One week out of every four I spend in the Netherlands (the other three weeks I'm in New York). I have a US car imported under US plates, because this is much cheaper in taxes (about 40% cheaper).
I used to have a Lotus Elise, and now I have a Honda S2000. Normally you can only keep a US plated car in the Netherlands for 6 months, before you have to pay the taxes, but I found a way to keep a car for up to three years.
This coming September the Honda S2000 has to go and I do not want to get another one. As brilliant as this car is, I miss a soul. No matter the changes I made to the car. It remains soul-less (like a NSX and probably also the new Nissan GT-R).
I like to get interesting cars from different countries, but am at a loss at what to get next.
For the time I am in Holland it is a daily driver, and have no passengers. I prefer convertibles, but also have to be able to drive in the rain, and snow/sleet if necessary (which happens rarely). The car is parked in an underground garage.
The budget is around $100K before taxes, but that has some flexibility if necessary (the car is fully tax deductible, so it feels like a $50K car).
I know that that is not fair, but that is why I moved to the US.
I used to have a Lotus Elise, and now I have a Honda S2000. Normally you can only keep a US plated car in the Netherlands for 6 months, before you have to pay the taxes, but I found a way to keep a car for up to three years.
This coming September the Honda S2000 has to go and I do not want to get another one. As brilliant as this car is, I miss a soul. No matter the changes I made to the car. It remains soul-less (like a NSX and probably also the new Nissan GT-R).
I like to get interesting cars from different countries, but am at a loss at what to get next.
For the time I am in Holland it is a daily driver, and have no passengers. I prefer convertibles, but also have to be able to drive in the rain, and snow/sleet if necessary (which happens rarely). The car is parked in an underground garage.
The budget is around $100K before taxes, but that has some flexibility if necessary (the car is fully tax deductible, so it feels like a $50K car).
I know that that is not fair, but that is why I moved to the US.
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