sdistc Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Hi everyone.. As threatened on various forums, I have finally made the move to working in the UK (Greater London, to be precise). HOWEVER, this has meant that my beloved SDISTC has had to remain back in Australia. Basically, I was hoping someone would be able to steer me in the right directions for importing my own vehicle to the UK in the near future - what should I expect vis a vis MOT requirements, importing costs etc? CLIFFS: 1) Heavily modified 1998 RZ VVTi, currently Australian registered 2) It's still in Aus, while I have moved here to work (2+ years) 3) Want car here. Thanks guys. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Get some pics up mate Depending on the kit on it you may get no help - haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Try Jurgen on here (trader section). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 (edited) Try Jurgen on here (trader section). Jurgen is an importer, should be able to give you the pointers in the right direction. Interesting though, as don't Aussie's drive on the left hand side as we do, and they speak English, an oz car over hear would be perfect. No jap laungage on anything!! But, in all my years on here, i haven't heard of one single Oz supra in the uk... Wonder if they did Facelift Manual Aero TT's Edited May 29, 2009 by Matt H (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Here are a few pictures of the vehicle in question: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Always easier to import a car without a bonnet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 That looks lovely mate, Not many single VVTI's over hear. Stock sills, spats and Active spoiler painted and that's a minter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Always easier to import a car without a bonnet!! I would think that was photoshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Try Jurgen on here (trader section). Jurgen is an importer, should be able to give you the pointers in the right direction. Interesting though, as don't Aussie's drive on the left hand side as we do, and they speak English, an oz car over hear would be perfect. No jap laungage on anything!! But, in all my years on here, i haven't heard of one single Oz supra in the uk... Wonder if they did Facelift Manual Aero TT's Thanks guys. I will have a chat with Jurgen. And no, (sorry Matt H) even we didn't get factory Manual Aeros - but there are about 5 transplanted 6 speed Aeros that I can think of (and most are single turbo, too ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 I would think that was photoshop? No, we did actually take the bonnet off for that part of the photoshoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 No, we did actually take the bonnet off for that part of the photoshoot You actually did it the hard way around!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 You actually did it the hard way around!! Yeah, but hard to get the best lighting / photo angles with the bonnet on :/ And the photographers are my friends, and operating for free, so I did whatever they wanted to get the best shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Nice looking car mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson4347 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Shes a minter!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_si Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 get it over to the main continent, fly there and drive it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Stunning............................simply stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Shane_ Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 thats fairly mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkei Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Beautiful car!! I want to move to Australia or New Zealand in the near future, good to know Supras are a plenty over there Can't understabd why you'd WANT to move here though? To London especally!! What spec are Oz Supras? Jap, UK or US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 Looks great Andrew. Fingers crossed you can import it over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Thanks for the compliments, everyone. As I said, this is a longer term consideration - but I get paid *MUCH* better here, my girlfriend lives in Finland, and I like to travel... so it seems a reasonable consideration to make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 great looking car would love to see it in the flesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdistc Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 Looks great Andrew. Fingers crossed you can import it over here Yeah, thanks Kev. Hopefully I'll get a chance to check out your work of art in the meantime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2JG Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 That looks stunning Hope you can get it imported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev.O Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Yeah, thanks Kev. Hopefully I'll get a chance to check out your work of art in the meantime We'll have to make sure we go to a show at the same time this year Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Wow. Your car will just have to pass an MOT AFAIK, details here: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Mot/index.htm A few people even know people in the UK who do 'friendly' MOTs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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