I did contact the Greek Embassy in the UK with regard to the problems the Greek Customs officers gave the English taking in their cars from the UK. The response i received was an astonishing
'What do you want to take your English car to Greece for? You can buy a Greek one when you're there!'

So after extreme problems with the Greek Customs taking an English car off of me and refusing to return it for one week of arguments and trying to raise merry hell to get them to return it to me, after years of trying to start a business on Crete... after years of battling the completely incomprehensible red plastic tape that even the Greeks themselves don’t understand (is this red tape in line with EU regs?) – have I finally given up on Greece?
I loved Greece especially Crete but have also found a country where the usual pre season poisoning of the 'pests' (cats and dogs to you and me) just dosn't happen, a country where a dog isn’t tied to a tree to live out its days to be replaced with another puppy when its days have gone, I’ve discovered a country so ecologically minded its an imprisonable offence to fell a tree unless its the right time, then you must replant one in its place, this makes for forests and forests of pine trees and fresh spring water taboot! As any regular visitor to Greece will well know by now, the water often runs out in the heat of the tourist season!
Also beware of that holiday tummy by refusing to have ice in your drinks when you’re in a Greek bar! The ice is usually created from tap water, this tap water is not drinkable and apart from the unscrupulous bar owners who ply young tourists with a drink called ‘bomber’ this ice is another cause for that awful holiday tum! No ice!
Bomber is a free drink given often in places such as Hersonissos and Malia on the Greek island of Crete and holiday resorts such as Faliraki on Rhodes, but I understand from various people that it is getting more popular to give bomber in other holiday resorts and its not just affecting the youngsters!
RAKI is often given as a free drink in a shot glass, usually when you have finished a meal in a restaurant. Although Raki will set you on fire (not literally) Raki is NOT bomber! It is a pure alcohol drink that is made by the locals from the sediment of the left overs of the grapes for wine! Its worth being in Greece at the time of the Raki brewing, it stinks! Each village has their own Raki and the Greeks are extremely proud of their own Raki having Raki competitions to see who’s Raki is the best! Raki is often attributed as the reason why Greeks live to a ripe old age and it keeps them very warm in the winter! Try it! tehe