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Keith D



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Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia

PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:18 pm    Post subject: Some advice please Reply with quote

I am considering shipping my VW Kombi to the UK to sell. The kombi is worth far more in the UK than in Oz!

Has anybody imported a motor vehicle into the UK in recent times? If so, are there any suggestions/warnings/procedures etc that would help me? (or frighten me off!)

I have not contacted the British customs as yet. I want to find out if it is a feasable proposition before I start any official ball rolling!

Part of the attraction of doing this is to buy a particular car in the UK at the same time and then import it back to Oz. The car I have in mind is far cheaper in the UK than it is over here! Importing a car back into Oz is quite a performance! However, if geting the Kombi into the UK is not insurmountable, then I may give it a shot!

Keith
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Rick
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Location: UK

PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It was about 5 years ago that I brought the utes over, I think the exchange rate has worsened (for us Brits) a fair bit in the meantime..

From memory, containers entering Oz are fumigated for dodgy spiders, the ones leaving Oz aren't (or at least weren't).

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D4B



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought an Australian Import VW Splitty from a guy in Lampeter in Wales (UK) in 2001.... I just tried to find him on google for you but no luck so far.

I know that he used to bring in 40 vans at a time!! Maybe he would let
you share a container ? Or perhaps it would be cheaper for you to
deal with it yourself?

Good Luck anyhoo
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