Does anyone know of an Importer exporter?

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I ask this because ive been browsing through the Autotrader and ive found out that u can get BMW M3s for less then what i can get 318is here :eek:

Would there be many extra fees for importing a car from the UK to Australia?
Does anyone know of the german prices of M3s and cars like that?
Oh how i would love to live in the UK :p
 
why would you love to live here?
you must be fooled by the car prices :P

do you drive on the right side of the road or would a rhd car be a problem?
 
I think we drive on the same side.
The steering wheel is on the Right hand side of the car so i think that must mean we drive on the left. That always confuses me :p
If i did import one the speedo will have to be converted because we have the metric system inplace down here :)
 
You need to own the car for 2 years otherwise VAT time (well when dad looked at it it was)

Import tax

Also about £900 shipping to New Zealand so roughly the same for transporting

Then you need to reg + Mot it
 
Zip said:
I ask this because ive been browsing through the Autotrader and ive found out that u can get BMW M3s for less then what i can get 318is here :eek:
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Are you comparing like with like here becuase I doubt you are - I can show you 318's in the UK that are more expensive than M3's but they wont be the same age/shape :)
 
1.00 AUD Australia Dollars = 0.424961 GBP United Kingdom Pounds

1 GBP = 2.35316 AUD
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Owch, wouldnt you be better off with a homemade Holden ?


The Euro is a weaker currency so if your serious, Germany is definetly worth checking


Japan is worth checking out for different reasons, a second hand car from there could make great sense. They are bound to have a couple old M3's or 3 series
 
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Are you comparing like with like here becuase I doubt you are - I can show you 318's in the UK that are more expensive than M3's but they wont be the same age/shape :)
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Nah im compearing the same year and shape M3s to 318s :)

And to who ever said wouldnt it be better to get a home made holden. Well ive hated holdens since i was young. The older holdens have what u call chavs driving them in abundence these days :p

I would much rather a german car then anything australia can put out :)

Edit: Why would i have to own it for 2 years :confused: Is there anyway u could bypass that?
 
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Heres some Prices fox.
Most these prices are from cars that have done about 150,000kms +/- 25,000kms until about the 1999 models.(some models are well over 200,000kms)
They are all in private sales to, so u can imagin the dealers prices :eek:
All prices are in Australian currency. (AUD)

1991 Bmw 318i E36
$13,000
$11,900
$11,500
$14,990
$8,000


1992 Bmw 318i E36
$16,250
$11,500
$14,900
$12,500
$13,500

1993 Bmw 318i E36
$16,000
$14,500
$9,499
$12,500
$13,995


1994 Bmw 318i E36
$14,500
$12,600
$14,900
$17,990
$16,000


1995 Bmw 318i E36
$16,400
$16,900
$16,350
$14,900
$12,500

1996 Bmw 318i E36
$16,900
$19,990
$16,500
$20,900
$21,500

1996 Bmw 318i E36
$24,000
$23,000
$19,990
$19,995
$17,300

1998 Bmw 318i E46
$25,000
$23,500
$26,500
$24,000
$27,000

1999 Bmw 318i E46
$34,990
$23,500
$27,500
$29,999
$30,000

2000 Bmw 318i E46
$27,950
$31,900
$33,000
$29,990
$40,250

2001 Bmw 318i E46
$34,900
$38,450
$37,000
$36,990
$37,500

2002 Bmw 318i E46
$39,500
$45,000
$44,900
$38,000
$44,000

2003 Bmw 318i E46
$43,000
$45,000
$44,000
$45,990
$40,500

2004 Bmw 318i E46
$51,900
$55,000
$55,000
$53,750
$45,200

2005 BMW 318i E46
$58,880
$53,888
$54,990
$57,880
$51,990

BRAND NEW BMW M3 E46
$137,900


EDIT: To convert the prices to the GBP use this website http://www.xe.com/
 
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Thanks Paras.
Does anyone know what side of the car the steering wheel is in germany?
 
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Thanks for the list. I dont think there are that many countrys in that list that would beat the UK price for BMWs though :p

But if there are dont hold back form telling me :)
 
Hong Kong is more then a city, its a province I think. Obviously the history there is why its RHD still.

You could still order a RHD from Germany its just a bit more involved, not sure where they actually make the cars but it can be done.
 
geiger said:
Hong Kong is more then a city, its a province I think. Obviously the history there is why its RHD still.
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very true,but it's not a country as i said so i'll leave the post as is.
geiger said:
You could still order a RHD from Germany its just a bit more involved, not sure where they actually make the cars but it can be done.
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the last time i checked the cheapest place to order a new RHD european spec car was Portugal....although the most popular place to do this is Holland as pretty much everyone is fluent in english so the process is just so much easier.
 
The_Dark_Side said:
the last time i checked the cheapest place to order a new RHD european spec car was Portugal....although the most popular place to do this is Holland as pretty much everyone is fluent in english so the process is just so much easier.
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Thank you very much for telling me about holland and portugal. Ill start looking for places from there now :)

Edit: Do portugal and holand use the metric or imperial system?
 
Zip said:
Thank you very much for telling me about holland and portugal. Ill start looking for places from there now :)

Edit: Do portugal and holand use the metric or imperial system?
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you can order a specific EU countries spec car from any other EU country.
just remember this applies mainly to new vehicles as obviously there won't be many UK spec used cars in Holland,Portugal or anywhere other than the UK.

RE metric you can order a new UK spec car and it will be exactly the same as if you'd walked into a UK dealer and ordered it.
 
What are usally the difference between other EU spec cars from other EU countrys and the UK?
Thanks for being so helpfull, its really appritiated :)
 
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