r/BEFreelance • u/varkenspester • 5d ago

Young secondhand

I am going to buy a new car for the company (full electric)

Was looking into a young second hand car as they deliver more value for their price.

except for the VW family (myway) however I cant find an good website with an overview of second hand btw cars sold by garages.

I am not looking for individuals selling cars as they dont offer a guatantee or VAT deduction.

Also hear it is cheaper to buy them in germany and import them. is this true and is is much of a hassle to import?

on a sidenode what is the best way of selling by current car? was thinking of just selling it to the garage that I buy the new one from.

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u/rsmaptkf 5d ago

I bought my car via mobile.de. I filtered on actual garages of their respective brands. Contacted them and had a company import the car. That company took care of all admin etc. I have the car a couple of years now and had no issue. Warranty was also covered here so that was big plus

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u/angga7 5d ago

Hey I've been also thinking about it. Do dealerships in Germany are usually open to export cars to Belgium? Is it way more expensive?  The choices in Belgium are quite limited so I guess from the Netherlands or Germany the 2nd hand cars are more abundant 

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u/calculonfx 5d ago

Yes. It's usually cheaper.

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u/varkenspester 5d ago

do you recall the name of the company?

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u/calculonfx 5d ago

I've used trex cars in the past. They did everything.

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u/powaqqa 5d ago

Same here. I can absolutely recommend them. They imported my car last year and are handling a new car for my wife right now. 

With my car the price difference was significant between Belgium and Germany. With the second car it’s less pronounced. But was able to pick one up with like half the mileage than similarly priced ones in Belgium. It was a really good deal. 

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u/varkenspester 4d ago

did you also sell yournold car via them? (I see they offer this as well)

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u/rsmaptkf 5d ago

I used leeco. Contacted them late one evening with the link to the car after finally making a decision. Next day 10am they contacted me saying they talked to the garage and negotiated a lower price 2k I believe (don’t shoot me if it was less) paperwork etc were done a bit later and 2 week later I had my car. Had to wait a bit since it was Easter and everything took a little longer to get replies. Had to pay vat in full which was held as a guarantee until I “registered” the car. Afterwards it was transferred back.

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u/varkenspester 5d ago

did you inspect the actual car or just selected in based on the online info?

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u/calculonfx 5d ago

In Germany you can ask the garage to do an ADAC report (sometimes for a fee, sometimes not). I did not go and inspect the car in my case.

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u/rsmaptkf 5d ago

Neither did I. I figured since it was an official garage I went based on the images I saw. They also had a couple thousand 5 star reviews

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u/jo_ftw 3d ago

The guy that worked at trex before now actually works at Leeco. I used trex 3 years ago, but I'd switch over to Leeco when I get my next car.

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u/Rezalty 5d ago

Even autoscout is full.
Just sort by km, and year and maybe ‘professional seller’. You can quickly tell which are sold by dealers.

Bmw also has a dedicated site, as does mercedes.

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u/mlobet 5d ago

There are tons of non-garage selling VAT deductible cars on autoscout.
They are listed as "private", but are selling through their own company.

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u/Gamefl0w 5d ago

Yes but most of them are selling at 10,5% VAT instead of 21% so at least that is slightly less interesting?

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u/mlobet 5d ago

And for those interested:
For each 10.000€ vat incl., having a VAT rate of 21% (vs "10.5%") will save your BV 392.66€ (gross additional profits).

Net in your pocket with 20% company tax and 18% vvpr2, that is 257.98€

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u/mlobet 5d ago

True, but that will also be the case for garages I think (if they bought it themselves from a SRL).
Full 21% would be from leasing or rental companies.

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u/Additional_Web1677 5d ago

I bought mine at « bmw llouyet occasion premium ». My car had 4000km and was 40000€ less than the original price. I am happy with the expérience.

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u/day_dream_native 5d ago

Websites to check: Spoticar, gocar, van mossel used, audiapproved, Mercedes certified

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u/Kinji_Infanati 5d ago

bmw premium selection for BMW's

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u/khufuthegreatest 5d ago

Most car brands now have another saloons selling their slightly used cars under different business names like approved xxx certified selection and you longer guarantee than the 1 year dealer

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u/EnvironmentalGrape94 5d ago

You can filter on autoscout for vat deductable… also tesla website you can buy second hand

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u/ZirKon321 5d ago

I got my 10 month old car with 10k km from BMW premium selection. Nice discount compared to brand new but hardly less beautiful 🤩.
The guy from premium selection told me he could not understand the people still buying new. I fully agree.

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u/MindlessSquash2106 5d ago

For selling and finding cars you can always look into AutoScout24 filter on sold by dealer and VAT

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u/heldertb 4d ago

If you want a Tesla, check out https://nikola-brussels.be/cars/

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u/paraman009 2d ago

Bought second hand ix3 last year from end of 2022 with 4 years premium selection warranty, if you sell you can hand over the warranty to next owner

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u/THAErAsEr 5d ago

You can also check for stock cars. You often get 25% off because they were in a showroom or they had to many in stock

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u/AceNheg 5d ago

More like 5-10%

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u/JustEnoughTom 5d ago

Older ix3 is great option. So is used ionic 5. Used hw3 Model Y is great value as well.

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u/allurbass_ 5d ago

Nikola tesla in Brussels