Matty 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2007 This is both a tentative For Sale ad, and a request for selling tips... The wife and I are returning to Australia at the start of March next year. Based on what info I've had to hand, it will cost more than it's worth to ship the car over with us. Not having much experience in the NZ car market, any tips on privately selling such a car? I get the feeling it may be hard next to the flood of similar imports. And trying to sell near to a particular date (without giving the car away) might be hard. For those interested, some specs: ~77000km, purchased Feb 2007 (Jap import). recently serviced by BM Workshop, Trevor reckoned it was in excellent condition. Silver, colour coded bumpers, rear lip spoiler Xenons, foglights, clear indicators all round. 5-speed auto (they all are...) 17" 7-spoke wheels cloth seats, 3-position memory usual 330i spec stuff.... no mods wife drove it daily only about 10-15km typically. some photos: http://mattkingsphotos.blogspot.com/2007/09/bmw-330i.html Thoughts on a good price would be welcome. cheers, matt (021 588 949) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cainchapman 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2007 Check with BMW NZ and see if there are any differences in the exhaust and safety systems between Australia and NZ for this model. The only real problem with importing a grey import into Australia is the ADR regulations. I can't imagine there being significant differences. Then talk to a car importer about the costs to have it complied. It may cost a bit, but your car is also worth a lot more over there. The 540LE is selling for $10-15k more in Australia than I'd ever hope to get for it here. Finally, nice car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1039 Report post Posted December 3, 2007 This is how mine started out life as! except you have euro clears and xenons lights .. very nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matty 0 Report post Posted December 4, 2007 I've already looked into it a bit: The same car back in Aus would cost about $10K more. Personal import to Aus: $50 application fee. (Car valuation: ~AUD $25000) 10% customs duty $2500 Shipping ~$3000 (+) 10% GST on the total of the above: $3050 Then licencing, compliancing, roadworthy... So add around another 10K in costs, and at the end of the day it would be harder to insure and harder to sell than an Aus-new car... and still have the Jappa radio etc... still, on the flipside it may be hard to sell for a reasonable price exactly when we want. Any methods like auctions or dealer trade-in that wouldn't rip us off too much? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
