johnmalia

Thanks Glenn, Will give you a call early January.

Checked with BMW both in UK and NZ and its a worldwide warranty valid any BMW dealer for two years. Have this in writing from both BMW UK and BMW NZ.

One other thing. BMW have a 2 year INTERNATIONAL warranty. The car is covered up to its second birthday here in NZ.

Hi Glenn. Car not here till End December plus clearance. Give me your phone number and will give you a call nearer the time it that suits. Tks

There is a very good selection to choose from in the UK. You can buy a very well specced BMW Approved 530d M Sport, (Nav, Bluetooth, leather, 19" Alloys, Sport Auto with paddles, Visibility package etc etc) late 2008 from a BMW dealer for around 27000 pounds sterling. Add on 2200 Pounds for shipping and insurance. This is the value for GST. In this case, value for GST is NZ$64000! Add GST of NZ$8000 plus handling charges and Certification with a years ticket of around NZ$3000. Total of NZ$75000 for a September 2008 car. If its Diesel, you need a letter from BMW NZ to say emmission complies with EURO4 which will cost another NZ$500, Plus Sat Nav DVD, say around 6 to 800 dollars. All up say NZ$76500. Importing is straight forward, and its the strength of the NZ dollar which makes this a fair buy. My particular car had NZ$18000 worth of extras. Manual gearbox will be around NZ$3000 to $5000 cheaper. Importing is straight forward if you follow the right steps. Hope this helps.

Hi Folks, New to the forum so this may have been discussed many times. Importing from the UK a September 2008 E60 530d M Sport end December 09. Its fitted with media pack including SatNav Pro with a UK DVD installed. Can anyone advise how to go about getting this system compatible with NZ Nav?? Approximate costs? Any answers welcome. Thanks. John