just wondering. why is it that you can get those massive (dangerous, fuel guzzling, anti-parkable, and expensive) Hummers imported into Oz but you cant get a nice 90's mini imported. This is a joke!!

Well you can, but it costs more to import them (ones after 89). Someone importing a Hummer won't be bothered about import costs.

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cos hummers come from america and we suck americas dick.

basically.

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When spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a hummer, the ten grand compliance isn't an issue...
But if i tell you it's six thousand dollars to compliance your ten to twenty grand mini,
Are you going to pay it to get it registered?

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Steve...djyareckon you could try and explain the high compliance costs and the reasons they use to justify them:?:

Is it because the dopey authorities greedily treat each import individually (just like no one has brought one in before )

Sounds totally bogus to charge that sort of freight once one late model mass produced Mini has been brought in to the country AFAIK

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Ok, for everyone wondering what is going on in import land...
To import a vehicle less than 15 year old you must have a Registered Workshop using the RAWS scheme, which costs about $60,000 to $100,000 to convert your existing workshop. This covers paperwork, inspections, assurance and insurance.
They government want to be able to control the level of work done (and the standards of your work)on these import cars. Also traceability of parts in the case of a fatal accident. They are basically setting the standards so high that only a few workshops around australia will be able to achieve this.
once you have a RAWS workshop you are then able to bring in a test car....
this car must be tested, documented, emmisions tested and inspected to all their demands. Finally the car must be crash tested... yes one of each model must be written off. This all cost about $50,000 per model of car...A MPI mini will have different emmisions test to a SPI therefore becoming two different models($100,000)
So if your wondering why the price for compliance is high, look beyond the purchase price and the actual work on the car that is required and what went into the setting up and costs involved in doing this.costs are approximate and vary workshop to workshop.
Remember I don't make the rules... I'm just abiding by them
Any futher questions???

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Excellent summarising post there Steve.
It will give everyone a clear overview of the system.

A question, yep.
Is it likely that you'd ever become a RAWS Approved workshop?

yes, but I'm not sure that spending that kind of money is worth it, as my only passion is minis the amount of money extra that people would have to pay for compliance is too expensive.
i.e. we would only probably sell 20 of these cars per year. maybe if we looked at different models of cars to import it might be more cost affective.
yes we are researching this option now, and will keep you posted.

what do you think???

is it worth me spending this sort of money.

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Bloody oath it is.
I'll buy a rice burner from you.
With my compo money.
Instead of a Statesman.

One car sold... ninety nine to go.

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Bloody government departments........tying themselves and all of the fair dinkum tryers up in their red tape............over governing everything..............too scared to take a chance on being daring in case someone wants to sue the hell out of 'em..........man, that would be a huge investment in a thing that could take years to pay you back, if, in fact, it ever did.

Yer............governments and their beaurocracy really piss me off - just in case you didn't know.

Hooroo

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Thanks Steve, I still can't believe they are so stupid as to want to crash test on a model by model basis for a car that has basically remained the same structurally since 1959

a bogus waste of resources springs to mind

It sounds like there could be a place in Oz for a single entry point funded by a consortium of interested parties including the likes of Mini spares and accessories shops. This way, the set up cost could be defrayed and the stakeholders could have a means of bringing cars in for on-selling (all pigs fed and ready to fly mate )

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The only problem there is none of the big mini places like sharing...
Or the thought of being left with a smaller portion of the pie.
I myself have invested a lot of time and money into this project, and are very reluctant to give away my findings, As other places feel the same towards me.
I am not against this idea.... but on the downside....
Who would have the RAWS workshop?
Who would control the 100 cars allowed?
Who sets prices?
What boundaries would bet set?

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