take the car or not??

[paul_smart]

Hi guys can anyone help here, I have a ford focus 02 plate, not worth anything over here 2K max but it seems old cars in OZ hold their value, would anyone recommend just loading it into the container? and sorting the paperwork out themselves or better buy a new one over there, I won't have much money to spend $11000 will be too much, I would need to spend a few hundred rather than thousand, so would it be worth taking mine, it's in grat condition and very low milage so it's got a few years in it yet! any ideas?

Thanks
Paul.

[Django]

Hi Paul,

From what I understand you will considerably less money in your pocket if you brought your uk car with you to Oz than if you bought another car once you arrive. The costs involved are massive. The cleaning costs, (getting every speck of dirt off), import charges, etc will probably come to more than buying one. I'd flog your Focus (good car by the way Its what I used to teach in) and use that money plus the money you would save importing it and buy Oz side.

Pete

[paul_smart]

Hi Paul,

From what I understand you will considerably less money in your pocket if you brought your uk car with you to Oz than if you bought another car once you arrive. The costs involved are massive. The cleaning costs, (getting every speck of dirt off), import charges, etc will probably come to more than buying one. I'd flog your Focus (good car by the way Its what I used to teach in) and use that money plus the money you would save importing it and buy Oz side.

Pete

Hi pete,

I was hearing that old 2nd hand cars are quite expensive out there I guess i'll have to scan some websites for some cars.
Thanks.

[Rob and Clare]

Hi,

If I was you i would get an accurate quote on the Car through a shipping agency and see, then compare it to cars here. Check out www.carpoint.com.au

I sold my 4 yr old Renault Meganne Coupe in the UK for 2,800 pounds, then when we got here cars seemed so expensive, bought a 2 year old Hyundai Getz $11,500, i wished I'd have looked further into it, i've even contemplated importing a car as the Uk is so cheap.

[leemi1]

Hi
I was looking into doing the same I have a 2005 vectra with 24,000 miles on the clock and to buy one like this is oz it would cost me 15,000 to 20,000 dollars I have been told that in order to ship a car you need to contact Australia house and get a document to say if its ok we have also been told that you are unable to sell the car for 2 years after taking it over as for the cost if you get a 40 foot container then you pay for the container not the weight

Hope this helps

mick

[cornish Busdriver]

I was looking onto this as well.
Heres a link i found http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...importing.aspx
explains about importing cars to oz

[stufi1997]

Hi guys,
We didn't look into the shipping so don't know what the costs and import problems are but don't be fooled they are REALLY expensive here!!!!we've just bought a 1997 estate car for $7000 something similar in the uk we would not have paid anything over £400 for. The car dealer we spoke to thought it would be well worth it shipping a decent car over as the government gives you a grant or something once you take it over....didn't really pay that much attention to what he was on about but i'm sure i could ask him, honestly we absolutely couldn't beleive the prices they are all asking.

[cormcvcr]

Hi guys,
We didn't look into the shipping so don't know what the costs and import problems are but don't be fooled they are REALLY expensive here!!!!we've just bought a 1997 estate car for $7000 something similar in the uk we would not have paid anything over £400 for. The car dealer we spoke to thought it would be well worth it shipping a decent car over as the government gives you a grant or something once you take it over....didn't really pay that much attention to what he was on about but i'm sure i could ask him, honestly we absolutely couldn't beleive the prices they are all asking.

Totally agree with you, they are expensive over here, we paid $8000 each for a ford falcon (which is similar to a vectra) 1999 model and a 1998 holden commodore station wagon (which is similar to a vauxhall astra estate). We would never have paid that in scotland, but we aren't in scotland anymore, so you just have to deal with the here and now (much to my dismay)

We wanted to bring our merc over but it was proving too costly, but in hindsight I wish we had brought it, it broke my heart for the price we had to sell it at for the sake of a quick sale, but look into it a bit more, the cleaning of the car and the adjustments that they possibly make could add to the cost of taking it over along with the customs and tax.

But good luck in whatever you decide.

[paul_smart]

Thanks for the info guys, it helps to get the feelings of those who wish they had / hadn't I was intending to take mine as the milage is so low and it's only 4 years old, worthless over here almost but it'll be worth the $3000 to get it shipped over, the removals people also told me that I can use a 20ft container and put my stuff around the car which would fit as I am not taking much, i think i'll still save money if i take it as I don't have a nest egg to dip into!!
Paul.

[leemi1]

Thanks for the info guys, it helps to get the feelings of those who wish they had / hadn't I was intending to take mine as the milage is so low and it's only 4 years old, worthless over here almost but it'll be worth the $3000 to get it shipped over, the removals people also told me that I can use a 20ft container and put my stuff around the car which would fit as I am not taking much, i think i'll still save money if i take it as I don't have a nest egg to dip into!!
Paul.

hi paul
what sort of car is it you are thinking about taking

cheers

mick