easy4life 2 Report post Posted October 27, 2011 HELLO Guys, I am new to here. may need some help from you guys. recently, I had my eyes on a import E46 M3, was originally from UK and now is 62k miles (just over 100k). and seller is asking 37k. Do you guys think its a good buy? or not. and is there a way to check the service record back to UK? Thanks, Any input helps!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMWX5UK 1 Report post Posted October 28, 2011 BMW UK will have the full service history in their systems if it was serviced at a BMW dealer. They should be able too search by VIN or UK Reg plate if you know what it used too be. As for price a low milege (25k miles) last of the shape 2006 E46 in the UK is about GBP£12k or about NZ$24k + GST, if you get a VAT Qual one you can get 20% off the UK price, but must be a VAT Qualifying car. So assuming you get a VAT Q car and allowing 3-4K for shipping, $1k for compliance and first registration Total cost to import would be roughly about $27k for a low mileage example. Compare that too the NZ price is your answer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Golfboy666GTI 68 Report post Posted October 28, 2011 But the thing is now, I think everyone is to late to purchase and import a car for the UK with the new import rules that are about to change in 2012. This isnt all cars, but I would think an E46 M3 wont be able to be imported. I could be wrong though? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
easy4life 2 Report post Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks guys, that's a huge gap I reckon... any one here can able to help me to import one? or able to point me to the right direction? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devinerentals 4 Report post Posted October 31, 2011 Thanks guys, that's a huge gap I reckon... any one here can able to help me to import one? or able to point me to the right direction? I looked at importing a E46 M3 a year or two back. Was a Chch company that quoted me $4000 to ship two cars (two cars is one container load). This seemed to include compliance but don't quote me on that as a never took it up (started renting cars instead devinerentals.com). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMWX5UK 1 Report post Posted October 31, 2011 But the thing is now, I think everyone is to late to purchase and import a car for the UK with the new import rules that are about to change in 2012. This isnt all cars, but I would think an E46 M3 wont be able to be imported. I could be wrong though? What minimum spec, Is it just Euro 4 compliance?. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
