is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
Aug 15th 2007, 11:31 pm
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is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
my husband is a motor trader here so knows the ins and outs of the uk stuff but not oz....we bought our last fairlane in an auction just out of sydney and took it with us north....btu we were considering taking a nice merc or delica with us.....what would the costs be if anyone has done it....we wanted to stick it in our container with our household goods !
Aug 16th 2007, 5:36 am
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Re: is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
Don't bring it. The costs will add up to you buying the car again. Loads of tax of assorted kinds, then the car has to be converted to meet Ozzy standards..... Unless its a collectable old car or something leave it behind.
There's tons of stuff on here about this in more detail - do a search.
Buzzy
There's tons of stuff on here about this in more detail - do a search.
Buzzy
Aug 16th 2007, 4:40 pm
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Re: is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
Yes, its a pain in the arse 
Aug 16th 2007, 4:47 pm
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Re: is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
I was quoted £3500 to stick it in our container along with our gear (we have new BMW 330d sport) but the import tax\luxury tax etc on top of this made it a bad idea as buzzy bee said makes it almost like buying the car again.
We're not taking ours..
All the best
Andy
We're not taking ours..
All the best
Andy
Aug 17th 2007, 6:10 am
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Re: is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
my husband is a motor trader here so knows the ins and outs of the uk stuff but not oz....we bought our last fairlane in an auction just out of sydney and took it with us north....btu we were considering taking a nice merc or delica with us.....what would the costs be if anyone has done it....we wanted to stick it in our container with our household goods !
Aug 17th 2007, 10:36 am
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Re: is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
IMHO, not worth the hassel.
You must have owned the car for at least 12months. You can not get any one to give you a value on it (well we couldn't) until it got to oz, so we couldn't work out all the taxes that it would have cost
You must have owned the car for at least 12months. You can not get any one to give you a value on it (well we couldn't) until it got to oz, so we couldn't work out all the taxes that it would have cost
Aug 17th 2007, 10:43 am
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Re: is it a pain in the arse to take your car from uk to oz ?? whats involved ??
my husband is a motor trader here so knows the ins and outs of the uk stuff but not oz....we bought our last fairlane in an auction just out of sydney and took it with us north....btu we were considering taking a nice merc or delica with us.....what would the costs be if anyone has done it....we wanted to stick it in our container with our household goods !
http://australia.wikia.com/wiki/Brit...portingYourCar
