Anyone taking their car to Australia
Nov 19th 2008 | 6:31 pm
#16
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: Anyone taking their car to Australia
I had my windscreen replaced this week - major drama. Glass was imported, so took over a week to arrive, then the guys put it on the wrong way round so the aeriel sensor is in the wrong place and the radio doesn't work. They were really good about it - told me immediately they had made a mistake as they don't usually work on imported cars and will replace it at their cost - but the new glass will again need to be imported and so more waiting.
Nov 19th 2008 | 7:06 pm
#17
One of Big G's girls.
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 386
From: In traffic on the Kwinana!
Re: Anyone taking their car to Australia
Not sure. Maybe my explanation wasn't good, but the aerial sensor in the glass should be on the left side, but the way they have put the windscreen in means that it is now on the right side and doesn't work. At least they offered straight away to pay for it to be replaced and I now don't have a huge crack in it. Will see how long the replacement takes to arrive.
Dec 14th 2008 | 5:15 pm
#18
Forum Regular
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 84
From: Brisbane
Re: Anyone taking their car to Australia
Ive been reading the 'exporting car' threads with great interest as I was initially thinking of taking my car, but I did read up about how much and the hassle it takes and decided against it, however i'm coming back around to the idea.
I bought my Nissan Navara in Sept 2007 brand new 24K, i'm moving to Brisbane on 18th April and looked into selling the vehicle and was astonished as to how much it is worth..12K!!! that's a loss of 12K in 15 months. I understand that exporting the car will cost about 5k maybe a bit more but with the money i'd get for it here and then get one in Brisbane i'll be worse off surely? my intention would be to keep the car for years and years.
I bought my Nissan Navara in Sept 2007 brand new 24K, i'm moving to Brisbane on 18th April and looked into selling the vehicle and was astonished as to how much it is worth..12K!!! that's a loss of 12K in 15 months. I understand that exporting the car will cost about 5k maybe a bit more but with the money i'd get for it here and then get one in Brisbane i'll be worse off surely? my intention would be to keep the car for years and years.
Dec 14th 2008 | 7:13 pm
#19
One of Big G's girls.
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 386
From: In traffic on the Kwinana!
Re: Anyone taking their car to Australia
Not sure. Maybe my explanation wasn't good, but the aerial sensor in the glass should be on the left side, but the way they have put the windscreen in means that it is now on the right side and doesn't work. At least they offered straight away to pay for it to be replaced and I now don't have a huge crack in it. Will see how long the replacement takes to arrive.
