BUYING AND EXPORTING YOUR OWN VEHICLE
If you are buying your own vehicle we can still help, you may have the genuine opportunity of that illusive bargain, or even spoted something privately, or on a place such as an online auction like e-bay, etc.
You may be a dealer visiting the UK and buying stock, again if you require a UK based partner to assist your operations with collection, storage and shipping we can again help.
We offer a number of services that although included FREE OF CHARGE with all cars sourced and supplied by us at Africars we can also offer them to you at very reasonable cost. In many cases we can steering you past a costly mistake saving you money.
Remember this old saying :-
"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's also unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest price, it's well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough money to pay for something better" |
Here we can give you invaluable advice about the current market value of the vehicle you are considering buying, remember we do this for a living and are valuing vehicles every hour of every day!. We have many years of experience in this procedure, our purchase expert will assess your specific vehicle, and research the market. In doing this we use various medias including Glasses Guide to check and research our valuation. We also use HPi to appraise the history of the vehicle, once done we will advise you of the cars value in our expert opinion, and provide you with a copy of the valuation reports and HPi certificated print outs, this 1st process in essence could save many times its cost and prevent a costly mistake buying a bad vehicle, or paying too much for it. Should you require this service just e-mail us and we will be please to be of assistance.
Price only £24.95
For further information please e-mail:- prepurchasevaluation@africars.co.uk
1970 The Range Rover was launched. - The Range Rover improves on the off-road capabilities of the Land Rover, whilst introducing the comforts and styling normally found on cars. Coil springs are introduced for the first time. |
We have a network of long established reputable UK based vehicle inspectors who have hundreds of years combined experience between them in checking, testing and assessing a vehicle before an investment, or shipment is made, for anyone not knowledgeable on vehicles, this is an ABSOLUTE must!, a small amount of money again could save £000`s on a costly mistake, or in some cases you losing all of you investment if the car you buy ended up been unusable, un repairable, and in extreme case not owned by the person selling you it if it were stolen. High quality and comprehensive vehicle inspections start from as little as £99.00 going up to £199.00, dependant on location of the required inspection in the UK. Inspections can be quickly arranged and carried out in most cases at a time and location to suit you or your vendor. On completion of the inspection you will receive a full and detailed report to help you assess your purchase, or in some cases if a car you already have if provide you with the information required to make an informed decision if the car is a worthwhile proposition in relation to incurring shipping costs and exporting back to Africa. Should you require this service just e-mail us and we will be please to be of assistance.
Price from just £99.00
For further information please e-mail:- prepurchaseinspection@africars.co.uk
Once you have successfully bought your vehicle, we can assist with collection and transportation of the vehicle to the place of your choice, possibly your home, or work where you may be storing it or using it prior shipping back to Africa. We have our own transport facility so can quickly arrange collection. In many cases this can save many a headache and again many costs that can become necessary once you have purchased the vehicle before it can be moved, it may be you don’t have a UK driving licence, if you do, have you got correct insurance for the vehicle, if not this can be complicated and expensive to obtain especially if only required for a short time. Is the car taxed and MOT tested?, if not taxed you will have to get insurance before this can be done, and obtain an MOT if the vehicles current one has expired, this list just goes on. We take all the drama away, you car can be quickly collected at low cost, regardless of its current tax and MOT, insurance status, and condition and moved by one of our fleet of fully insured and road legal transporters and taken to the place of your choice at low cost. For trade customers visiting the UK to buy multiple vehicles, we can collect your purchases in any numbers and quantities as and when you buy them and move the vehicles to your required location be it storage facilities or direct to the ports for export. Should you require this service just e-mail us and we will be please to be of assistance, or click below for our quick quote request form. Click here for our QUICKQUOTE request form
For further information please e-mail:- logistics@africars.co.uk
Once purchased, you may require storage for your vehicle prior shipping, this may be for a number of reasons, you may only have on street parking, if the car is not taxed, not MOT tested, or not insured you could risk expensive financial penalties, in the form of fines, in some cases this can be savage and result in some extreme cases in cities like London the vehicle been clamped or even worse towed away and compounded!!! Not a problem, again we can help, we have over 2 acres!!! of high quality storage facilities at hand which have been purpose built and adapted for this use, they are located next to us, central to the UK, and less then 10 minutes from the main A1M motorway. Features include high security fenced areas, 24 hour CCTV, and on site security personal to name but a few, you car will be checked daily, and for a small extra cost can be started weekly and moved/driven in our enclosed private facilities to ensure such items as brakes do not seize in the case of longer term storage requests. The cost of high quality storage starts from only £49.00 per calendar month per vehicle, and £129.00 for a 3 month booking. Additional storage maintenance is just £20.00 per month extra per vehicle, for this as well as checking your vehicle, we will start, run and move your vehicle, to keep brakes etc free, then wash and leather it. For trade customers visiting the UK to buy multiple vehicles, we can take delivery of your purchases or collect in any numbers and quantities as and when you buy them and store the vehicles as long as required until ready for export.Prices from just £49.00
For further information please e-mail:- storage@africars.co.uk
1990 the Land Rover Discovery was launched - The Discovery was aimed at the new family 4x4 market, but still had enviable off-road abilities. . |
This comprehensive guide will soon be available, it contains many chapters and numerous pages of crucial information on buying, and exporting a vehicle from the UK to Africa, tells you the do`s and don’ts, the pitfalls, the benefits, and what to avoid, the legislation, laws and easiest procedures to get your UK purchase back home. Invaluable information in this must have guide will save you hundreds of pounds.
Coming soon – Due for release circa Autumn 2009!!! – Watch this space!!! |
