RHD Z06

[phrich]

www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=22858

FYI guys

[vetteheadracer]

:Pombeaters said:

That said, in Australia, this Corvette doesn't come cheap. In the US it sells for $75,000 but here it costs $240,000 once the Federal Government gets its share of import duty, luxury car tax and GST. Also included in the price is the cost of the conversion (a three-week exercise) and the cost of getting the car to meet local compliance regulations.

$240,000 AU = £100,000 and then you would have to ship it to the UK and pay 10% Duty and 17.5% VAT so about £130,000 and you would get to the docks and find the steering wheel is on the wrong side

[sayerbloke]

:Article said:

Volvo-driving doctor from South Australia, Zac Baran, 43, was the first person in Australia to own a Z06. He took delivery of his red Corvette in late December and has barely driven it, with just 500 kilometres under its tyres in a month. That's partly because, in addition to his Volvo daily driver, he has five other Corvettes from which to choose.

One per generation, perhaps? Unlikely, but still; Good man!

[phrich]

vetteheadracer said:

:Pombeaters said:

That said, in Australia, this Corvette doesn't come cheap. In the US it sells for $75,000 but here it costs $240,000 once the Federal Government gets its share of import duty, luxury car tax and GST. Also included in the price is the cost of the conversion (a three-week exercise) and the cost of getting the car to meet local compliance regulations.

$240,000 AU = £100,000 and then you would have to ship it to the UK and pay 10% Duty and 17.5% VAT so about £130,000 and you would get to the docks and find the steering wheel is on the wrong side

If you were planning on paying 10% Duty and 17.5% VAT then you wouldn't pay it in Aus. If you export something which is still new from Aus, you get the Duty and tax back. But it would still be expensive compared to the LHD that are coming in.
The problem in Aus is most states wont let you register a LHD. Fortunately in the Northern Territory where they have unrestricted speeds on some roads you can register a LHD, just make sure it has good air/con.

[anonymous-user]

Northern Territory - the population of Basingstoke in an area the size of France!
No cars, no roads, no people. (OK, there's one road)
But one of the last places on the planet without speed limits. However, it's not necessarily your ideal holiday destination.

Temperatures well over 110F confirm this area as the natural home of many Aboriginals (25% of the population), Rolf Harris (he's actually from further West), Mad Max (nope, further South) and the Toyota Land Cruiser (yes). Since Rolf's original recording of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport he's deleted the politically incorrect verse,
"Let me Abos go loose, Bruce, Let me Abos go loose. They're of no further use, Bruce, So let me Abos go loose."
In a further twist of PC the Northern Territory was considered as a possible site for the establishment of a Jewish Homeland, understandably considered the "Unpromised Land". However, in 1944 the Prime Minister of Australia announced the government would not accept the proposal. As we know it all worked out nicely in the end and everyone's lived happily ever after in the Middle East.

Back on topic a decent RHD Vette conversion would IMO be a great step forward. Can't help thinking it would be a lot easier to convert a C6 auto than Z06 to avoid moving clutch and shifter mechanisms. Maybe it's time for the Ian Goss RHD conversion workshop.

[ringram]

Actually Northern Territory speed limits have been introduced in the last few months, no more unlimited speeds there!

www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20692044-2702,00.html

[te51cle]

Limiting factors on speed in NT is distance between petrol stations and the depth of water on the roads during the rainy season... Oh, and whether they have any tarmac on them or are just unmade boneshaking rattle-you-car-to-bits-in-50-miles washboard.