taking the cerb to australia

[greenracing]

Going to be moving to melbourne and I want to take the cerb, has anyone done this/ got any advice to make it as easy as possible?

[brakedust]

I looked into this last year as I was going to move over, one of the problems is that back seats must, by law, have isofix points. Not sure how easy that would be do do?

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Australia forum HTH.

[jamieduff1981]

Are you aware of Australian import taxes on cars?

[camel_landy]

• Condition needs to be spotless before shipping.
• Need to obtain permission from DOTARS BEFORE shipping.
• Take as much paperwork with you as possible for proof of purchase price, value, etc... The authorities love paperwork and it's in your best interest to show it as having as lower value as possible.

If it's a personal import as part of emigration, it shouldn't attract as much in the way of tax but Australia is an expensive country to ship to. The actual cost of the boat ends up as a fraction of the total costs as the handling fees are massive!!

...then you've got to deal with VicRoads, to get a Road Worthy Certificate (RWC) and registered.

Do some reading on the DOTARS & VicRoads websites and if you need a hand, I've got a good friend & petrol-head in Melb, who would be interested in helping/playing in a Cerb.

M

[paulathome]

Not sure they would allow the car on the road over there.
A friend of mine tried to take his E-type over a few years back and they said it would have to have side impact protection fitted to the doors before it would be allowed on the road.
Then as above the import duty was huge, so needless to say he sold it over here.
Paul.

[Steve_T]

Talk to Bob the Planner - he's done this with his TVRs.

[crypto]

I'm surprised there are so many hurdles for commonwealth countries. Very often countries do not charge taxes/VAT if private goods are imported in conjunction with an immigration (or at least with a reduced rate).

some links:
http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/import/vehicles-machin...
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page4371.asp
http://www.aqis.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_casecontent.a...

[camel_landy]

Oh yeah, just remembered that I've got another mate who did this last year with a G4 RRS... He took it from the UK, into Melbourne and it's now registered in VIC.

If you want to pick his brains, drop me a PM & I'll put you in touch.

M