Shipping a car out to SA
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Shipping a car out to SA
Hi
Does anybody have any experience of shipping cars out to SA? Are there any regs/pitfalls i should be aware of? I have asked these questions of some shipping agents but I cannot get hold of the SA customs to clarify some points as my wife is the one with the 3yr WP but the car is in my name. Anyone have any experience ro-ro as well?
Anyway, thanks in advance for any replies.
enzo
Does anybody have any experience of shipping cars out to SA? Are there any regs/pitfalls i should be aware of? I have asked these questions of some shipping agents but I cannot get hold of the SA customs to clarify some points as my wife is the one with the 3yr WP but the car is in my name. Anyone have any experience ro-ro as well?
Anyway, thanks in advance for any replies.
enzo
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Why on earth would you want to ship a car to SA?
South Africa's ports are a haven of criminal activity. By the time you clear customs chances are your car will be stripped of its stereo, spare parts etc.
SA manufactures Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota. Unless you've got an extraordinary vehicle, why take the risk of it being brutalised by SA's affirmative shoppers?
South Africa's ports are a haven of criminal activity. By the time you clear customs chances are your car will be stripped of its stereo, spare parts etc.
SA manufactures Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota. Unless you've got an extraordinary vehicle, why take the risk of it being brutalised by SA's affirmative shoppers?
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Why on earth would you want to ship a car to SA?
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hey man thats one lekker bakkie! do you want a ZA sticker for the back?
I miss my families bakkies and the fishing trips!
I miss my families bakkies and the fishing trips!
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hey man thats one lekker bakkie! do you want a ZA sticker for the back?
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Originally posted by Bundubasher
That's a ZW on the front-one on the rear too...
That's a ZW on the front-one on the rear too...
I saw something like that behind the fron bumper! Even Better! I couldn't find any ZW stickers when I was out there last and only got a ZA one. Ive plukked it on my "wagon" and everyone asks what european country is that from!
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Check with the AA of Zimbabwe - they always have some.
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Originally posted by Bundubasher
Check with the AA of Zimbabwe - they always have some.
Check with the AA of Zimbabwe - they always have some.
are you moving back or what?
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Yep - Since all the Seth Efrikens are working here in the UK I thought it'd finally be safe to go work in SA!
To be honest though I am accompanying my wife who has a 3 year contract with a US NGO in JHB. I'd like to get back into the bush and maybe even start a little something using our small saf lodge in Zim as a base. When I hit JHB it'll be IT stuff that will pay my initial bills though.
Do you mean "old lady" or "old queen"? I'm sure you know the distinction but I'm just checking as time in blighty makes the tongue tongue twist!
To be honest though I am accompanying my wife who has a 3 year contract with a US NGO in JHB. I'd like to get back into the bush and maybe even start a little something using our small saf lodge in Zim as a base. When I hit JHB it'll be IT stuff that will pay my initial bills though.
Do you mean "old lady" or "old queen"? I'm sure you know the distinction but I'm just checking as time in blighty makes the tongue tongue twist!
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Originally posted by Bundubasher
Yep - Since all the Seth Efrikens are working here in the UK I thought it'd finally be safe to go work in SA!
To be honest though I am accompanying my wife who has a 3 year contract with a US NGO in JHB. I'd like to get back into the bush and maybe even start a little something using our small saf lodge in Zim as a base. When I hit JHB it'll be IT stuff that will pay my initial bills though.
Do you mean "old lady" or "old queen"? I'm sure you know the distinction but I'm just checking as time in blighty makes the tongue tongue twist!
Yep - Since all the Seth Efrikens are working here in the UK I thought it'd finally be safe to go work in SA!
To be honest though I am accompanying my wife who has a 3 year contract with a US NGO in JHB. I'd like to get back into the bush and maybe even start a little something using our small saf lodge in Zim as a base. When I hit JHB it'll be IT stuff that will pay my initial bills though.
Do you mean "old lady" or "old queen"? I'm sure you know the distinction but I'm just checking as time in blighty makes the tongue tongue twist!
No man my mother! Good luck, IT people make plenty "kwachas" if you work for a big multinational company. Nice plan re the lodge sounds like a lekker plan. Me i'm just the oke who fixes your bakkie when it throws a driveshaft!!
Good luck then hey!
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A pukka grease monkey who can also use a computer! Then you are THE man to know!
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Originally posted by Bundubasher
A pukka grease monkey who can also use a computer! Then you are THE man to know!
A pukka grease monkey who can also use a computer! Then you are THE man to know!
Ja my wife has just reminded me that I have to wash my hands before I touch the keyboard now ! oh well at least we can still see where the "Q" character button is!!!
do you think zim will come right soon?
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why on earth would you want to come back to Zim!
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Originally posted by capacity
why on earth would you want to come back to Zim!
why on earth would you want to come back to Zim!
Dreams we have of a nicer better place that one day zim will be once that ..........zot bob and his flip flops are gone. I was born there and africa is not something you can inherit, it chooses you.
bit like a cut on your skin that's forming a scab and it fells lekker when you pick it- thats the way I sum up Africa.
"walking in the bush.....touching the long grass..... walking in dirt roads...... take a swim in a green dam ......fantastic cool off... lie in the sun on the bank ...... hunting spider runs me... I feel its feet on my face as it ran........."
stuff like that -when the times right I'll go back.
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Originally posted by Bundubasher
Vehicles are very expensive in SA, especially 4x4s, and mine was prep'd for an aborted trans-Africa trip so I'd rather transport it than sell it at a loss in the UK (what with all the mods I've done and arb holes drilled in the body!). Anyway things have developed since my last post: we are shipping by RO-RO to Durbs (21 days) final destination Zimbabwe. That way no duty in SA and as my wife's a Zimbo - she can bring the <A TITLE="Click for more information about car" STYLE="text-decoration: none; border-bottom: medium solid green;" HREF="http://search.targetwords.com/u.search?x=5977|1||||cars|AA1VDw">car</A> in Duty Free as a returning resident. Once the vehicle is cleared in Zim we'll just bring it back into SA on a TIP.
Vehicles are very expensive in SA, especially 4x4s, and mine was prep'd for an aborted trans-Africa trip so I'd rather transport it than sell it at a loss in the UK (what with all the mods I've done and arb holes drilled in the body!). Anyway things have developed since my last post: we are shipping by RO-RO to Durbs (21 days) final destination Zimbabwe. That way no duty in SA and as my wife's a Zimbo - she can bring the <A TITLE="Click for more information about car" STYLE="text-decoration: none; border-bottom: medium solid green;" HREF="http://search.targetwords.com/u.search?x=5977|1||||cars|AA1VDw">car</A> in Duty Free as a returning resident. Once the vehicle is cleared in Zim we'll just bring it back into SA on a TIP.
Nice SUV.
Hey, isn't SA the car jacking capital of the world now?
Are you going to get the flamethrower installed.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812...e.thrower.car/