Guest manual Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Just a quick Question for those in England / around that area. Was the Subaru Forrester released locally for you lot?? Reason I ask, my old man is possibly moving from Australia to England for work, and my parents would like to take their Subaru Forrester with them, as its a good reliable car, and all the rest. So before they rushed into it I said "I know - I will ask all the legends on the European Supra Forums about importing cars to the Europe" Firstly - is this car available local, so any mechanic will know what it is, and parts will be able to be sourced locally, otherwise if its not released local, parts will need to be imported and servicing will be more expensive and blah blah blah?? Secondly - I know in australia you can import a vehicle if you have privately owned it for 12 months in a different country and you are pretty much exempt from compliancing, just need it to pass licencing. Whats the G-O in England?? What sort of processes are required for them to bring their car with them from Australia to Europe?? Also, it means if they move I will have to come and visit them, and possibly try and meet some of you guys whilst I am over there oh - and to begin with they will be living in Bristol, before moving to London (this means nothing to me - but it will do to those of you more local) Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Honestly, I dont think that it would be very cost-effective... Have a look at http://www.msn.co.uk/cars at the prices of Foresters over here VS what they could sell it for there plus all the costs of getting here and on the road. They are good cars, I drove the 160?170? KW version... (use KW in South Africa, not BHP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manual Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 What about if the company is paying for the freight over to the UK?? as part of "relocation" costs?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Still depends on what they could get for the car there VS buying one here. I am not sure on the Australian market, but cars depreciate in value very quickly here. Might be worthwhile trying to get the company to front the cash to buy the car here. Is it KMs in Australia, not miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Sell it in Aus, and jusr buy a new one here. Far less hasle if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Sell it in Aus, and just buy a new one here. Far less hasle if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manual Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Will pass on my recomendations - cheers. and yeah - Aus is km/h not MPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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