TheGaroo

this is a no brainer... sell! £23k is $41,400 before you even consider costs and hassle. Land Rover / Range Rover seem to really hold their value in the UK for some reason.  

that one is almost new based on miles. Closest one I found in UK is 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202006160181271?postcode=sw64xd&model=I8&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&sort=price-asc&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&make=BMW&page=1

my import calculator lands that at roughly $110,000. Plus the car will be a year older and requires interest, services, mot, insurance etc. And it's still just a rusty dodgy import in the eyes of the Aussie market. Take $110k folding to that Aussie seller and I reckon you'd have a good chance of driving away. $130k defo

On 25/06/2020 at 21:03, paulH said:

Thank you both for your advice .

I would say don't bother - additionally the pound has deteriorated so much now which doesn't help. I'd buy an old ford mondeo and dump it in 18 months. 

any thoughts on sodastream CO2 cylinders- both full and empty?

On 06/04/2020 at 12:14, fosseboy said:

And I also found that the $2000 warranty extension was not transferable to a new buyer unless it was a Volvo dealer. I was offered $15000 part exchange by dealers against a $60k new car, $16000 by a Volvo dealer against a $100k car. The car was under 5 years old.  

ouch... that's truly painful

On 17/03/2020 at 02:49, fosseboy said:

We imported 2 vehicles in our separate names as you use the name the vehicle is registered in. Also my car went in the container as the general shipping was in my name. My Wife was a returning Australian but still had to comply.

I don't know how old your Volvo is but read my post before

I cannot speak more highly of Iron Lady who were great and their agent in Perth saved me being wrongly charged thousands in stamp duty. (You have to collect your car from a compliance centre. The licensing centre tried to charge stamp duty on its shipped value - does not apply to a personal import - but luckily the Iron Lady agent had warned me to object. The girl had to ask her supervisor who then accepted it was a personal import.)  And collection and compliance were handled smoothly for us.  But in hindsight I would not recommend bringing a UK Volvo to Australia unless you realise what may happen and have money. Volvo were good in extending the warranty for Australia but I then paid $2000 for a 2 year extension (on advice from a dealer) as parts are expensive and may have to come in from Sweden.  I couldn't adapt the GPS for Australia. My 5 year service cost an arm and a leg - I thought the dealer was joking with me as he read the numbers singly...2, 1,...2..4...then I looked at the invoice and it was 2 thousand 1 hundred etc....Since writing the post, Volvo have closed one of 2 dealerships in Perth (and one now covers ALL Western Australia) and, had I bought a new Volvo, I would be facing a 90 km trip each way on the most congested part of the freeway to get it serviced or repaired. And fears of being stranded if more that 150 kms from Perth (the generally applied recovery limit unless its a brand new car).

Don't want to be a killjoy. Been here 8 years and love it.

the other problem with Volvo is that they depreciate at an eye watering rate in Oz. Anyone trying to sell one will discount heavily to get rid of it. 

On 06/10/2019 at 02:43, Iron Chef said:

Worth doing based on those numbers.

I assume the exchange rate must have moved a lot in this time as it would be madness to do this now! a £22k car is $45k before you've even started running up import costs

I've been trying to find a car that is worthwhile bringing back with me but am at the point of giving up. Second hand mass market cars in Oz that are about 3 years old are very cheap. I have also looked at S class mercs, 7 series BMW etc which there may be a slight margin on but after a few years they sink like a stone to the point where a lot of cars like classic Porsches are cheaper in Oz. Cheaper premium cars like C class mercs are cheaper in Oz, as are the whole japanese range. Mileage on UK cars is another thing - most cars in Oz would be a write off (or $1000 bunkies) with the mileages that are typical here. 

My rule of thumb is take the £ price, multiply it by 4, that's the cut off point in $'s - that's for a 'B' category whereby you won't really save any money but if you have the car already and you like it then why not?