Compliance, How Long?

[ishan]

Hey guys,

does anyone know how long the compliance process takes?

my car arrived on the 14th of June to Australia, it's in compliance now, and its oviously been there for over a week. I just wanna get an estimate as to how much longer i have to wait to see it!

Thanks, any help is appreciated.

[Chris Rogers]

patience grasshopper. the paperwork takes a week to sort. expect 2-3 weeks before you pick it up or it gets dropped to you.

[ishan]

hahahahaha, are you serious? 2-3 weeks is a massively long time

thanks for your help mate

[Chris Rogers]

gov't has a 17 working day turnaround on paperwork. blame them for the time it takes to clear your car before you can drive it

[Beer Baron]

personally I tell people 4 weeks. gov turn around on paperwork and also nidrie's turnaround on providing plates are both highly variable. so yeah as quick as 2 weeks as long as 4 should be about right. I know it's hard but try not to call the poor buggers every day to ask how it's going. believe me as soon as it's ready they'll call you. they do want to get paid after all.

[ishan]

ahhh yerrr, fair enough guys, I've waited so long, it wont hurt waiting a little but longer ehh?

[ishan]

So its been a month and 1 week now and still no plates=still no rego

does it seriously take this long?

my cars parked in the back yard but I CANT DRIVE IT because the compliance plates havent arrived !!!

personally I tell people 4 weeks. gov turn around on paperwork and also nidrie's turnaround on providing plates are both highly variable. so yeah as quick as 2 weeks as long as 4 should be about right. I know it's hard but try not to call the poor buggers every day to ask how it's going. believe me as soon as it's ready they'll call you. they do want to get paid after all.

[Moodles2]

I waited 2-3 months, for the gov to actually provide the compliance plate itself.. it was ready to be complied within a week of arriving from japan.

[JDM34]

my car has been at the compliance workshop for a week now, and they've only just started working on it yesterday. so i'm hoping it'll be done within 3-4 weeks from now.

[Mohsen]

mine was done in a week. plated and all.

[Alkatraz]

Mine took literally 2 days to comply, including installing the FM Expander, and then they waited about 10days for the compliance plate to arrive. I was happy until I found out today that the next boat from Brisbane to Perth is on the 9th of July.

Quick unrelated question (please dont get mad), I am guessing that the car will have only been driven a very small amount in the months leading up to arriving in Perth, so would people suggest just filling it up with a tank of BP Ultimate or having it serviced?? When I bought my Series 8 RX7 the dealer said that it still had Japanese fuel in it, which he said is much higher quality than Australian Fuel, so I should fill it up with 98 octane straight away. I am guessing/hoping that the Compliance Workshop would have changed the oils and other fluids but this is something that I havent really thought about until now. I actually thought that I was just paying a couple of thousand $$$ to have a plate bolted to the engine bay....can anyone tell me if they should be doing what you could almost call a "minor service" on it?

Cheers

Al

[ishan]

WHAT 2-3 MONTHS FOR PLATES? i'd rather die then wait that long

and mohsen, you are one lucky guy, ive been waiting 3 weeks for the plates to arrive, the dude dosent even pick his phone up anymore.

and big AL, absolutely no idea.

[Mohsen]

lol i know

the broker i used to bring in my car was having some hassles with other compliance shops too... taking on more cars than they were allowed plates

[Iron Chef]

Seems to be a common problem in Melbourne at the moment, some people have been getting greedy...

[MrRx7s3]

Mine just took about 3 weeks and the car is in melbourne if that helps, it went in for complience on the 6/6/2011, just got the papers yesterday, hope that helped, thanks.

[ishan]

THanks for the replies guys, and yer my ones in Melb 2, and its been just under 3 weeks now, so hopefully they arrive this week

Ill keep you guys updated

Mine just took about 3 weeks and the car is in melbourne if that helps, it went in for complience on the 6/6/2011, just got the papers yesterday, hope that helped, thanks.

[thinktea]

Mine was in Melbourne and it took a week and a half to get approved by Canberra. Now waiting for the plate/sticker from Niddrie.