Carl Gibbs wrote:

A Honda D16 engined Rover would be *slightly* more sensible, you mean.
;-)

Actually, the SOHC 1.4 K series I drove a few months ago impressed me
with the amount of poke it had, but you just know that sooner or later
you'll be looking at HGF.

I thought that once... so I bought a 2300, and ended up nearly
bankrupting myself in fuel costs.

Will do... I *may* export it, if it turns out to be that good, given
how much cars are worth compared to here - you couldn't buy an
equivalent for what it would cost to to buy and export that - my Golf
is worth about £2k here... over there it'll fetch about £4k - net
cost of exporting it is £750.

The only thing I've not looked into is any potential problems with
import tax and / or 'rego' etc.

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JackH

<jackhackettuk (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
*Might* sell it on at some stage in the new year, depending on whether
or not I piss off down under.

Given the value of cars in Oz and the fact it costs about £750 to
export one over there, so long as there are no SVA equivalent nasties
you could come unstuck on, I'm debating whether or not to keep hold of
something to get shipped over once I've settled in.

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You want something like a 3-5 year old semi-decent model BMW, you do. Even
if it means financing it. It'll make you a modest sized packet, I tell ye.

Need to have owned it for a minimum amount of time, mind, before you can
export it, but it's something that's definitely worth doing if one's heading
out there for good.

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"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."

"AstraVanMan" <Peter (AT) whataloadofforeskinbollocks (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Yep. I think you have to own it for 12 months. A 3 year old M3 will make you
a packet.

Fraser

<jackhackettuk (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote


You been there? I always thought I'd like to move there until I went. Foods
ropey and everything's miles apart (a bit like america, you need to drive
everywhere really).

Doki wrote:

Aye... went four years ago, in January.

Could see plenty of pros and cons compared with here, but it's not like
I can't come back if it didn't work out.

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JackH

AstraVanMan wrote:

Maybe later on... I'm more interested in making sure that if I do go,
I'll have something reasonable to drive about in - to get an equivalent
to my Golf would cost a fair bit more than saving the £750 shipping
fee and selling it here would raise.

I need to look into it a bit more before I do anything too drastic -
for one thing, I'm not so sure parts would be that cheap and freely
available for it over there.

Indeed.

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JackH

Fraser Johnston wrote:

Hmm... I've only had this about six weeks.

I wasn't planning on shipping it out for a few months anyway... want to
make sure I'm staying for good before doing anything that drastic.

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JackH