Swedish M///balls

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Theres a strong possibility I'll be going to work in Sweden in the near future, Gothenburg to be exact, and I'm wanting to take my car with me.

It looks like I'll need to change the headlights to european ones, but it seems the rear fog light is on the correct side already.
Anyone got any Euro Xenons they want to sell? or is it going to be £900+ from German ebay :|

Winter tyres will be fitted to the stock rims. CSLs for summer.

Trying to find info on road/car tax over there, I haven't found anything concrete other than the congestion charges in the cities and registration costs when importing the car. Does anyone have experience of the current system?

As for getting over there, the obvious one is driving.... a long old drive to do over a few days. It seems there is a ro-ro ferry, but it's mainly a cargo ship, 24 hours journey and needs booking well in advance. I'm guessing a long distance car transporter is going to be costly.

Having looked at the cost of M's over there, if I were to sell mine, I'd need another £6-8k to replace it, although the price different between coupes and roadsters seems less obvious there. There's very little choice of cars too, finding an agreeable spec could be a long waiting game.
 
How long are you planning to stay there? If it is a year, you don't need to do anything.

I took my Dutch car to the UK and drove around with that until I was over a year here and then got it sorted, not sure why you would want to do it from day 1.
 
Welcome, we'll be at least three Z4M's with you included. :)
I think there's a ferry yes, also there's the Stena Line ferry from Kiel which saves a few km's but is as costly as the petrol.
 
When I traveled to Europe before Xmas I found out on here that there's a lever behind the lights that switches them to Europe mode. Then you just switch it back when you come back. Saved me buying those reflectors.
 
there is, i have some photos of the little lever if you want me to post?

took them when i had my lights apart
 
the Uk lights kick up on the left (where the out side of the road is) and in Europe you drive on the right so this would kick up into oncoming traffic. theres a little lever in the headlight itself which stops the little kick up on the left so it doesnt dazzle oncoming traffic
 
The move is likely to be a minimum of 2 years, it's realistically permanent as long as my job lasts, which in my industry is tricky to guarantee.

So the lights need to have the proper spec of light throw to the opposite side, rather than the temporary switch flicked over for a UK car driving abroad.
 
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