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From: 2141smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning)
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Subject: Re: Buying a Volvo in Europe
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Date: Mon, 27-May-85 23:16:01 EDT
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> Before you consider this route seriously, think about the following:
> 	How much can you *really* get the car for here?
This point is well taken.   On the three Volvo's I bought in Europe
I really only saved enough to pay my plane fare for my wife and myself.
>	 Do you really want to wait the 3-6 weeks after your trip before the
> 		car gets back here?
6 weeks is more typical for Baltimore where we picked all 3 up.
> 	Would you go on this exact trip if you were not buying a car?  Or
> 		are you possibly wasting very valuable vacation time to
> 		pick up the car?
Here is the tricky part.  When we toured Scotland, we used a rental car
and didn't have to pay too terrible a sum of money, but we drove the
British equivalent of a Ford intermediate size car which was like driving
a tank on the narrow single lane ( single track ) Scottish roads and
was a real gas hog.  They gave it to us for a cheap rate since no one
else would touch it.  However when we tour on the continent we love
Scandinavia and the alps and usually tour both regions.  In this case,
the European delivery really pays big dividends.  Your transportation cost
is only for the gas & oil.  We usually drive about 4,000 miles and really
appreciate driving our car and not paying huge rental fees.