Shipping cars is a "no go"

I had hoped that a possible 'Plan B' was to ship a car from the UK to the South American continent. I found a company who would do this for just £575 - which is probably cheaper than it will cost to fly me there!

However, I had not taken into account the dreaded import tax, which basically applies a taxation charge adding up to around 81% of the sum total value of car + shipping costs. This means that a £100 old banger would cost £100 to buy, £575 to ship and then a likely additional cost of artound £800 in tax (cars valued higher in S America) - so around £1500 in total; which is too much to pay for a car that would likely fall to pieces as soon as it hits the first pothole.