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Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by samba freak » Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:20 pm
Can anyone help me with getting a 51 bug back from Helsinki to the UK???
Thanks for looking....
Thanks for looking....
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by vwJim » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:21 pm
Does it drive?
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by Cheeky » Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:59 pm
I love Finland, will happily go and get it for you lol
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by PastDown » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:09 pm
Is it that green/ rust patina bug on the Samba website?
If its driveable you can drive it back, It'll be a long but cool road trip.
If its driveable you can drive it back, It'll be a long but cool road trip.
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by samba freak » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:21 pm
Hey Jim and past down.
no it's not the one on the samba.........,,,and unfortunately is not a runner....just looking at various options .......any ideas would be great need to do it for as little as possible ideally.......
no it's not the one on the samba.........,,,and unfortunately is not a runner....just looking at various options .......any ideas would be great need to do it for as little as possible ideally.......
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by paneldave » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:13 am
need to do it for as little as possible ideally.......[/quote]
^^^^^^
There in lies your problem.!.!
^^^^^^
There in lies your problem.!.!
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by mango-westy » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:22 am
TRY
SHIPLY.COM
I had my samba transported back from the very top of Sweden for 1000 pound by a polish driver in the back of a covered truck!!
worth a try!!!
carlos
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I had my samba transported back from the very top of Sweden for 1000 pound by a polish driver in the back of a covered truck!!
worth a try!!!
carlos
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by PastDown » Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:40 pm
I assume you would be collecting the bug yourself with a trailer?
I'm not sure if there is a ferry that runs between Newcastle and Denmark, if there is, it'll be an over night trip, once in Denmark you'll have to travel into Sweden and get another overnight ferry to Finland.
By the way the it's not cheap in either of the countries.
I'm not sure if there is a ferry that runs between Newcastle and Denmark, if there is, it'll be an over night trip, once in Denmark you'll have to travel into Sweden and get another overnight ferry to Finland.
By the way the it's not cheap in either of the countries.
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by samba freak » Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:15 pm
Hey Pastdown.....
i was planning to go get it myself on a trailer but i worked out that in fuel alone it would be in excess of a grand........plus food and other misc expenses.......
have had quotes fo roro from Turku to the UK of about 500 EUR...which is looking like my best option....
I did bring a 51 back this way a couple of years back and all got here in one piece.....
just kinda miss that romanticism that goes with a long haul road trip going to collect the car and bringing it back by myself.......
i was planning to go get it myself on a trailer but i worked out that in fuel alone it would be in excess of a grand........plus food and other misc expenses.......
have had quotes fo roro from Turku to the UK of about 500 EUR...which is looking like my best option....
I did bring a 51 back this way a couple of years back and all got here in one piece.....
just kinda miss that romanticism that goes with a long haul road trip going to collect the car and bringing it back by myself.......
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Re: Anyone help me getting a car back from Finland.
by Blue Bullet Girl » Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:42 pm
I'd have come with you Christian - could have made it a Weed Huggers road trip to remember... You know I'm good with a map - turn as you go and you never get lost...samba freak wrote:Hey Pastdown.....
i was planning to go get it myself on a trailer but i worked out that in fuel alone it would be in excess of a grand........plus food and other misc expenses.......
have had quotes fo roro from Turku to the UK of about 500 EUR...which is looking like my best option....
I did bring a 51 back this way a couple of years back and all got here in one piece.....
just kinda miss that romanticism that goes with a long haul road trip going to collect the car and bringing it back by myself.......
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