Importing 2017 Prius v from US to Germany

I don't know where you plan to live or work but a friend of mine made that move without a car. He was going to find a car after he got settled. but he got settled into a routine and decided against buying a car. He uses the train to commute each day. He said it gives him a 5 minute walk to the train station on each end of the trip and a half hour of travel time to either prepare in the morning or unwind at night.

I lived in Germany for two years while in the military. A train took me anywhere I wanted to go whether it was inside Germany or elsewhere on the continent. I have been back a half dozen times since and I have ridden the trains to Holland, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and France. Riding the trains are a favorite part of my visits.

You can buy an InterRail pass for about $900/quarter that gets you on trains, ferries, etc. You don't have to buy gas which is currently $5.57 per gallon, or insurance where full coverage will probably cost about $600/year and then there are the maintenance items, tires, oil changes, brakes to contend with.

It's something to think about.

 

This area was my old stomping grounds. Housing in the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen area is pretty pricy. A 600 sq ft 2 bed 1 bath apartment runs about $1800/mo. Not having to commute will be a big plus for you.

I have a friend who works in Greifensee (suburb of Zurich) Switzerland and he was renting a place in a village about 1/2 hour away. He was commuting by train as he waited for his family and furniture to arrive. He said that there was a knock on the door and a couple of members of the fire brigade welcomed him to the village. They told him everyone in the village must attend training for the fire brigade. He was informed when the next meeting was. At the meeting they explained what he would need to do as far as the fire brigade training etc. They provided him information about schools etc and informed him that the village has 12 community cars. He could sign one of those cars out when he needed a car. He decided not to buy a car. That arrangement would be perfect for you. Andre's biggest decision was whether to send his kids to an English speaking school or a German (Swiss) speaking school.

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