Importing Cars from the UK? Anyone done it?

[rob64981]

Can I ask why people always want cars from the UK?

Can you not get cars from other commonwealth countries (eg south africa)?

As someone has posted on this thread we wash are cars with salty water in the winter times....

Thanks for any replies.

Rob

[Cookie28]

Hehe sorry I like being a smart a$$ on occasion

[Ideo]

Can I ask why people always want cars from the UK?

Can you not get cars from other commonwealth countries (eg south africa)?

As someone has posted on this thread we wash are cars with salty water in the winter times....

Thanks for any replies.

Rob

Price, RHD, large range, no issues with language barriers (except for people from Devon).

Pretty simple.

[rob64981]

Price, RHD, large range, no issues with language barriers (except for people from Devon).

Pretty simple.

Are cars that much cheaper in the UK?

All commonwealth countries drive on the right.

They speak English in most commonwealth countries.

Just I know how bad some of the cars can be in the UK!! I used to own quite a few of them!!

Rob

[hooba]

2nd hand prices in the UK are what make them so tempting.

[OEM G60]

Yeah i agree, you can pick up a good Mk5 R32 for around $20000AUD, you'd be lucky to get a Mk4 for that in Australia. Decent Mk4's go for around $12-13000AUD for a 2004 model. More like $25-30000AUD here.

[OEM G60]

This isn't bad for under $19000AUD 2006 VOLKSWAGEN Golf 3.2 V6 R32 4MOTION

[OEM G60]

This isn't bad for under $19000AUD 2006 VOLKSWAGEN Golf 3.2 V6 R32 4MOTION

Pretty much the same car here, higher k's but 1 year newer, $35500 2007 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R32 4-MOTION V MY08 Cars For Sale in SA - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au

And tbh i don't think you'd end up spending over $16K to import it...

[Ideo]

Are cars that much cheaper in the UK?

All commonwealth countries drive on the right.

They speak English in most commonwealth countries.

Just I know how bad some of the cars can be in the UK!! I used to own quite a few of them!!

Rob

a late 90s/early 2000s 996 Porsche 911 can be picked up for under 12000 pounds now in the UK.

The same car will fetch 55k plus minimum here.

Lotus Elise? early model for GBP6k. Here? 30-35k

NA1.6 MX5 - GBP700pounds and up. Here? minimum 5k

Maserati 3200GT - can pick one up for 10k. Here? 50k plus

Get the picture?

[hooba]

Maserati 3200GT - can pick one up for 10k. Here? 50k plus

Stay away from those, I've heard that due to the twin turbos the lag is TWICE as bad.

[rob64981]

A long old thread but can someone tell me where the rules can be found to importing a pre January 1989 car?

A old friend of mine in the UK has decided to let his mint Golf Cab go and I want to find out the ins and outs to bringing it here.

Thanks in advance to any help.

Rob

[Stiggy_21]

Isn't it June or July '89??
Because my mk2 is late January '89, and the guy who imported it had no troubles.

[OEM G60]

A long old thread but can someone tell me where the rules can be found to importing a pre January 1989 car?

A old friend of mine in the UK has decided to let his mint Golf Cab go and I want to find out the ins and outs to bringing it here.

Thanks in advance to any help.

Rob

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...les/index.aspx will have all the info you want mate.

Stiggy, yours was probably a personal import brought into the country when the owners migrated here?

[Mk3 AAA]

Japanese auctions would be interesting I think, there are companies to do all the paper work for you. NZ has some interesting cars, and is pretty easy to physically get there to check them out, although you do have to be careful of the cars origins as they come from everywhere into NZ.

[Ideo]

A long old thread but can someone tell me where the rules can be found to importing a pre January 1989 car?

A old friend of mine in the UK has decided to let his mint Golf Cab go and I want to find out the ins and outs to bringing it here.

Thanks in advance to any help.

Rob

The main thing is it can't be substantially modified after that date.

For example, a mate of mine was looking at getting a 1977 Porsche 911 imported.

However, it had been fitted with a 993 engine. The 993 engine was from about 1995.

As a result it wasn't considered to be a pre 89.