mika24me

Hello

My husband want to bring our car with us when we move back to Oz. We have looked into the costs and, although our car is nowt special (to me) he loves it and thinks he can get nothing near as clean for the same money plus taxes, etc, in Oz.

However we have owned the car for only a few months, and will have def. have owned it for under 12 when we move. Is there any way around the "you must have owned the car for 12 months" rule? For example could a commercial car importer help? And if so what would be the associated costs?

Ta muchly

Mika

furkew

Because you have not owned the vehicle for 12 months, you will not be able to bring it. never heard of any way around it either.

Swerv-o

There was a thread on here many moons ago about a guy who had paid a commercial importer to import his car for him, as he didn't meet the ownership requirements. I believe that he had to pay all of the costs, and then effectively buy the car back off of the dealer at this end. So it *was* possible at one time, though I have no idea if it is now.

I also doubt that it would be a cheap and easy process. If you have a look at the threads by BigApe, you will see that it is rarely a cost effective, or stress effective thing to do.


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mika24me

thanks, that is basically what I thought

oliver1982

What car is it anyway?

mika24me

A 1998 Nissan Patrol GQ, very clean with only 40000miles

bigAPE

To ship this on a RORO it's going to cost you around:

UK Value: £3,500
Australian Value: $15,000 (£6,771)
Shipping Costs: £3,780 inc $2,050 in Duty/GST
From on-road in the UK to on-road in Australia you'll suffer a loss of around £300.

If you're going to get a professional importer to do this I would add a heap onto the importing costs as they will have to take ownership of the vehicle, etc, and they won't do it for free.

I know the market is tough for 4x4's in the UK, but the market is flush with Nissan's here, specifically Patrols which are like sand in a desert.

Good luck, but I think you'll get screwed on cost by the importer

Al

moneypenny20

Surely it's all irrelevant if the vehicle hasn't been owned for 12months though?

oliver1982

Fair enough...just had a look on drive.com.au and they're pretty expensive ! With higher mileages too.

There's actualy a Delorean on there at the moment, I reckon you should get that instead.

Swerv-o

I'm not sure that's necessarily the case. The thread I was referring to was about a guy who was unable to import personally because of the 12 month rule, so he organised a commercial importer to import the vehicle, which he then purchased off of the importer.

I can't think it's a cost effective way of doing it though - there would have to be more fees and charges than if you did it yourself. Must only be viable if you have a once in a lifetime car, and don't meet the ownership requirements.

Like that Delorean mentioned above. I would personally like to get my hands on a Ford Puma, but that's another matter entirely. Stupid Australia and their love of big wallowing cars...


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