RichM Posted 5March Report Share Posted 5March Hi guys, I am looking to import a 2013 Carrera s 991.1 into Australia and needed some input; 1) What is the manufacturer attitude towards grey imports being serviced at their dealership? I.e. Do they allow grey import vehicles to be serviced at Porsche NSW for example? 2) Has anyone ever sold a grey import Porsche that can share their experience with regards to how the buyers conduct is around concluding a purchase of a grey import? I.e. Is there a viable market for grey import Porsche 911's ? Are people interested in buying the vehicles? *Naturally point 2 has a lot of additional factors influencing the outcome, but assume its a perfect vehicle. Thanks, RichM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-Kay Posted 5March Report Share Posted 5March In summary: Servicing = not a problem Selling = always at a discount (regardless of condition) tomo, RichM and 911 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 6March Report Share Posted 6March 18 hours ago, RichM said: Hi guys, I am looking to import a 2013 Carrera s 991.1 into Australia and needed some input; 1) What is the manufacturer attitude towards grey imports being serviced at their dealership? I.e. Do they allow grey import vehicles to be serviced at Porsche NSW for example? 2) Has anyone ever sold a grey import Porsche that can share their experience with regards to how the buyers conduct is around concluding a purchase of a grey import? I.e. Is there a viable market for grey import Porsche 911's ? Are people interested in buying the vehicles? *Naturally point 2 has a lot of additional factors influencing the outcome, but assume its a perfect vehicle. Thanks, RichM Unless you have lived overseas with the car for more than 12 months, you won't be able to import a 991... rafikdous and RichM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 6March Report Share Posted 6March 30 minutes ago, JLD said: Unless you have lived overseas with the car for more than 12 months, you won't be able to import a 991... Isn't there a list of cars we can import because not enough was sent over, It was discussed some where on PFA some weeks back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOKA Posted 6March Report Share Posted 6March What about all the JDM's that get bought into the country..? Whats the go there v a 6.1GT3 coming in from South Africa.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted 6March Author Report Share Posted 6March Thanks guys. Appreciate the feedback. Seems like its a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smit2100 Posted 6March Report Share Posted 6March 33 minutes ago, WOKA said: What about all the JDM's that get bought into the country..? Whats the go there v a 6.1GT3 coming in frouth Africa.? Just a view, but to answer your question, as a starting point, look at the relationship between the exact year , build month and model that has been imported vs was that exact same version available new in Australia off the showroom floor from dealers back in the day. Also look at the age when imported eg pre 89 or older than 25 years Then tell me which cars are you talking about that were still imported and my answer would then be it is a very very high probability that it was a personnel import. Or its come in pieces in various sea containers and reverse chop shopped with dubious build / compliance plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March Smit is correct, the 991 isn't able to be imported under the SEVS scheme, and not eligible to the 25 year rule.. so the only way to do it, as already mentioned is via personal import i.e. live with the car O.S. for 12 months ... these cars (private import) carry a yellow private plate compliance tag in most states, that is the easiest way to tell which scheme its come in under. kov 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 23 hours ago, tomo said: Isn't there a list of cars we can import because not enough was sent over, It was discussed some where on PFA some weeks back. From memory there are about 3 Porsches that negate the 25 year rule as they were never available to purchase new here. It's a very specific list though, the 991 is definitely not one of them tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleazius Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 959 and 918 were never sold here afaik. What is the 3rd? 914/6? tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 3 minutes ago, sleazius said: 959 and 918 were never sold here afaik. What is the 3rd? 914/6? I think a specific year model 996 Turbo.. I'll see if I can find it tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 4 minutes ago, JLD said: I think a specific year model 996 Turbo.. I'll see if I can find it This this is a provision for Gemballa possibly? RUF generally have their own manufacturer VIN t888 and tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March Here's the list https://rvcs.infrastructure.gov.au/sevs/sevsindex.htm Seems there are only 2 Porsches 2 minutes ago, edgy said: This this is a provision for Gemballa possibly? RUF generally have their own manufacturer VIN Maybe the 911 Turbo was only sold in Australia from October 2000? tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikdous Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 1 hour ago, edgy said: Smit is correct, the 991 isn't able to be imported under the SEVS scheme, and not eligible to the 25 year rule.. so the only way to do it, as already mentioned is via personal import i.e. live with the car O.S. for 12 months ... these cars (private import) carry a yellow private plate compliance tag in most states, that is the easiest way to tell which scheme its come in under. Correct, or it can be imported as a parts car which means it will never be registered as a road car again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted 7March Author Report Share Posted 7March Excellent forum. My concern is the resale price after it enters Australia. She is a beauty. Will cost about $40K to import and drive away fully licensed from the port. The retail price for an onshore with the same spec is A$186K. Apparently, discounted prices are around up to half of the market rate. Surely someone would buy this vehicle grey import for around A$150K? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 8 minutes ago, RichM said: Excellent forum. My concern is the resale price after it enters Australia. She is a beauty. Will cost about $40K to import and drive away fully licensed from the port. The retail price for an onshore with the same spec is A$186K. Apparently, discounted prices are around up to half of the market rate. Surely someone would buy this vehicle grey import for around A$150K? If you’re looking on Carsales, they’re all overvalued, I wouldn’t use that as a yard stick or you’ll be severely disappointed. There’s a guy with one not yet sold one (with 100,000km on it admittedly) for $146k on Facebook…. Only bring it back if you love it and want to keep it “forever” would be my thinking tbh. kov 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kov Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 16 minutes ago, RichM said: Excellent forum. My concern is the resale price after it enters Australia. She is a beauty. Will cost about $40K to import and drive away fully licensed from the port. The retail price for an onshore with the same spec is A$186K. Apparently, discounted prices are around up to half of the market rate. Surely someone would buy this vehicle grey import for around A$150K? An AUS delivered 991 with decent mileage actually sold for less than 150k, as others have mentioned everything on CS is overvalued so don’t use that as the yardstick. I’m on the lookout for a 997.2/991 or 981S (within my budget) and only vehicles that become sensibly priced actually sell. You have lived overseas for 12 months and owned it for 12 months? Which country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted 7March Author Report Share Posted 7March 11 minutes ago, kov said: An AUS delivered 991 with decent mileage actually sold for less than 150k, as others have mentioned everything on CS is overvalued so don’t use that as the yardstick. I’m on the lookout for a 997.2/991 or 981S (within my budget) and only vehicles that become sensibly priced actually sell. You have lived overseas for 12 months and owned it for 12 months? Which country? South Africa. Isn't the 2015 model a turbo 3.0L? The Carrera S is in fact my current vehicle, 41000km - last of the N/A range... But handy to know that the CS prices are well over priced... 25 minutes ago, JWM said: If you’re looking on Carsales, they’re all overvalued, I wouldn’t use that as a yard stick or you’ll be severely disappointed. There’s a guy with one not yet sold one (with 100,000km on it admittedly) for $146k on Facebook…. Only bring it back if you love it and want to keep it “forever” would be my thinking tbh. Yes - it has to be a forever car... You are right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 42 minutes ago, RichM said: Surely someone would buy this vehicle grey import for around A$150K? As others have said, in this market nope... you are talking local delivery $$$ there, I recently picked up a 991.1 C2S for my dad via a mutual forum friend... so the numbers being quoted here are not bump steering you. RichM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted 7March Author Report Share Posted 7March 6 minutes ago, edgy said: As others have said, in this market nope... you are talking local delivery $$$ there, I recently picked up a 991.1 C2S for my dad via a mutual forum friend... so the numbers being quoted here are not bump steering you. Hi Edgy, if you don't mind me asking - what is the price you picked her up for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kov Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March 18 minutes ago, RichM said: South Africa. Isn't the 2015 model a turbo 3.0L? The Carrera S is in fact my current vehicle, 41000km - last of the N/A range... But handy to know that the CS prices are well over priced... Yes - it has to be a forever car... You are right! That particular vehicle was a N/A. Yours being an S with low kms will be a premium. if it’s a forever car, you bring it over and advertise it and see if you get a buyer! RichM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepand Posted 8March Report Share Posted 8March Hold up, do you own this car overseas and have lived there for over 12 months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichM Posted 8March Author Report Share Posted 8March 11 hours ago, Sepand said: Hold up, do you own this car overseas and have lived there for over 12 months? Yes sir - we enter Australia again middle April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepand Posted 8March Report Share Posted 8March Realistically it’s probably worth around 120-130k here so do your numbers around that figure t888 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikdous Posted 12March Report Share Posted 12March Check the asbestos BS too. Quarantine has zero asbestos tolerance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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