Hire or buy a car in N.Cyprus - want to cross border occassionally

Aeyeofspirit



Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 34

Message Posted:
07/09/2010 20:28

Hi I know there are many posts about this issue but bear with me



We have rented a place from 1st Oct in Girne for 6months & we need a car. When out there in August we were offered a couple of cars to buy - 1 for £7000 (fairly new Suzuki Jeep with AC & automatic & has 3mo tax & insurance) & 1 for £2000 (older car - get us from A-B)



Told we can sell car-on potentially for what we paid for it) if we decide to return to UK at end of 6months - but we could be stuck in UK trying to sell a car in N.Cyprus



However also advised that it would be better to rent initially - especially as rentals are fairly cheap in the 'winter months' & if we take out a long-term contract - BUT am aware that depending on the rental firm we may have difficulty with going over border to South (have friends there)



So a dilemma & advice would be appreciated

bigbadbob


Joined: 04/08/2010
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
07/09/2010 22:05

Hi Anne glad to hear you are still going to trnc,if you were in uk i would be able to advise you properly but my motortraders instincts tellme you should rent for 1 month by which time you should know whether you intend to stay out there and if so then buy.by the way Wendy and I are looking to come out again early October.Bigbadbob.

Aeyeofspirit



Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 34

Message Posted:
13/09/2010 15:40

Hi Bob & Wendy



Will cu then - as we said u can stay with us if you like - either way you can at least visit us or we can meet for a meal



In mean-time I hope I can get the e-mail up & running quickly so we can stay in touch.



I did put out my home e-mail on a different post (looking for rental property) by mistake (didn't know you shouldn't - so you could find it if you look



Anne

Stewart


Joined: 19/07/2008
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
13/09/2010 16:12

Hi....hire a car from the south...you will then have complete freedom of the island...email via stus@fsmail.net

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malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
13/09/2010 16:12

what we did at the beginning, because we couldn't get a decent long term rental deal, was rent for a week for around a £100, then have them take it back for a week when we lazed about in doors and close by the villa. After doing this a few times we got a £10 per day deal for 3 months. Eventually we bought a 1994 Renault Broadway for £2750 and it's still going well 5 years later. We're told we'd probably get £2000 back on it because it's only done about 80,000 miles.

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
13/09/2010 16:18

No rental cars from the North are allowed into the South but you can bring certain rental cars from the South to the North so I guess you will have to buy one.

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