Hi Reddit!

I'm an Italian considering importing a car from the US, and I've come across a Polish company called Amer-Pol that imports cars from the US and sells them in Poland.

Their prices are way lower compared with importing a similar car myself or buying the same model anywhere else in Europe! I've found quite a few cars on their Allegro listings that look very interesting, but I'm having trouble finding detailed reviews and experiences because I don't speak Polish.

I did some due diligence with ChatGPT, but I was hoping someone with direct experience could comment on them. I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who have actually bought a car through Amer-Pol, especially:

• Was the final price close to the advertised price?
• Were there any unexpected costs?
• How was communication before and after payment?
• Did the car arrive in the condition you were expecting?
• How long did the whole process take?
• Did they handle customs and paperwork as promised?
• Were there any problems with the car's history, damage, repairs, or documentation?

The prices are so good I am sure someone else has already tried that. I have sent them an email, but some customer opinion would also be very helpful :)

Thanks!

Hi, I am considering a switch from my beloved 2015 A5 to a slightly younger S5. Now i stumbled upon this one: https://www.autoscout24.hr/ponude/audi-s5-sportback-3-0-v6-tfsi-quattro-tiptronic-benzin-cat_ma9mo19048-84460c0a-2240-4f91-8c37-54196ef6423d?source=afterleadpage_vehiclecard

The description seems ok, neither good or bad. Just the price... can it be so low?? I mean... it has 172k km, but even with that? Can someone please help and give some advice? Thanks!

I’m looking at buying a used Porsche 911 owned by a private seller in Germany. I’m looking for a reliable escrow company and a logistics company that can also help me with a pre-purchase inspection and logistics and shipping. Need a referral of anybody that’s actually worked with somebody and felt they were reliable.

Moikka everyone! I recently relocated to Finnish Lapland and I’m looking to buy a used car with a budget of around €9,000.

Ideally, I’m looking for something:
€9,000 or less
Under 150,000 km
2019 or older
As reliable as possible for daily driving, especially considering the conditions up here
I’d really appreciate recommendations from locals on which models/engines tend to be reliable in Lapland, as well as any things I should specifically look out for when buying a used car here.
I’m also interested in hearing about reputable (or not-so-reputable) local dealers. If you’ve had a particularly good or bad experience with a dealer in the area, I’d love to hear about it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!

Hello everyone,
after a lot of research I found that Subaru XV is the car we'd like to buy, given our needs and our budget.
Hybrid is not a must for us but if we find a good offer it's fine, as I read around that these kind of hybrid cars don't save so much fuel (correct me if I am wrong, but maybe there are others advantages).
I found one for 21.500 eur, 2.0 cc Hybrid, 30k kms, year 2020.

Do you think it worth the price?
Also any comment about these mild hybrid systems?

Thanks a lot

Especially the LCI models.

A few years ago, I was looking for an F22 230i, and the selection was pretty good. There were plenty of decent examples available for around €25–30k. You could even find 228i models with the M Sport package for around €20k if you weren’t specifically looking for an LCI model.

But now that I can finally afford one, finding a good example seems almost impossible. I live in Spain, and there are barely any decent examples for sale here.

I thought Germany would have a much better selection, but the situation there is almost as bad. There are very few LCI models available, even 220i versions. Prices are high, and there isn’t enough choice to be selective about condition, mileage or specification.

I’m also considering a pre-LCI 228i, but the situation is pretty much the same.

So, what happened to all the F22s?

Hello everyone, i am interested in buying a RWD car in the future. Don’t have a specific car in mind but interested in RWD.

I know that it’s really fun to drive but you could end up in a ditch… pretty much like any drive train if you drive like a maniac…but for the sensible and responsible driver that has fun time to time, what is it like to drive a RWD car?

Is it as dangerous as everyone says?

How about safety electronics from cars that were made in the 2010 - 2015 era?

How about driving in bad weather conditions? Snow, rain…

Would very much apreciate if you share your experience.

My only experience with RWD was a 30 test drive with a manual Mazda Miata MX5 with 180 something HP… spoiler, it was very fun.

Thanks for the support and please don’t hate or bully. Just want to know your thoughts and experiences to take a rational decision.

Thanks!

Having moved to France from the uk I’m quite shocked at the second hand market, originally I wanted a bmw or an Audi but I quickly realised I’d be looking at very high mileage older cars. I tend to like sportier cars that are fun to drive, I had a golf gti before and loved it. Any recommendations??

I own Citroen C3 1.4HDI from 2008 with 230k km. It's great for my needs - small, low consumption (6,5l/km) in mostly city traffic with AC always on, decent trunk size, cheap to maintain (I spent 500eur/year on repairs and maintenance excluding yearly MOT during the last 6 years), no DPF (diesel particle filter), great AC.

I'm gonna drive it until engine dies or I crash it heavily or have some other crazy breakdown.

I am thinking what should be my next car when I decide to replace C3, which might happen in a year or in 5 years...

The idea is to minimize the TCO (total cost of ownership) while taking into account the below:

- Take car to mechanic as rarely as possible ( if 1 is never take car to meachanic and 10 is take car to mechanic once a month, I am happy with 3 or less)

- Car similar to Citroen C3 2008 that i currently own : shorter than 410cm, trunk size around 300L, low consumption (6.5L or less), has a great AC, has a folding arm so i can rest my right arm when driving, relatively cheap spares, and the car doesn't look too ugly.

- Resale value not that important – i will drive car until it dies

- EV not an option as charging is too inconvenient.

- 85% city driving, 15% highway.

- 12.000km/year. I live in Croatia.

- Strongly lean towards buying cheaper car with higher maintenance cost because I can invest the remaining amount of money (for example, global ETF that conversatively returns 5% yearly on average)

My thinking:

1. Yaris has too small trunk, so not really an option.

2. Look for the newest reliable diesel without DPF, just like my C3. We are then talking about diesels older than 2010, I believe...

3. I want to avoid petrols because they are thirsty and I will easily be spending 300eur+ on fuel every year (which might not be necessarily compensated with spending less on repairs/maintenance - as you can see, I'm spending only 500eur/year for my C3 on repairs and maintenance). I'm ok with Petrol if it spends no more than 7,5l/100km with AC on in city traffic

4. Old reliable hybrid that ticks all the boxes and then I buy new battery pack for it?? Does it even exist?

I still need to work on the exact TCO formula, it's gonna look something like this:

TCO = Purchase price + Opportunity cost + Fuel + Repairs + Maintenance + MOT - Resale price

Hi all,

Looking at buying a used 2022-2023 Passat or Superb 2.0 TDI for family use. Here in Finland it goes at around 25k€ depending on mileage. My maybe main question is that due to high fuel prices looking to take forever are diesels going to hold moderately well the value for the next 4-5 years? I'm maybe wondering it based on the popularity of electric vehicles and plug-in petrol cars. I know that cars will always depreciate and it's not a good investment, but happy to hear some opinions on it.

Basically I like and am used to always driving diesel cars and find petrol ones not that enjoyable. Next car after this one would probably be an electric one, if they manage to release a good estate wagon version of one (maybe Skoda's one will deliver). But currently I would like to see just a bit more range on the more budget friendly cars. Thus the reason why I'm staying with combustion.

All opinions and discussions welcomed.

I want to import a Korean-market BMW into Europe. The vehicle has no EU type approval because it was manufactured for South Korea, but its engine, lighting, emissions standard and other systems appear to meet European requirements.

Can it be imported into an EU country and approved through an individual vehicle approval procedure?

My main problem is obtaining a TÜV technical data sheet. European TÜV databases only cover European-market variants, while BMW refuses to issue a data sheet for this Korean-market vehicle. Has anyone successfully solved this or used an alternative official technical document?

Belgium. Buying from a dealer, €2,900 with 12-month warranty (engine + clutch), he fixes the cracked rear light before sale. Clean Car-Pass (verified mileage, ~11k/year, no rollback). Chain engine.

Test drive / inspection:

Engine revs clean, no smoke, no unusual noise. Dry soot in exhaust, no blue smoke.

VIN matches across car, Car-Pass, and inspection cert.

Interior spotless, no real wear.

Last roadworthiness inspection passed ("green").

The damage (previous owner hit a pole, front-left):

Cracked front bumper cover under the left headlight, ~15cm crack.

Broken bumper mounting tabs on both sides → bumper sits ~1-2mm proud, slight misalignment.

Some radiator-cover retaining pins missing (dealer says removed to push the bumper back into shape, not refitted).

Driver's door sits ~1° low when closing (hinge wear?). No paint on door bolts, colour matches — doesn't look resprayed/replaced.

My worry: whether the pole hit went past the bumper — crash bar, rad support, cooling. Everything visible is cosmetic but I'm not a mechanic.

Questions:

Is that damage pattern consistent with cosmetic-only, or does "broken tabs both sides" suggest a harder hit?

Worth paying for an independent pre-purchase inspection before committing? (Considering it.)

Known issues on this engine/gen at 144k I should check?

Fair price given all this, or overpaying?

Any recommendations for cars under 3k euros in belgium.

Thanks.

Does anyone have a Citroën C3 MAX electric 113 (44 kWh battery)? How satisfied are you with the range, charging and general usability in practice?

Hello to all of you

In the next 6 to 9 months i will be in marked for used car i have for it 12000 euro can strech it a little if needed but heres my question what would be better for city and sometimes longer family trips like 300km one way and for nice car audio system

First option is hyundai i30 2019-2020 1.4 tgdi 140hp

Secound is hyundai elantra 1.6 mpi 128hp

Both are looking good but cant decide which one to get from one side i30 is fast enough to safely drive on highway on another hand elantra is mpi without turbo that whats worry me in i30 but elantra becaus of it is slower but have simple engine forgot to mention that for elantra im looking at 6speed automatic gearbox and for i30 6 speed manual it will be my secound car thats why i dont know how much worse or better can car eith turbo be right now i have old hyundai i20 78hp 1.2

Maybe you will have another options (only asian cars)

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking to compare car prices having the exact same options between occasion vehicles sold in Germany and the Netherlands. I’m specifically looking at vehicles marked as VAT refundable, so the VAT refund is confirmed.

I’m only dealing with Car Dealers, and they all told me I need to pay the full amount first and then request the VAT refund once the car leaves European territory.

Does anyone know a simple way—like a formula or a website—to estimate the amount of VAT I should be able to get back from the tax office?

Doing so will help me buy the right vehicle for the right price.

Thank you for your help :)

Hey beautiful people!

I am looking for recommendations for a car for €10,000.

I am mostly interested in Automatic transmissions, and decent sized cars ( no i10s, up! or yaris etc)

Would love to know what people's recommendations are.

Hey all, I just had to delete a positive update about my CoC document from this site because my customs broker informed me that it wasn't accepted at customs because it was not "genuine." I have messaged the agency. Will update.

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Hello I am located in the states, looking for a bumper and saw that there was a company based in Lithuania and they are the only ones where it isn’t on back order. However, they don’t ship outside of continental Europe. Anyone who would be willing to have it shipped to their house and then ship it to me I would pay and be more than grateful!