[Freddie17]

Drive them have an adventure .

This !

 

[cmr600]

Sell them there and be done with it. What you make and save, you can buy one here. Don’t let your heart rule your head.

not quite - way cheaper here - not appraciating anything of quality and I specc'd top end now paying

The 90 isn't practical, so likely go - but the 110 is a tricky call...

 

[cmr600]

I lived just outside Nairobi in the late ‘70’s and it was reasonably safe then, apart from the driving. But what I’ve heard about it over the last few decades, I wouldn’t go back

Very different these days.... very...

 

[cmr600]

Sell them there and be done with it. What you make, and save, you can buy one here. Don’t let your heart rule your head.

Head would be sell the 90 and keep the 110

 

[cmr600]

Drive them have an adventure .

But then at $1/mile I guess it would be cheaper to ship than pay the fuel/ferries/hotels costs. but then the dogs flight tickets could offset the savings.

I am just trying to manmath my way to say. If you have 2 rust free RHD landies and 1 being a V8 you will probably want 1 in the UK when you do get there. So why not hang on to what you have?

J

3 dogs through some of the worst counties in the world to go through.... no thanks.... kind of wanna get home

1 in the UK (the camper) is the right answer, providing I can insure it and store it, and if I want to sell likely get more in the UK even after shipping./.

 

[cmr600]

That seems bloody expensive. I’d be doing 1 x 40’ container - fill it with 2 cars and your other junk stuff (use the space in the cars also), and ship from/to ports that prove the most cost-effective.

I was recently talking to some guys doing a Himalayan rally, and they are shipping over some F1s from the UK for around £2,500 / container, IIRC. Might pay you to ask about a bit.

Or flog them over there like @meego says, - but if the market is not as stupid strong as the UK, you might be losing £££ in selling there and then struggle to replace your (known quality) with something here.

You're kidding - that's cheaper than 2014 when we came out here - shipping is actually one of the few cheaper things - and that covers all exporting / deregistering/importing / MOT and into UK plates as well, not just the shipping

The 90 I don't think makes sense, but an overland camper feels useful in the Lakes / Alps as well as the Masai Mara...

 

[cmr600]

This !

done enough over the decade to know the ride home "up" isn't for me....

down to Cape Town maybe fun but then still need a boat back up

 

[Freddie17]

You're kidding - that's cheaper than 2014 when we came out here - shipping is actually one of the few cheaper things - and that covers all exporting / deregistering/importing / MOT and into UK plates as well, not just the shipping

The 90 I don't think makes sense, but an overland camper feels useful in the Lakes / Alps as well as the Masai Mara...

I’ve just checked with a colleague - 40’ container UK to Durban or Cape Town is currently $2675 US., quayside to quayside.
Appreciate that’s just the sea ‘movement’.

 

[cmr600]

I’ve just checked with a colleague - 40’ container UK to Durban or Cape Town is currently $2675 US., quayside to quayside.
Appreciate that’s just the sea ‘movement’.

Yeah, about right - backup is a bit less, but yeah about that - they go around the left side, not the right side...

 

[Loafer61]

Kenyan car prices are high, you might get more for them here, than they would be worth in the UK?

 

[marjon]

Kenyan car prices are high, you might get more for them here, than they would be worth in the UK?

But could you replace it like for like .

J

 

[marjon]

and that covers all exporting / deregistering/importing / MOT and into UK plates as well, not just the shipping

Thats sounds like a good deal TBH.

J

 

[cmr600]

Yeah, about right - backup is a bit less, but yeah about that - they go around the left side, not the right side...

Don't forget my costs include the equivalent of Pickfords packing a decade of house / and unpacking in the house in the UK 3 months later....

Kenyan car prices are high, you might get more for them here, than they would be worth in the UK?

some yes - some no - I sold a Discovery 4 after 10 years and 100k extra km and got more for it than when I bought it here in 2014 so yes, and older more "basic" like my 1984 Defender 90 soft top - agree yes - the sticky one comes on the 110 camper - as I top spec'd it (wasn't planning on moving) and as such the amount I've spent is nowhere near what people seem willing to pay here - early conversations looking at £30-40k hit after just 9 months of building this thing....

I think I'd prefer to get it to the UK and keep it - then the hit can be taken a lot later when I'm not thinking about it any more

 

[cmr600]

But could you replace it like for like .

J

I think the '90 convertible with the silly 4l V8 while romantic is a bit daft to bring back - AND the amount I get here for iut SHOULD cover all the house/dogs / 110 shipping...... so that feels the right thing to do even though I love it - just can't see many days in Yorkshire crusing around with no roof (even if wearing a bobble hat! ;-)

 

[cmr600]

Both babies..... It's a dilemma....

 

[Freddie17]

Both babies..... It's a dilemma....

Yeah - both of them would be coming with me!

 

[cmr600]

Yeah - both of them would be coming with me!

hence the dilemma..... I blow so hot and cold.... someone mentioned head vs heart before...

 

[Hicap phill]

hence the dilemma..... I blow so hot and cold.... someone mentioned head vs heart before...

Bring them both back.. you can always sell them if you want.