Vadim wrote:

actually did not realise it would be THAT difficult. Since the steering wheel is on the same side in the U.K. and Australia, I assumed taxes would be the only problem...

Anyway, thank you very much for your information, I am going to look into this ASAP.

Angel, come on, bud! You are not that old .....

Vadim start here http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/veh...ndex.aspx.

Duties are usually based on the Australian value of the car, and it needs to go through ADR i believe.. one key component is the change of the European to Aussie FLUX CAPACITOR

Come on Angel, you owe us a trip, especially after the Anti-Shark measures we have been doing in prep of yours and Mrs A's trip  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Fellas,
Thank you very much for your comments and help! It is very kind of you and very much appreciated. Vadim A.

Yes the Flux Capacitor is the only tricky thing to get converted - it's these Australian green measures that require it but I think it's one for the future in the UK. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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Ex-work colleague has just moved out to Melbourne, found a firm to ship his D3 out for him and deal with all the alterations / taxation crap that vicroads want. Think it's cost him £1500 to get it there and as it less than 3 years old I don't think the modifications were too onerous. Ex-G4 Challenge RRS HSE, BV55 YZE. Subtle shade of orange ! Now registered YZE481 G4RRS in Melbourne.

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SP has to get his jet first! It's the military market that's popping more at the moment post GFC. The Government market would be OK if we had a Government

Doesnt SP own Australia

Just went through some info about importing a vehicle to Australia, one of the rules says that I have to own my car for at east a year before importing it to Aussie. I've only had mine for 3 months...  Vadim A.

Vadim wrote:

Just went through some info about importing a vehicle to Australia, one of the rules says that I have to own my car for at east a year before importing it to Aussie. I've only had mine for 3 months...

Vadim wrote:

Fellas,
Thank you very much for your comments and help! It is very kind of you and very much appreciated.

trying to get a few more countrymen here waits for BKHK to take bait  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Zilch wrote:

Vadim wrote:

Just went through some info about importing a vehicle to Australia, one of the rules says that I have to own my car for at east a year before importing it to Aussie. I've only had mine for 3 months...

Vadim depending on your type of Visa it could take more than the remaining nine months to sort out your immigration, especially if it is Skilled Migration, so you may be ok.

If it is setting up a business under a biz visa, well depending on how much filthy lucre you have will depend on how fast you get it.. or on a 457 if sponsored can happen within a matter of a few months

Thanks

Just remember that if you're going on a 457 they take into consideration any time you've already spent in Oz and add that to hte ownership time, as if you're in Oz then you can't be using the car in the UK. This was an amusing one I found when looking into the importation. eg, if you've owned the car for 12 months, but been in Oz for 1 of those 12 months, you then need to wait another month to have owned it for 13 months, this then means you avoid some of the taxation iirc. There's also an oddity about imprting when on a 457, rather than full residency, but I can't recall what that is. At least as an imported vehicle it's valued lower than an official import and that cuts down on the tax due.

Sort out the visa 1st though, as Zilch mentions without a company sponsor it can take a dogs age to get one. I kick myself for not getting my company to sort one for us back in 2009, we could've had a 457 in 2 weeks  Ex-G4 Challenge RRS HSE, BV55 YZE. Subtle shade of orange ! Now registered YZE481 G4RRS in Melbourne.