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aliciarc416
Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:49 am Post subject: Buy Car in Korea or Have car Shipped |
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I will be getting a new job in Hwaseong, Korea. As the job is in the middle of nowhere. I mean i have to take a bus then transfer to get the one bus that will get me to Suwon or the one bus that apparently get me to Seoul though no one can tell me what number it is. So for this reason I was thinking about buying a car or shipping my car. I have been to school its nice and friendly but i didnt even a see grocery store in the location and they insit i leave near the school.
Does anyone have suggestions or opinions? like where to buy car/websites or a website with shipping rates (i hear its expensive). |
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lotto_roaster
Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:53 am Post subject: |
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I have a question for you. if you can afford to ship a car that you have or if you can afford to have a car why do you intend to come here? is the economy that bad?  |
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jamesteacho
Joined: 11 Jun 2009 Location: Non of your business/somewhere in shibuya Japan
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:56 am Post subject: |
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lotto_roaster wrote: |
I have a question for you. if you can afford to ship a car that you have or if you can afford to have a car why do you intend to come here? is the economy that bad?  |
hope he isn't serious about spending as twice as much on crappy hyundai cars which costs about half back home of what they sell for in korea  |
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aliciarc416
Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:13 am Post subject: |
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i didnt say i could afford it, thats why i ask about sites with rates. I already live in korea just looking for a new job and the only thing i have found that works for me and wants me to sign is the school in the middle of nowhere. I would prefer helpful adivce not silliness, i have a deadline to decide on the school and I think getting a car is the only way this job could work. |
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frankly speaking
Joined: 23 Oct 2005
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Shipping a car will cost a few 1000 dollars. Roughly 3-4,000. I don't know exactly for Korea and what port from the US, but to Thailand that is what it costs.
You will have to pay import tax and a whole lot of paper work. You can find reasonable cars in Korea for a lot cheaper than you can in the US. I don't know who said that a crappy Hyundai is cheaper in the US than in Korea, but I think that they need to check their facts a little better.
Anyway, if you will be driving around Seoul, you will need a parking space near your school. Does your school provide you with free parking, if not that will add up a lot also. Time is another factor. You might not save any time by driving. My friend and I would have races sometimes. He would drive home and I would take the subway and bus, I often would get home quicker. One time I actually ran home in about 45 minutes and he arrived after I did. Cars aren't always the best option. |
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asmith
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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lotto_roaster wrote: |
I have a question for you. if you can afford to ship a car that you have or if you can afford to have a car why do you intend to come here? is the economy that bad?  |
Times are tough. It's even getting hard to find work in Korea. Never thought I'd see the day. |
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Moldy Rutabaga

Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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From what I can tell from the map, you are not far from Ansan and Suwon, which have subway links to interior Seoul. This should be doable by taxi, by the time you put gas in your car. Wikipedia claims that Seoul subway line 1 passes through Hwaesong, at Byeongjeom Station.
I don't know how experienced you are with Korea, but when I moved to a little town once it took me a while to discover how many amenities there were tucked away. It doesn't sound like so bad a place.
Unless you are also experienced driving in Korea, I would not bring a car. It is not a place for the faint of heart. My wife tells me that the taxes and paperwork involved are minimal if you are importing a Korean car, but if you are bringing a foreign car unless the car is very valuable or has sentimental meaning I would not bother (up to 30% duty on foreign cars!). It will be cheaper and easier to buy something here. But my gut advice is to see if you even need a car here. I lived happily here for years without one.
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aliciarc416
Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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yes there is parking in the school. All of the teachers have cars and drive from distant locations to the school, they don't even live there. As i said its in the middle of nowhere. there are maybe 2 buses that go to the area, no subway. I am starting to think a motorcycle would be more economical choose. Any ideas of the cost for a simple cycle in korea or where to buy a used one online. |
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tatu

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.passo.co.kr/
good site for both cars and motorcycles..airplanes |
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aliciarc416
Joined: 25 Jun 2008
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the site Tatu.
I currently live in Byeongjeom so i know Hwaseong. Hwaseong is big and a high percent is farmland. The school is close to the water not Suwon or Ansan. This new school is far from the subway unless you have a car but that's still 40 min ride. Taxis are not willing to go out so far and even if they did it would probably cost 25K, it cost my friend 15 to get half as far when she can find a taxi that is willing. There are no nuggets in the area its mostly farm area. i visted the town, I saw no Noraebangs, no PC bangs, no grocery store, i saw a bar and restaurant. There are 60 students in the whole school about 10 per grade, which should tell you the size of the town. |
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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I bought a used car from this website:
http://global.encar.com/
The people I dealt with there were great. I found the car I wanted on the site, checked the inspection report (which is surprisingly accurate and honest) and then arranged to go to the SK Encar location in Seoul where the car was located. I test drove it and bought it. In English.
For an extra 80,000 Won they arranged my insurance for me and even went to city hall in my city to change the plates and to register the car in my name.
The car is old (a 1997 Kia Credos) but it only had 113,000 km on it and over the past year it hasn't given me any problems at all.
I think in total it cost me 1.4 million Won, including registration and all that stuff. Insurance is about about 550,000 Won a year.
Get an international driving permit before you leave home so that you won't have to get a Korean driver's license. |
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