Hi All
I will be taking our two cars to Auckland from Milton Keynes - a BMW and a Mini. Before you ask yes it is worth taking it to NZ as they are both relatively newish cars.
Reading through the advice on Land Transport website, it makes it clear that the vehicles imported in NZ must have a Statement of Compliance that includes an approved frontal impact standard for New Zealand from an approved representative. Fortunately, both cars comply with the regulations.
On contacting the approved representative - a BMW dealer in Auckland for this letter, I received a reply back as follows:
"We can produce statements of compliance for both your cars and fax / send as directed below. The compliance certificate normally takes 5 days to produce from the time payment is received. The fee for producing a compliance certificate is $506.25 (inc. gst) per car. If you would like to advise me of your credit card details, we can charge againsts this and start the process immediately."
I was horrified at the cost of $506.25 per car - thats almost £220 per car for a piece of paper (almost a cost of servicing a car!!!) ...... sounds more like a rip off to me .
Anyway, I've written an email back asking for justification in charging an extortionate amount and will let you know once I have a reply.
In the meantime, has anybody had any experience on taking the cars to NZ and how or what they did to meet the Statement of Compliance and Frontal Impact? I remember reading on this forum about a similar thing but cant seem to locate it now.
Any help would be appreciated.
Incidentally, for those of you interested, the website which gives an indepth details on importing motor vehicles from Europe is as follows:
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/publications...13-europe.html
Kind regards
Ish