TVR Tuscan to Perth?
Discussion
Having hacked my way thru the red tape (& an excellent post from "7805") for personal imports, I think I've got my head around all the charges I'm likely to incur.
Big question remaining is - servicing in Perth/WA. I found a coupla places that will do Tiv servicing but wonder if this is the easier V8s, rather than the newbies. Bumped into a Chim owner in Freo in March who mentioned a classic car place there that he uses. Also someone told me of a Perth Nissan dealer who's a Tiv enthusiast & has UK contatcs to get parts & do services.
Anyone know where the 1 or 2 Tuscans already out there get their work done ?
BATS
Big question remaining is - servicing in Perth/WA. I found a coupla places that will do Tiv servicing but wonder if this is the easier V8s, rather than the newbies. Bumped into a Chim owner in Freo in March who mentioned a classic car place there that he uses. Also someone told me of a Perth Nissan dealer who's a Tiv enthusiast & has UK contatcs to get parts & do services.
Anyone know where the 1 or 2 Tuscans already out there get their work done ?
BATS
There's a Tuscan in Perth already. Search for Richard Hewes on the members list. My Tuscan is based in Canberra and I'd found a local garage that had done a great job for me to get my car pass compliance so I'll used them to do the service. They have loads of experience doing the tappets on other cars, they should have no problems balancing the throttle as well. Everything else should be no different to a normal car service. Make sure that you have a copy of the servicing schedule with you and tell whoever is doing the service to do what's needed.
The main thing is to make sure you have a copy of the ECU software and connection cable that works with your car before shipping it over.
The main thing is to make sure you have a copy of the ECU software and connection cable that works with your car before shipping it over.
There is no legal requirement to have KPH speedo as there are still loads of cars in oz that only have MPH speedo. However, it would be worth while to have a KPH speedo fitted to give you a chance against the speeding police here, at least you'll know how much above you're over the limit when they pull you over.
Depending on the State you are registering you car, I'm not sure what's required for WA. For me in the ACT, I had to raise the ride height of the car to 10cm with the car fully loaded with passingers, I had to get custom made sleeves fitted to the suspension. I had to reduce the noise level to 80db at 3000 revs so I had to replace the rear cans with 2 normal mufflers. Apart from that, they just did a MOT on the car. All up it cost me about $550 to get all the work done for compliance. If I had the car registered in NSW, there's a very good chance that I won't need to have anything done at all.
My advice is to do nothing in the UK, get the car tested here for compliance then fix anything that needs doing if any. You can drive the car here while its going through compliance tests with a tempory registration so that you can drive it to garages for repairs etc.
Depending on the State you are registering you car, I'm not sure what's required for WA. For me in the ACT, I had to raise the ride height of the car to 10cm with the car fully loaded with passingers, I had to get custom made sleeves fitted to the suspension. I had to reduce the noise level to 80db at 3000 revs so I had to replace the rear cans with 2 normal mufflers. Apart from that, they just did a MOT on the car. All up it cost me about $550 to get all the work done for compliance. If I had the car registered in NSW, there's a very good chance that I won't need to have anything done at all.
My advice is to do nothing in the UK, get the car tested here for compliance then fix anything that needs doing if any. You can drive the car here while its going through compliance tests with a tempory registration so that you can drive it to garages for repairs etc.
Hi,
Richard Hewes runs the Nissan dealership in Wangara so I believe the grunt work is done there but that he also uses Ed Farrer for anything more involved as previously mentioned.
There could be a requirement for the speedo to be altered, I think the law is along the lines that the KPH reading needs to be the most prominent. If you can display KPH without MPH that should be ok but I had to alter the speedo on the 450 I imported even though it had KPH on the dial, as the MPH numbers were bigger !
Company called AISAT can probably sort if it is needed but as said before best to just run it over the pits once here and see if they fail it on anything. It will depend on what way the wind is blowing rather than whatever the rules say.
The latest car I put through the pits failed on a number plate light out - they didn't pick up on no immobiliser or that the fuel filler would accept the larger nozzles - which they have previously and are supposed to !
I did used to liaise with a few other owners to arrange a few runs out and meetings but haven't had time lately and to be honest most owners are not that interested in meeting others - there are a few exceptions though with Richard being one of them.
Richard Hewes runs the Nissan dealership in Wangara so I believe the grunt work is done there but that he also uses Ed Farrer for anything more involved as previously mentioned.
There could be a requirement for the speedo to be altered, I think the law is along the lines that the KPH reading needs to be the most prominent. If you can display KPH without MPH that should be ok but I had to alter the speedo on the 450 I imported even though it had KPH on the dial, as the MPH numbers were bigger !
Company called AISAT can probably sort if it is needed but as said before best to just run it over the pits once here and see if they fail it on anything. It will depend on what way the wind is blowing rather than whatever the rules say.
The latest car I put through the pits failed on a number plate light out - they didn't pick up on no immobiliser or that the fuel filler would accept the larger nozzles - which they have previously and are supposed to !
I did used to liaise with a few other owners to arrange a few runs out and meetings but haven't had time lately and to be honest most owners are not that interested in meeting others - there are a few exceptions though with Richard being one of them.
I bumped into a Chimaera driver back in March when I was in Freo. He mentioned the Nissan dealer/TVR enthusiast, but I'm buggered if I could remember his name afterwards.
I have been in contact with Ed re what to do pre import and what spares to pack. He'll be more convenient for me as he's in N Freo.
Tuscans have a digital readout in KPH only, but it's small and, with my failing eyesight, unreadable ! The main radial dial is MPH only and I'm looking at getting that replaced here, if it's not too expensive. That way I can have the digital display set to RPM instead.
cheers for the info.
I have been in contact with Ed re what to do pre import and what spares to pack. He'll be more convenient for me as he's in N Freo.
Tuscans have a digital readout in KPH only, but it's small and, with my failing eyesight, unreadable ! The main radial dial is MPH only and I'm looking at getting that replaced here, if it's not too expensive. That way I can have the digital display set to RPM instead.
cheers for the info.
Check out any info you can find on personal imports both on PH and the Oz Govt website. Also www.britishexpats.com If you are moving to Oz under a PR visa and have owned the car abroad for over 12 months, you should qualify for a personal import. You have to prove 12 months ownership and can only bring in 1 car in any 12 month period.
It'll cost about £1,750 to ship + insurance. you then pay 10% customs duty, 10% VAT (GST), and a whole load of other charges including quarantine and dock & customs fees and a valuation fee. A £20,000 Tuscan will probably cost about £10,000 to import in total. I'm shipping in about 2 weeks, hopefully. It should be there by Xmas.
It'll cost about £1,750 to ship + insurance. you then pay 10% customs duty, 10% VAT (GST), and a whole load of other charges including quarantine and dock & customs fees and a valuation fee. A £20,000 Tuscan will probably cost about £10,000 to import in total. I'm shipping in about 2 weeks, hopefully. It should be there by Xmas.
For something special like a TVR I believe there is only really 1 choice of insurer... www.shannons.com.au
As mine is 7 years old and worth about £15k (A$33k ?) in the UK market, I could possibly get a reasonable figure. As long as its not much over A$1800 its worth me considering bringing it over - depending on getting a job ! I'm paying £600 at present which I reckon is OK.
Edited by Bob the Planner on Wednesday 24th September 18:43
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