Did anyone ship their car??
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Stormz
Could you give us a breakdown how you arrived at £4,500?
Follow: http://www.karmanshipping.co.uk/aus.../australia.html and then press the "IS IT WORTHWHILE SHIPPING YOUR CAR?" button at the top of the page. Then "click here to calculate" in red...
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by gavstrad
There is an Excel spreadsheet that does it all for you:
Follow: http://www.karmanshipping.co.uk/aus.../australia.html and then press the "IS IT WORTHWHILE SHIPPING YOUR CAR?" button at the top of the page. Then "click here to calculate" in red...
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Follow: http://www.karmanshipping.co.uk/aus.../australia.html and then press the "IS IT WORTHWHILE SHIPPING YOUR CAR?" button at the top of the page. Then "click here to calculate" in red...
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Rooksie
thats what i did and i have also just spoke to Richard at Karman Shipping and he confirmed that it will cost me in the region of £4,000 for shipping, stamp duty and taxes based on my cars value of, say, £12,000 or thereabouts. now to convince my husband that we should ship my car - FAT BLEEDIN CHANCE!!
Having said that I'm looking to take my car, but it's not something that's readily available in Australia.
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Bodger
That's a third of the value of the car, would it not be easier & more cost effective to buy something similar in Oz ? Presumably they have equivalent models there ?
Having said that I'm looking to take my car, but it's not something that's readily available in Australia.
Having said that I'm looking to take my car, but it's not something that's readily available in Australia.
mine also not readily available in Oz - the agent couldnt even find one for sale to compare values!!! it is a Golf V6 (2.8) 4 Motion and come Hell or high water its coming with me!!
ummmmm now all i need to do is convince my husband.
one thing i found out speaking to the agent was that you pay stamp duty of 2% on all car sales each time it changes hands (just like house sales over here i guess). blimey!!
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Bodger
That's a third of the value of the car, would it not be easier & more cost effective to buy something similar in Oz ? Presumably they have equivalent models there ?
Having said that I'm looking to take my car, but it's not something that's readily available in Australia.
Having said that I'm looking to take my car, but it's not something that's readily available in Australia.
one consolation was that he said anything in the car would be shipped free - 2 kids????
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Rooksie
just had an email from shipping agent - im looking at £4,000 to £4,500 - thats just nuts. have decided to advertise for sale and if i dont get a realistic price THEN i will ship it.
one consolation was that he said anything in the car would be shipped free - 2 kids????
one consolation was that he said anything in the car would be shipped free - 2 kids????
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Bodger
I'm sure you'll be able to get something equivalent in Oz, there are plenty of car web sites you could check out to get some ideas. Shame they make it so prohibitively expensive in terms of duty though
just thinking about selling it and all those 'erberts coming round and looking at it and stuff is really pi**ing me off. i cant bear it. im tempted to just take it to a VW dealer and selling it to them so its less painful. *sob* *sob* *sob*
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Some thing that you may not know is that VW australia only sold the mark 4 golf in 5 door not 3 door. If yours is 3 door it will be a rare one in oz but body parts will need to be imported if it gets hit !
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Rooksie
mine also not readily available in Oz - the agent couldnt even find one for sale to compare values!!! it is a Golf V6 (2.8) 4 Motion and come Hell or high water its coming with me!!
ummmmm now all i need to do is convince my husband.
one thing i found out speaking to the agent was that you pay stamp duty of 2% on all car sales each time it changes hands (just like house sales over here i guess). blimey!!
ummmmm now all i need to do is convince my husband.
one thing i found out speaking to the agent was that you pay stamp duty of 2% on all car sales each time it changes hands (just like house sales over here i guess). blimey!!
However in Oz they seem much more interested in Saloons than hatchbacks (similar to USA)..
Fancy switching to a Bora 4Motion? or an A3 Quattro (much nicer car than the Golf 4Motion IMHO )
Even if you did ship the 4Motion over, likely to find problems with Insurance and Servicing.
Sorry :-(
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Alex Hall
Just checked and it looks like VW Australia never imported the Golf 4Motion, which is a bit strange as they did import the Bora 4Motion which is still available.
However in Oz they seem much more interested in Saloons than hatchbacks (similar to USA)..
Fancy switching to a Bora 4Motion? or an A3 Quattro (much nicer car than the Golf 4Motion IMHO )
Even if you did ship the 4Motion over, likely to find problems with Insurance and Servicing.
Sorry :-(
Alex
However in Oz they seem much more interested in Saloons than hatchbacks (similar to USA)..
Fancy switching to a Bora 4Motion? or an A3 Quattro (much nicer car than the Golf 4Motion IMHO )
Even if you did ship the 4Motion over, likely to find problems with Insurance and Servicing.
Sorry :-(
Alex
more importantly, what you have discovered re: no V6 in Oz is the most valuable piece of information i have received - so thanks heaps i searched auto trader in oz and there were only 3 for sale in entire country and they were as old as 94 and 95 so obviously old imports that had simply been run into the ground. ergo, i will flog my car over here but only to a good home! *sob* *sob*
thanks again - your input has been a real decider for me!!
boo hoooo
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by gavstrad
There is an Excel spreadsheet that does it all for you:
Follow: http://www.karmanshipping.co.uk/aus.../australia.html and then press the "IS IT WORTHWHILE SHIPPING YOUR CAR?" button at the top of the page. Then "click here to calculate" in red...
Gav
Follow: http://www.karmanshipping.co.uk/aus.../australia.html and then press the "IS IT WORTHWHILE SHIPPING YOUR CAR?" button at the top of the page. Then "click here to calculate" in red...
Gav
UK Costs :
Cost of UK collection / delivery estimate: GBP - £ 50
Shipping Costs estimate: GBP - £ 1300
Marine Insurance Cover estimate: GBP - £ 150
TOTAL: GBP - £ 1,500
Australian Costs:
Australian port, unpacking, clearance, quarantine fees, as landed
valuation, customs fees, cleaning etc. - say... AUD - $ 2000
Australian preparation and roadworthy test - say... AUD - $ 500
TOTAL: AUD - $ 2,500
Australian Import Duty and Gst Guesstimate:
(The Import Duty (10%) and GST (10%) is calculated on the
Customs Value of the car, which is normally around 50% of the
Australian Market Value)
TOTAL: AUD - $ 1,620
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Stormz
Hmmmm. What the hell is the "Australian Costs". I`d factored in the shipping and then customs duty and gst, but never heard of the aus port stuff:
Any other ideas???
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
Originally Posted by Alex Hall
Just checked and it looks like VW Australia never imported the Golf 4Motion, which is a bit strange as they did import the Bora 4Motion which is still available.
However in Oz they seem much more interested in Saloons than hatchbacks (similar to USA)..
Fancy switching to a Bora 4Motion? or an A3 Quattro (much nicer car than the Golf 4Motion IMHO )
Even if you did ship the 4Motion over, likely to find problems with Insurance and Servicing.
Sorry :-(
Alex
However in Oz they seem much more interested in Saloons than hatchbacks (similar to USA)..
Fancy switching to a Bora 4Motion? or an A3 Quattro (much nicer car than the Golf 4Motion IMHO )
Even if you did ship the 4Motion over, likely to find problems with Insurance and Servicing.
Sorry :-(
Alex
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Re: Did anyone ship their car??
im sorry i still disagree - drive a golf v6 and get back to me then!!! come on fells - i am biased!!!
anyway, have been in contact with VW in Oz and Alex is spot on - hey did not import the V6 - ergo, i have to sell otherwise could be very costly. my only concern now is that it goes to a good home.
Red Golf V6 4 Motion (2.8) anyone???????
*sob* *Sobs *sob*
anyway, have been in contact with VW in Oz and Alex is spot on - hey did not import the V6 - ergo, i have to sell otherwise could be very costly. my only concern now is that it goes to a good home.
Red Golf V6 4 Motion (2.8) anyone???????
*sob* *Sobs *sob*