matt850 wrote:
Friend of mine brought a M3 in from Honkers. Had to own it up there for 12 mnths prior to importing it to avoid some duty. He visits HK regularly with work and we have a friend who lives in HK and that is how he managed to get around that. The M3 is now registered in our friends name here in Aus, he is an expat, and he will eventually transfer title across and I suspect that will also cost.
After all the toing and froing it cost around $6k to get it here so far and it is still not in his name.
I guess to have a 96' M3 with extremely low kms and in A1 condition for around $25k - $26k is still worth it.
And I get to drive it quite a lot and MAN does it go.
You mean the M3 is still in HK now and the name is under him in there? ic...how come you get a chance to drive it? have you visit HK?
Yea, since HK is a very small place and the public transport is very sound, they normally don't drive it up to high Kms. Also the parking spots are very hard to find there.
Maybe I should try to look for some good cars over there when I go back. Do you know where he make contacts with to ask about all these costs and procedure for exporting it? RTA?
By the way, I am a Honkie too (that's how they call themselves - you can misread and say Monkie, haha) as well as an aussie. Does your friend speak fluent Cantonese now?
cheers,
Ben
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