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fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Saturday 6th March 2021
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Hi

Moving to Oz later in the year and was wondering if there is a PH equivalent down under?

forzaminardi

2,281 posts

186 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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fatal3rror said:
Hi

Moving to Oz later in the year and was wondering if there is a PH equivalent down under?
There is a good car culture here, but I've not found many decent online communities. I've been here (from the UK) for just over 2 years. Where are you heading?

fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Yep, I have heard good things about the car culture. Moving to Melbourne.

Whereabouts are you? How has your experience been?

Gingerbread Man

9,171 posts

212 months

Sunday 14th March 2021
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Bringing the 7?

fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Sunday 14th March 2021
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Gingerbread Man said:
Bringing the 7?
That's the plan! Was half thinking if it would be worth the hassle but the more I look into it, the answer seems to be in the affirmative.

Gingerbread Man

9,171 posts

212 months

Monday 15th March 2021
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fatal3rror said:
Gingerbread Man said:
Bringing the 7?
That's the plan! Was half thinking if it would be worth the hassle but the more I look into it, the answer seems to be in the affirmative.
Unfortunately mine gets so little use with a young family and a house renovation. I use a van daily so can't even commute in it.

forzaminardi

2,281 posts

186 months

Tuesday 16th March 2021
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forzaminardi said:
There is a good car culture here, but I've not found many decent online communities. I've been here (from the UK) for just over 2 years. Where are you heading?
We're in Melbourne too - living in Bundoora. Great place to live, we love it in the main.

If you have a car that's meaningful to you or valuable, it's worth bringing it. Paperwork isn't too bad from what I can see, and shipping companies can handle it for you. The price of cars here means that it's worthwhile here for even pretty modest cars. It would have been cheaper, for example, to bring our car from the UK than it was to buy a worse car here!

hman

7,487 posts

193 months

Tuesday 16th March 2021
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I’m ex UK live in melbourne and whilst the car scene is vibrant it’s basically Ford/ Holden vs anything Japanese.

There’s a couple of lotus’s here and about 1 TVR - but the 4x4 scene here is huge.

Basically anything exotic is few and far between due to the luxury car tax making them incredibly expensive.

I looked into bringing our fairly normal cars with us but you end up with a grey import so they are worth less than the correctly imported cars (with the import plate affixed to the b pillar) and an MPH speedo in a state where going more than 4kmh over the limit can get you a fine - not easy unless you have gps or a digital display to get that margin of accuracy!!

I get it with a 7 though, you would struggle to find one over here for less than absurd money and they are free and far between.

Anyway - there’s some good roads out north of melbourne (Healesville, Warburton, reefton, mt Dandenong) which are good on a bike so will be good in a 7. Just watch for cops, they literally hide in the hedges!! - get Waze and use it....


fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Tuesday 16th March 2021
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Gingerbread Man said:
Unfortunately mine gets so little use with a young family and a house renovation. I use a van daily so can't even commute in it.
I have thought about this. The first couple of years - we would want to explore the country/beyond and getting out and about, so maybe blatting in a 7 won’t be top of the list.

fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Tuesday 16th March 2021
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forzaminardi said:
We're in Melbourne too - living in Bundoora. Great place to live, we love it in the main.

If you have a car that's meaningful to you or valuable, it's worth bringing it. Paperwork isn't too bad from what I can see, and shipping companies can handle it for you. The price of cars here means that it's worthwhile here for even pretty modest cars. It would have been cheaper, for example, to bring our car from the UK than it was to buy a worse car here!
Nice one - really excited about the move.

fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Tuesday 16th March 2021
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hman said:
I’m ex UK live in melbourne and whilst the car scene is vibrant it’s basically Ford/ Holden vs anything Japanese.

There’s a couple of lotus’s here and about 1 TVR - but the 4x4 scene here is huge.

Basically anything exotic is few and far between due to the luxury car tax making them incredibly expensive.

I looked into bringing our fairly normal cars with us but you end up with a grey import so they are worth less than the correctly imported cars (with the import plate affixed to the b pillar) and an MPH speedo in a state where going more than 4kmh over the limit can get you a fine - not easy unless you have gps or a digital display to get that margin of accuracy!!

I get it with a 7 though, you would struggle to find one over here for less than absurd money and they are free and far between.

Anyway - there’s some good roads out north of melbourne (Healesville, Warburton, reefton, mt Dandenong) which are good on a bike so will be good in a 7. Just watch for cops, they literally hide in the hedges!! - get Waze and use it....
Awesome, some great insight there. Perhaps a KMPH speedo before shipping the car across may not be a bad idea!

Yeah I use bike apps to find a good route for the 7, so sounds advice. I have an Elan +2 as well but not sure about bringing two cars across, so it would have to be the 7 between the two.

auyt

107 posts

168 months

Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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I am waiting to collect a Ginetta I bought in from the UK.
Have you looked into what is required? There is a bit involved, like import approval, asbestos free certification and how you are getting it here.
I used David at https://www.survey-services.co.uk/services/asbesto...
For the asbestos certification.
I used Dominic from personal Import he does more than cars very up front and good to deal with.
https://www.personalimport.com.au/


fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Wednesday 24th March 2021
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auyt said:
I am waiting to collect a Ginetta I bought in from the UK.
Have you looked into what is required? There is a bit involved, like import approval, asbestos free certification and how you are getting it here.
I used David at https://www.survey-services.co.uk/services/asbesto...
For the asbestos certification.
I used Dominic from personal Import he does more than cars very up front and good to deal with.
https://www.personalimport.com.au/
I have a approached a few agents but will drop Dominic a line as well.

Given my 7 was manufactured in 2002, one would hope that asbestos is not an issue!

Gingerbread Man

9,171 posts

212 months

Wednesday 24th March 2021
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fatal3rror said:
I have a approached a few agents but will drop Dominic a line as well.

Given my 7 was manufactured in 2002, one would hope that asbestos is not an issue!
I drove mine to Southampton docks to go into a container. Had to be cleaned here for any seeds it might have picked up on the drive down there.
It came out the spray shop from a total rebuild the day before.

Then they need compliance and a blue slip.

RShole

467 posts

62 months

Monday 29th March 2021
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I wouldn't bother. Australia is anti-performance car. There are no 'real' roads to drive on, no scenic stretches that aren't subject to masses of radar-rogers everywhere. The speed limits mean you'll need to set off a week in advance to give yourself enough time to travel just a few hundres kms. Luxury car tax and import duty makes any potential purchase of something decent, completely pointless or prohibitively expensive. Personally, I wait until I go back to the UK and dust off my Audi RS6 (at my father's house) every Christmas to give it the beans. There is no other country, apart from Switzerland, where I've felt I may as well become a lemming automotan and give up on enjoying driving for 11 months every year. Take Perth for example, the only decent car you'll ever see on the road are those being shifted from one Barbagallo garage to another. IT. IS. PITIFUL.

forzaminardi

2,281 posts

186 months

Wednesday 31st March 2021
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RShole said:
I wouldn't bother. Australia is anti-performance car. There are no 'real' roads to drive on, no scenic stretches that aren't subject to masses of radar-rogers everywhere. The speed limits mean you'll need to set off a week in advance to give yourself enough time to travel just a few hundres kms. Luxury car tax and import duty makes any potential purchase of something decent, completely pointless or prohibitively expensive. Personally, I wait until I go back to the UK and dust off my Audi RS6 (at my father's house) every Christmas to give it the beans. There is no other country, apart from Switzerland, where I've felt I may as well become a lemming automotan and give up on enjoying driving for 11 months every year. Take Perth for example, the only decent car you'll ever see on the road are those being shifted from one Barbagallo garage to another. IT. IS. PITIFUL.
I read a lot about this when considering coming also. It's not that bad, in Victoria at least. Urban sprawl = urban crawl, yes, but not far out of town there are good roads. Choose your time and place well and you'll have as much fun as in the UK.

Kawasicki

13,041 posts

234 months

Wednesday 31st March 2021
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forzaminardi said:
RShole said:
I wouldn't bother. Australia is anti-performance car. There are no 'real' roads to drive on, no scenic stretches that aren't subject to masses of radar-rogers everywhere. The speed limits mean you'll need to set off a week in advance to give yourself enough time to travel just a few hundres kms. Luxury car tax and import duty makes any potential purchase of something decent, completely pointless or prohibitively expensive. Personally, I wait until I go back to the UK and dust off my Audi RS6 (at my father's house) every Christmas to give it the beans. There is no other country, apart from Switzerland, where I've felt I may as well become a lemming automotan and give up on enjoying driving for 11 months every year. Take Perth for example, the only decent car you'll ever see on the road are those being shifted from one Barbagallo garage to another. IT. IS. PITIFUL.
I read a lot about this when considering coming also. It's not that bad, in Victoria at least. Urban sprawl = urban crawl, yes, but not far out of town there are good roads. Choose your time and place well and you'll have as much fun as in the UK.
That was absolutely not my experience in Victoria. Police could be found at any time on any road. IT. WAS. TERRIBLE.

So I sold my fastish bike, and bought a fast trail bike, rode it in forests, a lot. Even in the middle of forests I would get pulled by the police. I would see no-one else for 4 hours of riding, except 2 policemen. Bonkers.

custardtart

1,725 posts

252 months

Monday 19th April 2021
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There’s a very strong MX5 forum here mainly cos they are one of the few reasonably price sportyish cars here and there’s a big modding scene for them and race series.
Where I live in Brisbane there’s a decent Lotus 7 scene too but not really online.
I hated driving in Sydney but Qld offers endless, epic country roads with zero police but you do have reign it back as series speeding could see serious consequences

suthol

2,154 posts

233 months

Thursday 29th April 2021
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For all things 7 join Ozclubbies.com.au there are very active groups in each of the state's and a formal national gathering every 2 years, informal larger gatherings every 6 months or so and runs most weekends.

I know the admin ;-)


fatal3rror

Original Poster:

60 posts

79 months

Monday 10th May 2021
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suthol said:
For all things 7 join Ozclubbies.com.au there are very active groups in each of the state's and a formal national gathering every 2 years, informal larger gatherings every 6 months or so and runs most weekends.

I know the admin ;-)
Already on it, it's been really helpful already!