Bringing car to Latvia

Hi
Can i bring my car with me to latvia just like that or do i have to pay somethings in tax? someone know a online car sales in latvia maybe it will be cheaper to buy nes car there?

Better use social transport here.

We have:

a) Very bad roads
b) Very high "extremal" traffic in Riga
c) 50/50 of uneducated young drivers/women which are blind on the road

If you still bring the car, insure it for the whole price.

hi hi
thanks for the info

Do cars in Latvia need a yearly safety check or anything?

There is a lot of moments if you bring your car to Latvia.

It's allowed to use your car up to 3 months with no additional registration and costs. You must have all original technical passports and your owner's certificate.

If you use your car for a longer time than 3 months, you should temporarily or constantly register it in Latvia. There are a lot of various taxes and fees depending on the car's production year, the volume of the engine, car's weight. If the car needs a yearly safety check, you could also perform it in Latvia, but only if the car is registered in Latvia.

Depending on the country you're coming from, registration fees vary. I think you could count on at least 200 Lats (i.e. about EUR 300) for registration of the car in Latvia.

hi yuta
thanks for the info, maybe it will be better to buy car in latvia, are there some car-sales online on the web? i have try to find but no luck maybe you know some ?

There are a lot of used and refurbished cars around on sale. I'm afraid only, the sellers do not speak English well and seeing you're a foreigner, would offer you much higher rates.

If you need a car just temporarily, you could buy one of those used garbage of course... for about 2-3-4 thousands EURos, depends on the model and production year... anyway, nobody will give you warranties on that car.

I think you may visit a place called "Rumbula", it's on the border of Riga if you drive to the Eastern Latvia. There you may find huge amount of second-hand cars.

Regarding new cars... yes, in Latvia now there is a financial crisis, and many banks are selling quite new cars instead of receiving the loan's fee, for quite moderate prices. But I guess such chance won't live for a long time

thanks very much for the info

NEVER buy a car on "Rumbula". Yes there is quite a big choice, but almost all cars are after car crash there, just renovated. They are coming from Gemany, Lithuania... If you take a look at how many miles it has, it's always a "reverted" value.

I would recommend to look for a service, which doesn't just sell cars, but also provides their post-support, gives some warranties. Car is a serious tool to run, specially on awful Latvian roads.

Hi
Well now i have try to drive car in Latvia ( Riga-Daugavpils) i can see i have to buy very strong car hi hi not the best roads, so i think i will buy car in germany to bring to Latvia i think 4 x 4 will be best

Whats wrong with the roads in Latvia, full of potholes are they?

They are not full of something... but you will meet holes sometimes in very unexpected places.
Also, we have not so impressive signs system I must say.

yess i agree with the bad ways, but still better than a lot of places

forget to add one thing, be careful and don't forget the stereo inside your car in Latvia, otherwise it will be stolen