noob from the usa...possibly moving

figured why not say hello, new here and wanted to look at some australia honda forums to see how things are in that area, i'm from the middle of nowhere USA and possibly moving down next year and looking for some info on importing a car into the country. But what regulations do you have with importing a lhd civic? is it possible and what should i look out for, i'm thinking of wollongong, but havnt heard to much about the place yet and looking for more info on the best places to live.

here are a few pics of my car...and would it be worth importing?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/100_0751.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...k/100_0761.jpg

yeah...it says south dakota lmao

btw, it has a b16a

nice car, but i duno nothing about importing, but i'll say just come down n settle down and then u can pick one of theses coupes up when u are financially set etc... wollongong is good for fishing and has a big temple LOL

well, i hear melbourn is a pretty good place, but i love touge(place near by where i am) what would you guys reccomend? btw here are some more pics and all the parts are authentic other than the wheels lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ondernight.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...c/100_0558.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...c/100_0552.jpg

well theres lots of ek coupes in australia. but only the facelifted model comes with b16a. so if you were to buy another one its probably more costly than in the US. i think facelifted b16a coupe is at least 15k plus. so i think it would be worth importing your car. i guess its LHD so it would be different too? haha.

looks sweet ;) id go for it don't really know much about the importing side of things bu prob just gottathink wots ur future with ur car? are u gonna have any trouble selling it being LHD u prob shouldn't its somethign unique about it gl with everyhing ;)

-Jase

u could get a RHD conversion? haha

Welcome to the forums mate :)

welcome.

anywhere along the East coast is good. Brisbane is abit more laid back than syd and melb imo...

In regards to importing your car i reckon just sell it and come here and buy another coupe and slap in a k series. much easier and less hassles.

dont bother importing the car to Australia, you will need to get it RHD converted and complianced which will cost a pretty penny. I think you should sell your car and look for another one once you settle into Australia. I assume you're moving here by yourself (theres no mention of family) depending on what you do for a living will pretty much determine where you should live (obviously you'd want to live close to work) I'm not sure how deed your pockets are but the general sydney area is pretty expensive in terms of real estate, even rental prices have increased due to lack of available properties. Wollongong is a big hole, not much to do there really (unless you like fishing and big temples LOL) Sydney is a pretty fast paced area, people can be somewhat rude (especially on the roads) and as mentioned its not a cheap place to live

if you have any further questions feel free to ask, because im sure one of the boys on here would be able to answer any questions you may have
cheers

well i would be moving with one of my friends and we were both debating on moving over and in a year possibly have the cars shipped(he has a s14 240(200sx) that is modded also.

thanks for the help though and even being on this board justifies moving over there lol

how is newcastle, my buddy is big into the drifting scene and it seems there are alot of them up in that area. we'll see as the year goes on though i guess

if your into racing goto qld. they love racing up there...

not much of racing is done in sydney except bunch of ppl goto kks and pump up loud music or do happy laps.

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well i would be moving with one of my friends and we were both debating on moving over and in a year possibly have the cars shipped(he has a s14 240(200sx) that is modded also.

thanks for the help though and even being on this board justifies moving over there lol

how is newcastle, my buddy is big into the drifting scene and it seems there are alot of them up in that area. we'll see as the year goes on though i guess

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Im not sure what mods you and your mate have,but when it comes to compliancing Australia is really strict on saftey and emmissions. As mentioned before, the conversion to RHD, compliancing and engineer certificate will be a big hit to your wallet. You should be able to get a decent price for your car if u sold it there and u can easily pick up another one here and obviously you'd have to work on it to get it up to your expectations. Queensland car scene is bigger then New South Wales, and the police here are nazis when it comes to street racing, burnouts and other hoon behaviour (think fine and impounding)