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Try this for a great deal: BMW I8, in UK about 35,000pounds https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/10595214?utm_expid=.tpJdMtjvQA-ox8DOzal2LQ.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pistonheads.com%2Fclassifieds%3FCategory%3Dused-cars%26M%3D2897%26SortOptions%3DPriceLowToHigh whereas in Australia, about $150,000. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2016-bmw-i8-i12-auto-awd/SSE-AD-6660690/?Cr=1 Its 4 seats, you claim to your friends its environmentally friendly and they are pretty quick and look flash. Surely this makes fiscal sense?

Depending on your preferences of cars, maybe look at a nearly new diesel. In the UK they are banning diesels soon and so they are becoming quite cheap, whereas in Australia we will happily use them for years to come. A lot of Range Rover, BMW, Audi and Merc diesels are coming to Australia with owners because the resale in the UK is terrible but in Australia is still ok.

On a standard car licence you can drive anything up to 4.5T GVM, over that you need a light truck licence. When you arrive, you will need to go to a licence office and see if they will convert your UK truck licence to an Australian truck licence or whether you need to resit a test. if your motorhome has a GVM less than 4.5T you are ok, no matter what it "weighs" as long as its weight is less than its GVM. The police don't like you loading your vehicles over its GVM. First rule for motorhomes in Australia is that the habitation door can only exit to the left of the vehicle (kerb side) or to the rear, if yours exits only to the right, sell it in UK.

I dont think either of them are on the current raws list: https://raws.infrastructure.gov.au/motorcycles/index.htm so you would have to get a raws to apply for one or as you mentioned just get a frame for the project when you get here

Depending on the age of the bikes you might get both. If either bike was originally built before 1989 you can bring it as a pre89 and the other as a personal import. Or you can contact a Registered Automotive Workshop (RAWS) and they can help bring in a post 1989 bike but they charge a lot for compliance. So you could bring the project as a personal import and the complete bike as a RAWS import if it is allowed under the SEVS scheme (specialist and enthusiats vehicle scheme). What are the 2 bikes?

I'd look at a Land Rover Discovery 3.0 Diesel, expensive in OZ but cheap in UK.

I know Iron Lady has that service in Victoria (Engineer, RWC, registration) I'd be surprised if he doesn't have it in other states also.

As long as you have owned it for more than a year then you will be fine. You apply for a personal import approval, see Iron Lady, he helps a lot of people bring over personal Imports from UK.

10 years ago there was no asbestos issue. It has only been a problem for about the last 18 months when the Australian quarantine inspection service decided to have a 100% implementation of the rule thats been around for a long time but had never really worried about. Now adays some people ship cars with no brake pads, etc and get them fitted in Australia so as they don't have to run the risk of testing. It means the vehicle has to go in a container and have a big sign on the windscreen saying "NO BRAKES, DO NOT START VEHICLE".

Hi Mopoke, we used Allied Pickfords out of Oxford. One car was a personal import, one car was a pre-89 import and the other was a race car import (a lotus 7 type clubman which was only going to be used for track days). You can only bring in 1 personal import per person. You can bring in as many pre-89 cars as you like but getting them complied is far more hassle than a personal import (unless you have owned it for mare than 12 months). You used to be able to bring in race cars but now they want you to prove you have a racing licence.

10 years ago, i returned to Australia after living for 10 years in UK. I packed 3 cars in the bottom of a 40ft container and the shipping company built a mezzanine floor above them and packed all our household goods above the cars. It was cheaper that way as the price difference from a 20ft to a 40ft was about the cost of shipping 1 car by itself so I got 2 cars shipped free (in a way).

For a 4x4 the rules in Melbourne (and should be the rest of the states), are a 2" lift and tyres that are no more than 50mm bigger diameter than the largest on the tyre placard do not need any engineers report. The snorkel no one cares about as lots of 4x4's run these, although most 4x4 have water in the diffs before they ever get water in the engine, this is because people put the snorkels on for looks and if they go though water they have forgotten to put a tube on the diff breathers (this should run up to above the doors) and so water enters the diff and causes more trouble.

The drive to Queensland is beautiful if you take the scenic route. Around the coast to merimbula or up over the dividing range into Canberra and see the capitol, then on to Sydney for a night or 2. Continue up the coast to Coffs Harbour and then into the Gold Coast and Brisbane. If you have the time to do it then its great. If you just want to scream up the cenre then its a bit boring.

If sellmycar offers you a low ball price, why not place it for sale on the forum or elsewhere for a bit above what they quote? Your type of car is for sale on carsales.com for $8,000. What does sellmycar offer to pay you?

Hi Apollo, headrests and lights are the same between UK and Australia so the only things that sometimes have to be done are the Child Restraint upper anchorages as not all UK cars have these and sometimes seatbelts as some of them don't have the right markings or no markings at all. Regards