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I should have got back to this before now (apologies). Buying from the USA worked out really well. I couldn't find a used gearbox actuator on a European eBay site where I was happy about the provenance of the donor car, i.e. How many miles it might have done. Consequently I ended up buying from...

Thanks for the help guys. If HMRC catch up with me, a cake with a file in it will come in handy...

Anyway, I think I'm going to give it a go. I'll report how I get on!!

I think the thing to try to do is to get the exporter to declare a lower price on the item. Not sure where that leads regarding insurance during transit tho...

OK, that's useful to know - thanks.

Merci beaucoup Parisien! The import duty seems relatively low, but the VAT is going to be painful. There seems to be a dearth of decent used actuators available in the UK/Europe otherwise I wouldn't be looking at this option.

I'm looking to buy a used gearbox actuator for my QPV and see that there seems to be a lot more of them for sale in the USA. Has anyone on here imported parts from the USA? What sort of sales tax and import duty might I pay? Do you think it's a good idea??

Silver 3200, reg 'V8 0 MAS' on westbound M27 in Southampton yesterday lunchtime.

Thanks for this tip - I've decided to go with Pace Ward this year and have dropped Admiral who I discovered would only pay for an Autoglass windscreen replacement on my QPV and not a proper Maserati screen. Admiral may seem cheap but not when you have to pay for a decent windscreen! Caveat...

Nice dark blue QPV 'BAZ 262' outside V&G's italian restaurant in Ringwood this evening. Would have brought mine along but the temptation of vino rosso meant that Mrs g_r was doing the chauffeuring in her SEAT (ooerr)....

Here's my QP V for the list...

I use an Optimate too - works really well.

I saw one at Dick Lovett Swindon this week. Elliott - you're right, it is HUGE. They must have big roads in China I guess.

Got me own peach thanks - 61k on the clock, but not worried! It's a big engine after all…

looks an absolute peach to me. I guess a lot of people are just scared off by the name 'Maserati', even at £12k!

Thanks Shak!

Thanks guys - v useful. I'd better fix up a repair date.

Had a phone call from a Maserati main dealer this week about a recall to correct rear suspension issues on my QP V (2005 model). Apparently 6 hours work is needed to correct the fault. Has anyone else had a similar recall? If I go ahead, is the work carried out gratis? (naive question I...

Grigio Gransport with letters 'URK' in reg on Bedford St, Covent Garden yesterday.

v shiny silver 3200 pootling out of Gosport at 3pm-ish. 'LDA' in the reg?