G'Day Everybody!

mattmWA · Post by **mattmWA** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:13 pm

Hi all,

I am new to FTOAustralia but an owner of an FTO for the last year in the UK. My fiance and I have recently migrated to Oz and we are currently living in Perth.

I have a few questions regarding importing my FTO from the UK.

I've owned my GPX tip for 12 months and as the demand for them in the UK is slowing. I wanted to import it over here to stop it from rusting away in the rubbish british weather!!

Can anyone help me with regards to rough costs of importing it? Would I stand to lose anything if i wanted to sell it over here? I've had a look at prices of these in WA and they seem to be selling for a lot more than in the UK. I dont intend to sell it as soon as I get it here but I'm just thinking in case we decide to go back to the UK.

Also, can anyone recommend a decent import company to deal with when shipping from the UK to WA? What sort of tests or legislation do I have to get done for it??

Thanks in advance,

Matt

harry90 · Post by **harry90** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:51 pm

WTTC...there is a thread in general discussion about this now...

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... ic&t=13870

looks like this guy is going through the process currently. he says he will have further info etc when he is finalised...i hope this helps.

Oliver89 · Post by **Oliver89** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:55 am

Welcome champ

Enjoy it all .

mattmWA · Post by **mattmWA** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:40 pm

Thanks guys. I'll be keeping tabs on that discussion to see how he goes with it.

Much appreciated

Post by **I8A4RE** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:17 pm

Hey man WTTC, the only info i can give you man is that the fact that you have owned the car for 12months will like almost half the amount of stamp duty or import tax you have to pay (but that info is six yrs old so it may have changed)

Post by **aza013** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:19 pm

WTTC mattmWA

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:27 pm

Mate I think you'll also find that having owned the car for more than 12 months you won't have to go through the normal import stuff that is SEVS.

If you own the car for more than 12 months I think you can still import it as a personal import, not as much compliance issues if at all

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... .aspx#5.06

This might help, as for someone in Perth that can compliance it for you I'm not really sure of anyone, maybe check out www.xspeed.com.au and see if you can get onto anyone from there. Best of Luck

Garth