Originally posted by Shermatt
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send me an email mate. I will quickly break it all down for ya mate
transport through the US ranges from $550-$1100 depending where you buy it from.
La to sydney and melbourne is now $1500ish USD
you have GST to pay along with your customs agents fees, import approval and unloading fees. Quarantine can also throw on a few extra bucks if the car is dirty in any way shape or form
You will need to allow $20 bucks ozzie for some hand wipes coz as soon as your sitting in your car you may be very exited and need to give it a quick detail to clean up the mess :w....its all worth it mate
Good luck
Matt how many cars are in the box for a US$1500 shipment from LA to Sydney?
In 2007 I road shipped 2 containers from Sacramento to Oakland (San Francisco), then by boat to Sydney & cost me US$5K each plus another AU$3800 when landed in Sydney. So at the time that amounted to 10K Aussie each box all up.
The latest price I have for a box (40' Hi Cube) from Sacramento to Sydney is US$5000 & that is packing it myself at our warehouse. Sydney charges along with Australian agents, Customs & AQIS will be extra upon arrival. Don't forget the cleaning of the cars upon arrival.
I had noted the sheet that you had on the windshield of Lees Q code 69 stating that you had cleaned the car. Well at that yard the car was filthy again because it was outside & I will bet that AQUIS will have it cleaned again. Our cars were detailed before they went in the containers (they were never outside) & AQUIS had them done again.
Trucking the box from Oakland to Sac & back is US$1K on top of that. For multi stacking cars in containers is expensive as they have to build the racks & then AQUIS wants it all burnt upon arrival (which they charge us)
So I think that anyone expecting to get a car to Sydney for US$1500 would be in for bad news once it arrived.