How Long Did Your Quarantine Clearance Take? I've Been Stuck There For >1week

[tp1gts2]

well, my car is now wearing a compliance plate!

Now its just got to get from Brisbane to Melbourne with TOLL, cant imagine it would take more than a week or two to get to melb?, then I've got to try and get it over to Tasmania

Was thinking of putting trade plates on to get it over on the spirit of Tasmania, but i think it might be easyer to get toll to bring it over

it turned out something with the paperwork was filled out wrong, but it took the government people a month to get back to them and tell them to fix the problem that takes 2 seconds to fix.

just a little update anyway, importing can be stressful, but i imagine the reward at the end might be worth it

[32vspecII]

I recently bought over a R33, and i did the customs broking myself.

for the quarantine process it's always better to find out who the inspector was and get in touch with the particular inspector.

for me, car landed on a Monday, it was ready to be picked up on the Friday. (this was because the inspector that initially inspected the car is likely to have the final inspection for clearance)

i had to arrange a tow truck to pick up the car.

Apparently they are going hard on people using trade plates to move cars around.

anyone can shed some light on this? (i used to use trade plates)

in wa

Dealer plates are used for the following purposes:

* To test a vehicle following a repair

* To deliver a vehicle to or from a manufacturer, dealer, repairer or agent

* Driving a vehicle from a dealer's premises to that of a potential purchaser for the purpose of a test drive

* A trial by a potential purchaser of a vehicle or their employee for a period not exceeding 24 hours

* Delivery of a vehicle to a purchaser following a sale

* Attendance of a vehicle at a licensing or examination centre for the purpose of an examination or licensing of that vehicle

* Driving a vehicle for a purpose that Licensing Services at their discretion may approve in a particular case.

[Beer Baron]

yeah apparently now in sydney they will not allow you to collect a car from the docks with a trade plate (which is the way I've always done it). BUT in NSW you are supposed to be able to drive a car to a workshop for the purposes of obtaining, or making the car ready for registration. so technically you should be able to drive a car from the docks to a workshop unregistered with or without the trade plate.

but as always I wouldn't be relying on an internet forum for legal/regulatory advice. contact the registering authority in your state and ask them. no point getting caught and telling the officer: "But the Beer Baron told me I could!!"

[some_cs_student]

I'm up to approximately six weeks or a little more now, the car has apparently been cleared by customs at an inflated valuation, it was valuated twice and they came up with more $$$ then it was bought for in Japan.

No idea why all the cars had to be red-lined but I'll be happy when I eventually get to compliance

Another valuation is an option but if it is lower customs may or may not accept it so I just want my car out, its still a good price overall...

Regards,

Gareth