[Corinthian]

any forum member who has recently any experience with bringing his car to Greece from the US please post any experiences.

I am more interested to see which systems of the car would be non functional, navigation for example, warranty coverage, proper software updates, catalytic converters service etc

TIA

[bsamoul]

Wheel on the wrong side...

[Corinthian]

I don't think so......

[demosthenes]

I'm interested in doing this too. Any info anyone can provide would be appreciated. TIA.

[halB]

The only people who drive with wheel on the wrong side are the Japanese and the Brits (and many of the ex British colonies including Hong Kong)

[methodtim]

From: http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm...ingyourcar.htm

A Word of Caution

Both the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advise that although a nonconforming car may be conditionally admitted, the modifications required to bring it into compliance may be so extensive and costly that it may be impractical and even impossible to achieve such compliance. Moreover, some vehicle models are prohibited from importation. It is highly recommended that these prohibitions and modifications be investigated before a vehicle is purchased for importation.

[LionRampant]

Originally Posted by Corinthian

any forum member who has recently any experience with bringing his car to Greece from the US please post any experiences.

I am more interested to see which systems of the car would be non functional, navigation for example, warranty coverage, proper software updates, catalytic converters service etc

Originally Posted by methodtim

From: http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm...ingyourcar.htm

I believe the OP here was looking for information about taking a vehicle from the U.S. to Greece, not the other way round. The applicable export (U.S.) and import (Greece) processes may be quite different than importing a vehicle to the U.S. from abroad. I would imagine that any sort of expected financial advantage would be nullified by import duties in Greece intended to protect the local pricing models there.

--LR

[Lydiamight]

I notice that halB says that many of the other British ex-colonies also drive on the right-----does that mean that USA still drives on the right?

If not when did you decide to change?

[tsopanakos]

1. Radio (FM frequency step is 200 khz in US 100 khz in Europe)
2. BMW Assist and real traffic info they do not work, because the
system is different in Europe.

The bad think about the two problems is BMW stupidity.

Other cars manufactures, like Mercedes or Audi for example, they permit to reprogram the car to adapt to the new country codes. BMW NOT.

Navigation works fine. You have to by (or find ) the European map DVD.

[methodtim]

Originally Posted by LionRampant

I believe the OP here was looking for information about taking a vehicle from the U.S. to Greece, not the other way round. The applicable export (U.S.) and import (Greece) processes may be quite different than importing a vehicle to the U.S. from abroad. I would imagine that any sort of expected financial advantage would be nullified by import duties in Greece intended to protect the local pricing models there.

--LR

Yeah, you know, I just realized that. It was a long night last night and I got a bit wonky. OP, you have my apologies.

[Corinthian]

Any Greek living abroad upon returning to live in Greece permanently can bring with him all his stuff, furniture, electronics, car, boat etc, without paying any duties or other taxes, just the shipping costs off course.

A fully loaded 335i in the States is about 35K euros today when in Greece it costs about 75K euros. Need I say more ?

Tsopanakos thanks for the reply, I was looking at it and it seems that will not be able to listen to some radio stations in greece, do you think will be all of them ?

TIA

[tsopanakos]

Odd frequencies works ( 93.1 Mhz, 93.3 Mhz etc )

Even No.

Depend in witch part of our Country You will be.

In Athens and other big cities you have plenty of stations.


Bear in mind, also, that the Navigation coverage is around 40% .

[BMWalltheway]

Originally Posted by Lydiamight

I notice that halB says that many of the other British ex-colonies also drive on the right-----does that mean that USA still drives on the right?

If not when did you decide to change?

Unfortunately cars did not exist when USA became an independent state(s). So no room for confusion there. Later, when the Americans invented cars, they put the wheel on the correct side of the car. And the British just had to do the opposite

[demosthenes]

What happens when an American of Greek decent leaves the U.S. to live in Greece and brings his car with him? He probably has to pay lots of taxes, right? TIA.

[BMWFM]

Originally Posted by BMWalltheway

Unfortunately cars did not exist when USA became an independent state(s). So no room for confusion there. Later, when the Americans invented cars, they put the wheel on the correct side of the car. And the British just had to do the opposite

Close, but not quite that.

Just that the Brits would no evolve with the rest of the world... Too much tradition in this country. (just kiddin).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving..._right#History

FM

[Andro07]

Originally Posted by tsopanakos

1. Radio (FM frequency step is 200 khz in US 100 khz in Europe)
2. BMW Assist and real traffic info they do not work, because the
system is different in Europe.

The bad think about the two problems is BMW stupidity.

Other cars manufactures, like Mercedes or Audi for example, they permit to reprogram the car to adapt to the new country codes. BMW NOT.

Navigation works fine. You have to by (or find ) the European map DVD.

+1 I'n Italy I have no problem with my US spec BMW because US spec BMW's need more things on them then Euro spec BMW's need.