tom's mum

Does anyone have any experince of taking their car with them? We will hopefully, fingers crossed (etc etc) be going to New Zealand in November. My car is a vauxhall corsa and is only a year old. How much of a hassle is it to take it with us and will it work out too expensive compared with buying in NZ?

Any usefull advice with help.

mashiraz

I remember hearing that it is expensive to take a car over and not worth it unless it is something very special. You have to pay import duty. Also the cost of service and parts for European cars is high.

There might be some info on the site link
http://www.dotrs.gov.au/explore.aspx?facet=Transport

Cheers
Mash...

Gra.B

Hi, If taking to NZ with PR you won't pay duty as long as you've owned it for over 1yr. Modern cars do have to pass various things which I don't know much about, think they have different safety regulations. We're taking our Triumph Stag, as it's nearly 30yrs old it's actually a bit easier.

Had a quote from Karmann Shipping (got the link for them somewhere) for approx £1200 in a sole use container, roll on/off would come in cheaper though. With the container we can fill up any left over space with other stuff.

Not sure whether it would be cost effective for you, but second hand car prices do seem a lot higher than over here, so maybe!

Gra...

Kiwipaul

I have to disagree. Cars are cheap in NZ, it's in Australia where cars are expensive.

NZ has no restrictions on importing 2nd hand cars comercially as their is no local car industry to protect and so loads of 2nd cars are imported form Japan cheaply, which keeps the price of all 2nd hand cars down.

karawara88

You can find the link and other info at, http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/motoring.php

smithone

In New Zealand the Corsa is known as a Holden Barina.

To get an idea of second prices check out the motoring section of the Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/

In my experience cars are cheaper than in the UK.

Another factor to bear in mind is that it may be more expensive to insure an imported car. To clarfiy this you may want to contact one of the insurance companies over. Try www.ami.co.nz.

Good luck

Gra.B

I think when I've looked before at cars I've been looking at things like Audi's & Saabs, probably 'coz I don't know all the Jap stuff. Perhaps it's just the european cars which are pricier.

Didn't know Vauxhalls were Holdens, that's probably why I couldn't find many!

I guess the opinion then is to leave it here.

Cheers...Gra..

sofistek

Hmm, with the current exchange rate, everything looks expensive. It's got to go back up sometime, surely!

On this topic, I wondered if anyone has shipped a car in with their household effects? A large container might well have room for house contents and a car.

Gra.B

that's the plan, they said they could build a frame around the car & use the space above. Not sure how much room there is though..

Gra...

Badge

indeed. A V6 family holden or a ford or jap car wil set you back 30,000 -35,000 k ish.

A BMW though is more like 50 odd. (I think)

Stick to Mitsibishi, Toyota, Ford and Holden.

badgers