anyone taken there car to Oz
May 26th 2010, 1:46 pm
#16
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Joined: Sep 2007
Location: South Australia
Posts: 770
Re: anyone taken there car to Oz
Thanks, yes I have had a look on there. 
What I'll do is put a classified listing on eBay as there a quite a few on there, but with much more mileage e.g. > 40000 miles, and see if anyone bites.
If I come away with a smallish loss, then it may be better to do it the hassle free way and sell it here. Then I could buy new there or something. We will need two cars anyway so will have to buy something as soon as we arrive.
What I'll do is put a classified listing on eBay as there a quite a few on there, but with much more mileage e.g. > 40000 miles, and see if anyone bites.
If I come away with a smallish loss, then it may be better to do it the hassle free way and sell it here. Then I could buy new there or something. We will need two cars anyway so will have to buy something as soon as we arrive.
May 27th 2010, 5:19 am
#17
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,157
Re: anyone taken there car to Oz
Unless it's a classic Aston Martin being your car to Australia is like opening a suitcase of cash on the freeway. You could be forced to spend thousands on compliancing it. I imported a Jap car once and spend 2 grand getting child restraints installed and this was 10 years ago. Also with used cars books are everything and a car with UK books is worth a lot lot less than the same model and year of an Australian version.
