Tusc to Oz, possible or not?

[Hotwheels.]

Hi all,

I`m moving to Oz next year and just wondered if its possible to take my beloved Tuscan with me, i.e. is there likely to be importation difficulties, and rough costs for export would help too please? Does anyone also know of any reason why the Aussy authorities would stop me registering it over there, i.e. emmisions, lack of safety equipment etc.
Should i sell it here or is it all plain sailing, so to speak?

Thanks in advance,

Mart.

[aussiebeano]

a few threads on importing below. Try this for starters.

this one has links to DOTARS, the Aust Federal govt dept that watches over foreighn car imports
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

this one on SELOC
http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=141590&...

main thiong is you must have owned the car for 12 months. Don't try to be cute with the paperwork either - follow the instructions implicitly.

Best of luck. i have not been through the import caper yet, but many on here have and can assist

[ariddell]

Should be reasonably easy if you've owned it for over 12mths, my Chimaera was allowed in with no problems and a Sagaris recently made it over with no issues so i don't see a Tuscan being much different.

[deviant]

Shouldnt be all that hard to get it in.

As mentioned though make sure you have owned it for a minimum of 12 months and DO NOT try and fudge the paperwork. DOTAR's WILL pull you up on it and if your car is already here...well could you bring yourself to pay to have it destroyed?!?!

[VYT]

deviant said:

Shouldnt be all that hard to get it in.

As mentioned though make sure you have owned it for a minimum of 12 months and DO NOT try and fudge the paperwork. DOTAR's WILL pull you up on it and if your car is already here...well could you bring yourself to pay to have it destroyed?!?!

Don't even think about putting the car on a boat until you have authorisation to import it. Other then that Tuscan should be no problem as a personal import. There are several T cars over here now.

[onny]

My Tuscan has finally been registered in Canberra. Thanks to Rob, John, Dominic, Richard and others for all their help and inputs.

Had a bit of trouble passing compliance in the ACT because of low ride height and exhaust noise level but at the end they really didn't really check anything more than those 2 things.

Mart, send me an email and I'll give you all the details you'll need to bring in your Tuscan.

[Hotwheels.]

Thanks guys, had the car 3yrs, so i`m ok on that score. Will look into it further now, and will email you onny.

[DP7]

I live in Western Australia and brought a Tuscan in so yes it can be done but can get complex . Happy for you to contact me and I would happily buy another if you bring it out. The hardest part is the 12 months ownership but then the roadworthy which is like getting an MOT. Each state has different standards of roadworthy. Happy to chat further and give you any info you may need.

[tim the pool man]

DP7 said:

I live in Western Australia and brought a Tuscan in so yes it can be done but can get complex . Happy for you to contact me and I would happily buy another if you bring it out. The hardest part is the 12 months ownership but then the roadworthy which is like getting an MOT. Each state has different standards of roadworthy. Happy to chat further and give you any info you may need.

Hi Richard Good to see another WA member! I'm thinking about organising a mini PH meetup sometime,
will start another thread for that soon.
Where in Perth are you?

Tim

[rich_99]

Hi folks - I moved to Melbourne about a year ago and also read that you need to have owned a car for a minimum of 12 months before you can bring it into the country. However the other day I found out that it may be possible to bring over cars that you haven't owned for the previous year. There is a list of Specialist Enthusiast Vehicles (can be found on dotars website) which can be imported via a RAWS (Registered Automotive Workshop Scheme). It looks like you need to search the database of RAWS agents and see if they have your particular car on their schedule of approved cars. Then you can bring over a car which you haven't previously owned.

I have only found one website on this (http://www.raws.com.au/) and so if anyone has further information on this then I would appreciate knowing more. Unfortunately I sold my Elise prior to moving over here and now I see how much they cost here I wish I hadn't!

Rich

[deviant]

Another Perth person here! I remember seeing 1 tuscan about 2 years back and I have seen a Griff in the city. I'm up for a meet somewhere...maybe now its summer we could do a BBQ on an evening?

Anyway back OT..



Importing a car to Australia....

As the previous poster found there is something called RAWS and something called SEVS.

If you look at the SEVS list you will see that there is a vast number of cars the are eligible for import. The same rules apply no matter which country the car comes from.
The main stipulation for a car to get on that list is that it has never been sold here in full volume.

Just because a car is on that list it does not mean you can import one and get it on the road.

A car that is eligible for the SEVS scheme must be complied by a RAWS workshop that hold the certificate that allows them to comply THAT particular car...soooo lets say you want to import an Elise you need to find a RAWS registered workshop that is allowed to do the compliance work on an Elise.
Now before you get excited because you found a workshop that can do Elises you need to find out exactly which model...the certificate does not cover the workshop to comply ANY Elise...if they have a certificate that covers '1999 Elise parp parp' then that is the ONLY version they can comply.

The list of SEVS cars is a bit misleading really...its not all that hard to get cars put on there and anyone can submit the evidence. The Arial Atom is on there but the Atom can not even pass roadworthy inspections

You will find that pretty much the only cars workshops are getting the certificates for are popular Japanese sportscars...Its easy to ship from Japan, the cars are cheap and most imports are bought by 18-25year olds so the workshops just follow their trend for cheap performance.

There are other options for importing to....Race/Rally only, Pre 1st Jan 1989 cars and personal imports (owned for more than 12months).

I hope I have cleared up any confusion over SEVS and RAWS....just ask away if you want to know more or yell at me if I am wrong with my details!!

[rich_99]

Thanks very much for the information above. As I am looking at Elises I did a search and found one RAWS place approved for Elises (I will need to call and see which exact models). However they are located in QLD and I live in VIC. Do you know if this matters providing I transport the car back once it is ready etc?

Rich

[deviant]

rich_99 said:

Thanks very much for the information above. As I am looking at Elises I did a search and found one RAWS place approved for Elises (I will need to call and see which exact models). However they are located in QLD and I live in VIC. Do you know if this matters providing I transport the car back once it is ready etc?

Rich

Hi Rich..

I THINK you can have the compliance work done in a different state. The workshop may or may not be familiar with what is required in your state...I guess you need to give them a bell.
You wont be able to register the car in VIC and drive it back...obviously you dont have an address in VIC to register it to!

Hmmm thinking about it...the workshop should be able to do the work.
I am pretty sure the rules are the same Australia wide for registering a SEVS car.

The big one you need to comply to is that the car must be in an absolute stock standard condition, cannot have ANY corrosion or accident repairs.
So if you import a modified car you have to remove ALL of the modified parts and replace them with stock parts...In theory the parts are not supposed to be allowed back on the car as they wont have been made to aussie standards...of course though there is nothing to stop you 'buying' the parts back once the car is registered...
Anyway that is something you need to think about carefully as obviously there is going to be a cost involved in removing and refitting those parts and finding replacement bits if need be.