davichui

thanks mate. It seems that selling in Oz can give me the extra for shipping the car into Oz, but now I know this idea is not feasible. I am checking with a company here for shipping the car and getting a Carnet. What about insurance in Australia? In HK we pay 3rd party insurance in annual term, how is the arrangement in Oz? will they charge me crazy price because i am not a citizen?

i love my skyline so much so i dun wanna sell it to anybody.... and i am sure my life in Oz will have a lot more fun if the car is with me i will look into the "bring in bring back" option more and contact some shipping companies here. How much I need to pay for an insurance in Oz? I have no claim discount in HK, can it be used there? What else for the government I need to pay? Perhaps I can live a bit away from Pyrmont if the living +parking expenses are lower, how is the traffic situation in pyrmont? Will it be congested like hell? I can see I need a carnet before moving it into Oz, should I change the car owner name into myself? Moving a car to other country seems challenging but would be interesting if I did it

the cost of shipping the cars twice(to and from Oz) is much too high to be affordable by me What about if I have a friend who is a citizen in Oz, he/she makes the arrangement as an citizen buys a used car from HK, then he/she is the leagl owner of the car in Oz before the car is sold when I leave Oz? Will that be possible?

Thanks all for the information. It seems that it is not easy for a non-citizen to get a car in Oz without sending it out when leaving Oz. I am not the legal owner of the skyline in Hong Kong, so the way that limit ownership for at least 12 months cannot work for me. Are there any agent or garage who can handle things like that? Just as an Australian who wants to buy a second hand GTR from Japan, will that be possible? I have one more points regarding the mods in my car, which has a 'direct middle pipe' and a quite noisy muffler. Will it be an obstacle for import check as well? For the air filter and steering wheel, I can get original installed in HK before sending to Oz. Thank you.

Hi there, I am a Chinese in Hong Kong and own an ECR33 here. I got a working holiday visa to Australia and my employer lets me to work in the sydney office starting from Feb. next year. I am considering to ship my ECR33 into Sydney and continue to have fun with it during my stay in Sydney. I will spend only half year there and I probably will sell the car before I leave Australia in August. But I got some questions on my idea: - I guess the Australia government will check importing cars. My car is not heavily mods but having: EVC, mushroom air filter, engine oil cooler, front intercooler, hks coilovers, 1.5way LSD, 17 inch rims with old tyres(i drift here so it is always old tyres ), oil prep/temp water temp and turbo meters, drifting style steering with airbag removed. Will that be okay for Australian government check? - Is parking expensive in sydney? I probably will live in pyrmont region in sydney, but the car doesn't need to park close to where i live because i don't expect to use it often. - What is the price of selling a year 97 ECR33 in Sydney? The price in HK is about AUD 4.5K. Thanks in advance for any advice, I look forward to meet skyline buddies in australia if my idea can be happened.