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Thread: Looking for info: Moving to Shanghai with personal goods & car
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[quote=AL32,246554]Hi, about a year ago, I did some research on the cost and even the possibility to bring a car into China. I will tell you right away: forget about it; it's not worth it and might not even be accepted (or legal do so). Cars are on a Chinese list of forbidden import goods. Ok, there might be a way (and this is a really big MIGHT); if you're ready to give someone at the gouvernement money (bribe?!- and good luck finding that one person) and IF this a done, the normal rate is I believe in the order of 60% of the current value of you car. I read about this about a year ago so I might be off a little bit in my numbers, but here's an example anyway: Your car brand new was 30,000$ (pounds or RMB...whatever value) now after 3 years has gone down in the books to 20,000$ that means that the Chinese gouvernement will ask you fees in the order of 12,000$ to allow you to import it. And that is after the "gift" to your contact at the gouvernement, after your shipping fees which by boat can be in the order of 3,000-4,000$ (from NY let's say) and your insurances. So you're roughly looking at paying the current value of you car to bring it over.... If your car as a really low value, let's say 4,000$, why would anyone think of paying the same price to ship it? Once there, a used car will need repairs and the parts will most likely not be available anywhere except if you order them from oversea and get them FedEx'd to you...you can count at least, one week b4 getting the parts, ordering (phone calls) and shipping charges and once over in China, who tells you that the shop will have the knowledge to install them; maybe electronics parts/sensors nowasays in cars... Ask around, but I believe also remembering of someone telling me that Chinese-made brand new cars can be bought for as little of RMB 20,000 (~3,000$) and up. And something like a small Honda car wouls cost you about the same as in Europe or America.... Oh, and if you car worth so much to you sentimentally, what do you think it's gonna look like after spending 2 weeks in a container with humid sea water vapor, sand all over, all its metal parts oxidized and maybe a few dents on the side pannels from the guys driving your car onto the boat? Do you trust that guys and his hability to drive your car without doing burnouts and handbreak moves on the deck??? Anyway, long answer which I hope or think should convince you...it did convinced me anyway at the time... Cars stink anyway; use a bicycle!!!! Me saying that!! - I can't believe it ! ...I love cars....but I like bikes too!! But I won't be missing the speeding tickets, insurances, licensing fees, traffic jams, ..... .... starting next month.... Again, i hope this helps Good luck! / AL [/quote]
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