Knowledge
Foundations and detail: from the veteran entry through insurance questions to proper winter storage.
Buying and assessing
Place condition, history and price before the checklist comes out.
Appraisals in Switzerland
When a short or full appraisal is worth it, what it is not, and why a seller's grade and someone else's value list are no substitute.
Read the articleCondition grades 1 to 5 explained
What condition grades 1 to 5 mean for Oldtimer and Youngtimer, how they are awarded, and why they matter more than the mileage when you buy a classic.
Read the articleOriginality and modifications
What originality is worth on a classic, how it relates to the veteran entry since August 2026, and where the line between period and modern lies.
Read the articleReading history and papers
Registration certificate, Stammnummer, service book, invoices and Matching Numbers: which papers count before you buy a classic, and which gaps become expensive.
Read the articleReading listings
How you place condition claims, photos and prices in classic-car listings, and when « accident-free » and « grade 2 » mean nothing.
Read the articleRegistration and law
Veteran status, MFK and import: what must be clear in Switzerland before registration.
Import and customs clearance
What importing a classic really costs: VAT 8.1%, automobile tax 4%, customs duty, CO2 exemption, plus the process with form 13.20 A and the MFK.
Read the articleMFK for classics
How the periodic vehicle inspection works in Switzerland, which interval applies to passenger cars and veterans, and what a recent report is worth.
Read the articleRegistering modifications
Which technical changes must be reported before the MFK, and how modifications have been tied to the veteran entry since August 2026.
Read the articleVeteran status in Switzerland
What the entry « veteran vehicle » has required since 1 August 2026, which conditions apply, and what the status changes for the MFK, a trailer and use.
Read the articleInsurance
Market value, agreed value and appraisal, without premium comparison or insurer ranking.
Insuring an Oldtimer
Why a classic needs its own policy, how agreed value differs from current value, and which conditions are typical, with no tariff comparison.
Read the articleSetting the insured value
How the agreed value of an Oldtimer policy comes about, when you must update it, and what a restoration or an accident changes.
Read the articleMechanics and care
Storage, reading rust, fuel and tyres: the basics of running the car after purchase.
Fuel and standing still
What ethanol in petrol does to carburettor and injection, why standing time changes the tank, and when lead substitute is still a subject.
Read the articleRecognising rust
How you tell structural rust from surface rust, which zones matter across almost every series, and why fresh underseal makes you wary.
Read the articleTyres on a classic
Why the age of the tyres matters more than the tread, how you read the DOT number, and why "barely driven" is no case for fifteen-year-old tyres.
Read the articleWinter storage
Wintering a classic: battery, space, depositing number plates or interchangeable plates, and when a garage with storage is the better choice.
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