Bought a 08 ford focus in the north last year, 1.8 tdci. got great value from Lindsay cars ( main Ford dealership). Had chaecked the VRT calculation but when I had printed it out bought the car it had changed by about 200 euro. Was annoyed at the time but had got such a good deal on the car still had saved a fortune on the same car here. the car was the new model and spoke to several ford car dealers here who said that they couldn't get the same car anywhere for near the same money and wanted to buy it from me. I paid a small deposit on my lazer card and used a bank transfer to pay the balance. simple enough but did cost money. As with the previous poster check the currency exchange rates for the best time to buy.