Exporting vw van to NZ
Apr 17th 2019, 7:38 am
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jogin jo
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Location: cambridge
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Exporting vw van to NZ
Hi we are in the process of sending our van over and wondered if any one on here has done this. I noted that Esme61 has done this but not sure if they are still active ? Any advice would be great.
Apr 17th 2019, 8:35 pm
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Re: Exporting vw van to NZ
Yeah a couple of UK expats we know who are living in the Western Bay Of Plenty brought over one of the more modern VW Campers and a Mitsi Triton pickup from the UK. No issues at all with the VW, but had a major major nightmare with the pickup which cost them at least $8k to get it through compliance. On first inspection in NZ the inspector claimed it had surface rust on the chassis and until it was remedied they wouldn't approve it for use on NZ roads. They could either re-chassis it at $15k + or have an approved mechanic take it apart, remove the rust, apply paint, underbody seal and put it all back together at $8k. That is the way they went but after that it was never the same so flicked it off after a year. All up with shipping costs they must have lost at least $10-15k bringing that vehicle over.
Apr 17th 2019, 9:37 pm
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jogin jo
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Re: Exporting vw van to NZ
Thank you for your quick response, the information you provided has been useful. I’m hoping we will have no issues with the camper van as it’s also the more modern version too.
Apr 17th 2019, 10:02 pm
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Re: Exporting vw van to NZ
All in all they all think they still have a bargain and get great use out of their vans guvent he price and condition of similar here .
One is called Betty & that vdub looks a right old bone rattler.
