I spent the best part of a day cleaning the RR. By cleaning I mean proper cleaning as it's being shipped to New Zealand and to pass Biosecurity it needs to be spotless. No mud, no dirt, no hairs, no bits of plants. They are terrified of seeds ar insects getting in and upsetting the ecosystem which is fair enough but makes for a fair bit of work.

Anyway, I got the car looking like this. It's up in offroad height as I spent an hour or so crawling around underneath with a pressure washer, brush and cloth.

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Are you moving to NZ or just the car ? I ask because we are moving to Perth WA in about 18 months and are probably going to take are cars as well , it some howe seems easier than selling and then buying again and I like to hear your thoughts on the process . Different countries I know but their must be similarities . 2008 MY Supercharged
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Looking very nice, well until the birds decorated! Prep'd mine for winter a couple of weeks ago, they're a big car and you know it's not a 5 min job.

Are you immigrating or returning home to NZ? Best of luck rather way and a good time to be there. 2006 Supercharged
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I'm already in Auckland on a permanent emigration. Just got a bit fed up with the UK and fancied a change.

The process for getting a car out of the UK is very easy - it's getting it into NZ or Australia that is difficult. I chose to do it as the number of FFRR for sale out here is low so the choice is small and the price very high.

Be careful what model year you have as at the moment Euro3 is the minimum requirement for imports into NZ but from December it will be Euro4 so mine just makes it in time. I think that Australia is a bit stricter so may already be on Euro4. God knows why as you should see the state of some of the cars on the road out here.

The import process is a bit of a headache as you need to prove ownership for more than a year to avoid import duty then it has the biosecurity checks then a very invasive mechanical inspection where they pull it apart to check for accident damage, rust etc. Then you need to add the cost of first time registration, shipping and insurance.

Fortunately I have a mate who does a lot of work in the shipping industry so I got freight at cost and I work for a company that does vehicle import and inspections so get a reduced rate there too. If it wasn't for those savings then it would have been a close call as to whether I bothered to do it although I still think I would due to the lack of choice on the used market here.

I forgot to mention, if you are planning on taking a "normal" car as well (family hatchback/saloon etc) then definitely don't bother as there are enough cheap Fords, Holdens and Japanese imports knocking around that it just isn't worth it.

The other thing is if it's a diesel that you have then don't bother. No one drives diesels as they cost more to run, no one knows how to fix them and petrol is really cheap. Buying a big petrol V8 in the UK is cheap as no one wants them but they are preferred out here. Diesels are expensive in the UK as everyone wants them but here no one does so they are cheap.

Petrol about £1.05 a litre now. Not really cheap but I'm sure it's much less in Oz.

Good luck with the move guys. Paul

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