Yet another "can I bring my car?"
Good evening all, Time for me to delurk. Your forum is wonderful. ^_^ That said, I'll now pollute it with a question I know is often asked. ^_^; I have read cautionary stories online about why you shouldn't import your car, but my husband and I are still gathering information and deciding what to do. We are attached to our Hyundai wagon. It's slightly over five years old. Since it has about 120K miles on it and is showing its age, we were thinking of gutting it and retrofitting it as a gas-electric hybrid. My first question: I have heard that Israel does not allow imports of cars over five years old, but I have also heard that first-time olim are allowed to import (not without tax, I know) one car of any age. Can anybody advise which is correct?
Second, I have read that if the car's exact configuration does not exist in Israel, we'll have to wait a long time for parts to be imported, and get an affidavit from a repair shop that they will maintain the car. Supposing this particular flavour of Elantra was sold in Israel, does anybody know what the ramifications might be if we seriously altered the car (converted it to a hybrid?) I know these are not straightforward questions. ^_^; Thank you for your help!
Good evening all, Time for me to delurk. Your forum is wonderful. ^_^ That said, I'll now pollute it with a question I know is often asked. ^_^; I have read cautionary stories online about why you shouldn't import your car, but my husband and I are still gathering information and deciding what to do. We are attached to our Hyundai wagon. It's slightly over five years old. Since it has about 120K miles on it and is showing its age, we were thinking of gutting it and retrofitting it as a gas-electric hybrid. My first question: I have heard that Israel does not allow imports of cars over five years old, but I have also heard that first-time olim are allowed to import (not without tax, I know) one car of any age. Can anybody advise which is correct?
Second, I have read that if the car's exact configuration does not exist in Israel, we'll have to wait a long time for parts to be imported, and get an affidavit from a repair shop that they will maintain the car. Supposing this particular flavour of Elantra was sold in Israel, does anybody know what the ramifications might be if we seriously altered the car (converted it to a hybrid?) I know these are not straightforward questions. ^_^; Thank you for your help!