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Hi everyone.

Long story short: I want to import my well maintained car from Portugal to Belgium. It's an euro 5 diesel 2010 skoda octavia break 1.6 greenline. It has all the things in place, correct emissions, no cancelations, no tricks and I am not going to live in a LEZ area (and certainly I don't want / need to go there by car).

I know all the history maintenance of this car, that's why I want to keep it. Ultimately, this isn't about the car's value.

With that said, if I want to import this, how much would that be? I checked online and with IA but I don't know anyone that has done it before in Belgium to confirm me the information.

Thank you all in advance!

Salut à tous!

I'm preparing to import my diesel euro 5 car to Belgium. I will live far from LEZ areas, so it's ok to have this diesel. I'ts a Skoda Octavia 1.6 greenline 2010.

How far can someone go with the EGR and tires?

- My tires have 1 year old and just seem used, no deformation at all. Nothing besides normal.

- Regarding the EGR, my mechanic suggested me to cancel it. I asked if the inspectors could know if it is cancelled and he said no, if I went there with my car very hot. I wonder if he is right, because I searched and google said that they put a device in my car to check this stuff.

I just want to be cool with all this importation, but my car isn't brand new ofc, so I wonder how picky will the inspectors be regarding my euro 5 diesel car.

Anyone has advice and had some similar experience regarding importing a car to Belgium and the contrôle technique?

Merci beaucoup à tous!

EDIT: I ended up not cancelling it for obvious reasons. Thank you for the advices.

Bonjour à tous,

Je suis cariste rétract expérimenté, habitué aux environnements logistiques à flux tendu (JIT avec Volkswagen). J'envisage de m'installer dans la région d'Arlon / d'Aubange dans quelques mois. J'aurai mon propre véhicule.

Ma question est la suivante : est-ce que cela vaut la peine de postuler auprès des agences d'intérim locales pendant que je suis encore au Portugal? Est-ce que les recruteurs répondent vraiment aux CV étrangers et organisent des entretiens via Skype/Teams, ou est-ce une perte de temps tant qu'on n'a pas encore de numéro de téléphone ni d'adresse en Belgique ? (Évidemment, je me déplacerai pour passer les tests pratiques de conduite).

Si d'autres caristes ou travailleurs de la logistique dans la région ont suivi ce parcours, je serais ravi d'avoir votre retour d'expérience.

Merci d'avance !

Hi everyone,

I’m an experienced Retrack forklift driver (cariste retrack), used to super fast-paced warehouse environments (JIT with Volkswagen). I’m planning to move to the Arlon area in a few months. I’ll have my own car with me and I’m planning to rent a studio when I get there.

My question is: is it worth applying to local interim agencies while I’m still in Portugal? Do recruiters actually reply to foreign CVs and do Skype/Teams interviews, or is it a waste of time if you don’t have a Belgian phone number and address yet? (Ofc I would travel there to show that I can drive all these things)

If there are any forklift drivers or logistics workers in the area who did this, I’d love to hear your feedback.

Thanks!