lindam

Try Transpakship they are pretty good at tellin you what everything costs and seem competitive on shipping 01623441445

tartantopgun

Here is the total breakdown of my Oz cost prior to compliance and rego. The company that I have used are superb and come highly recommended.

My car is a 2005 BMW 320 Diesel SE Auto. UK value approx £7k

77hil

I just shipped my Smart car over and am about to go through the compliance and registration business.

Up to now the whole process has cost me about £3000.

Smart Car's here are much rarer. If I sold mine in the UK I would have got about $7500 but to buy the same used one here would have been about $15,000 so shipping mine has been worth it.

TD63

Thanks for the info , i will email them and see what the cost for my Lexus will be,do all garages supply Diesel, just a thought ?

tartantopgun

Yeah pretty much all garages have at least one diesel pump. Noticed Gull station today had diesel the same price as petrol. Good luck and if you want any more info just private message me or stick a post on.

Weebie

SmartCars are everywhere in Aus.

With UK books you car has no resale value. All fair and good if you keep it but when its tiem for sale no one is going to touch it and it will have the value a lot less than an Australian complianced version.

Hence its only worthwhile importing Antique or rare cars.

tartantopgun

You are missing the point. He has a Smart car. He is happy with his Smart car. He wants one in Oz. So he ships it over for 3k. He is not bringing it to sell.

So... UK value + import costs = Less than buying one in Oz. So by shipping it has saved him money.

Do you understand now?

Alfresco

Exactly why mine is on a ship to arrive soon.

It will still save me a few £1000 to ship it over, and Yes I'm planning to use it for years to come and not sell.

77hil

Garages and valuers that I've had contact with seem to disagree with you. I've been here two months and seen only 3 Smart cars. Plus selling in the uk and buying another here would have been way more expensive.

In conclusion, I disagree.

kaishang

I keep hearing this "UK cars have no resale value"

If UK cars have no resale value, why can you be asked to cough up A$70,000 for a UK import Maserati if you go to Rick Damelian in Sydney?

kaishang

So anyway, if UK cars have "no resale value", I'm thinking of importing what would be in Australia a $110,000 BMW.

What would be a fair sale price if I sold it in Oz? $11.50? Should I pay someone to pick it up?

tartantopgun

Will give you £12 for it

kaishang

That's looking good, almost up to a full sit-down lunch price

sammyg

I would be running an m5 for 12 months before shipping it out here.

These are all made in the same m division factory so kind of negates the non-australian delivered argument to some extent.

Would just have to make sure the spec was good as the aus standard inclusions are higher than the Uk (like the prices) Can get a 2006 for 25 grand and under in the UK (so ~ 40k aud) and if you could get a valuation when landed over here of under the LCT threshold you would be laughing - easy money...

stu

furkew

I have never read "no resale value" but a grey import is valued lower when offered for part ex or resale.

A$70k for a Maserati is cheap if I look on carsales.com.au

everything on there is 90k - 335k

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/...del_String%7C0