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Hey guys

My Dad still lives in the uk and is thinking about getting a new car

At the moment he drives an x3, but he bought a petrol one and so its resale value is about 5000gbp or aprox $7500 AUD (private sale, everyone loves diesels over there)

Seeing as he won't get much for it, he said we could look at bringing it over to aus and i could have it for free

How much am I looking at for importing a vehicle from the uk, i had a look around but everyone wants to fill in forms just to get a quote

Also, would i have to put it into my name over there and wait the year? or could he just do the paper work and put it in my name over here?

Cheers, Tom

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My understanding is the vehicle must be in your name & you must be in the uk with the car for the minimum 12mths. Your dad would need to relocate to aus, bring the car with him, then sell/transfer it to yourself once its all here & ticked off.

Feel free to correct or elaborate if anyone can shed more info as I'm looking at doing this myself in the next year or two via germany.

cheers, Tim

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^^^ that's correct.

PS how good does your 300ZX look with LMGT4s! Nice work!

Thanks Chef, really can't go wrong with lmgt4's!

Hopefully we can do business next year too!

cheers, Tim

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Cheers for the info guys

I was born in the uk so should be able to arrange to have it put in my name over there then and work out the shipping cost

you have to prove you've been living in the UK with the car for 12 months.

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i was born there?

Your not listening, you have to prove to them that you've been LIVING in the UK & owned the car for 12 months. Your only allowed to be out of the country for a matter of weeks over that 12 month period.

You currently live in Australia yes? So for this to work you have to move back to the uk, get the car transferred into your name, live there with your new car for 12 months then both of you can legally come back to Australia.

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Your not listening, you have to prove to them that you've been LIVING in the UK & owned the car for 12 months. Your only allowed to be out of the country for a matter of weeks over that 12 month period.

You currently live in Australia yes? So for this to work you have to move back to the uk, get the car transferred into your name, live there with your new car for 12 months then both of you can legally come back to Australia.

slow reply but..

fair enough, looks like my dad will be selling the car (he just ordered a new mini)

i guess i'll just have to move to japland and buy something cool over there then

what are some cool cars that are unable to be imported to aus normally?

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