Ah nice, my Dutch plates should still be valid as I'm still paying roadtax and insurance. Dutch roadtax on diesels has become quite insane btw, I'm currently paying 153 euro's a month just on roadtax.

Yeah I've owned for about 4 years so that should be good. Nice to know that there is a active and helpful mercedes community here

Just a few clarifications; are you moving here permanently? If you have The Netherlands citizenship why bother to register the car in Finland, until it is really necessary? Im a Dutch citizen but currently a 'permanent' resident of Finland. I believe there is a period that you can drive with Dutch ...

Ah nice, im going the get the process started then. Thanks for all your help

Check this first: http://www.tulli.fi/en/persons/car_tax/index.jsp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (its in English) Thanks, i must have missed that page :oops: Sorry One question: Do i need the car to do the car tax declaration? As the car is currently at the shop and it mi...

Maybe a quick summary of how the process goes? I've been digging through the Tulli pages but it seems all the info i need is in Finnish

I've dropped my car of at Hort Auto, the guy seemed to know what he was talking about

Does anyone have experience with importing a car into Finland?

Thanks guys

I'll give Hort-Auto a call as they are pretty close to where i am.

Nozki kirjoitti:nice picture! Is it from Holland? (I suppose not... )

Lol, nope that was on holliday in Switzerland.

Holland looks more like this:

Hi Guys, I'm new to this forum (and also to Finland). I moved here in Januari from Holland and brought my car a couple of weeks ago here. Its a 1999 W210 E320CDI, in Holland i did allot of the work on my car myself as a hobby but now that i've moved here i don't have the place or the tools any more ...