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Buying used car

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I am from Serbia. My cousins lives in Bern. I came up with the idea to import used car from Switzerland. I have heard from other people that cars are well maintained, preserved, but more expensive. How can before I come to Switzerland see the offer on the Internet,on which sites I could find something good. My budget is up to 5000 euros. I would like to find the Astra H, year 2005 and younger, mileage - smaller the better I will be grateful for any help.
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www.autoscout.ch

good luck 5k won't get you much here
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I've heard about some auto garage and that there is a lot of in Zurich, Bern ... What about it ?
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Re: Buying used car

use autoscout.ch

but you wont find much at that price+ you have import cost etc etc
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I've heard about some auto garage and that there is a lot of in Zurich, Bern ... What about it ?

not sure what your asking here, there are garages the sell export only cars, so cars that have really high mileage, are old, have damage or issues that mean getting through an mfk just isn't worth doing etc etc basically no swiss person in there right minds would want them

there is a big one here
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=otel...36.035156&z=17

on pumpwerkstrasse, but to be honest a car that is export only means its not upto swiss standards so why bother?? on top of that you won't be able to drive it here so it would need to be trailered out, which isn't going to be cheap.
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Import costs are added to the 5k euros. I want to export car from Switzerland and import to Serbia.
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Import costs are added to the 5k euros

with your budget I'd be looking at 2nd hand UK cars, you'll get much much more for your money, and its much easier to buy and drive away then and there
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Where to look for it?
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with your budget I'd be looking at 2nd hand UK cars, you'll get much much more for your money, and its much easier to buy and drive away then and there
or germany, they have like no standards there, but have quit some gems
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Re: Buying used car

You should have a look at http://en.comparis.ch/carfinder/default.aspx as well...

It is an aggregator, collecting all ads from various Swiss used car portals.
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Thanks guys!.. and Auctions ?
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have you thought how you are going to get the car out of switzerland?? and the costs involved?
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I know that.. And I know that they are not small
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