

So dont do it.

Aisha-Taweela

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

You can't teach experience...

Are you crazy?!!