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I'm currently prepping an 80 series for an Aussie couple who are doing the same thing, leaving next August and then heading East to Aus.
They bought a UK 80 series and then will import it into Aus.
From memory the 80s are cheaper here than in Aus, it certainly wouldn't be worth getting one in Aus and then importing it.
Having said that, a lot of the best kit for prepping the vehicle comes from Aus, but even so I think that it will still be cheaper to buy one prepped here or prep it yourself than to import a prepped one from Aus.
I won't even try to enter into the LR v's LC discussion - LC's always win 
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I won't even try to enter into the LR v's LC discussion - LC's always win |
In a two horse race yes, but there are lots of other fine steeds out there to look at 
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Hi,
I'm one half of the Aussie couple that Julian was talking about. We bought a 1993 Land Cruiser 80 here in London for £3000, and then we are spending around the £4000 mark to fit it out... so about £7000 all up. If you look on autotrader.com.au you'll see standard 1993 LC 80 selling for around AU$9000-$13000. If you sell on the upper and of that scale, as the vehicle will be better than standard, you should be able to get about £5000 back. Not too bad I think considering we'll be travelling through lots of countries and we'll just treat that £2000 loss as the "airfares" we would have spent if we flew from London to Perth.
As for the import side, if you own the car for more 12 months before it hits Australia then you don't pay import duty. You will get fees and all that stuff but it should be much less than the full duty of actually importing.
When are you doing the trip? And what route?
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I don't think you'd need a carnet for an OZ vehicle in the UK/europe.
Cheapest is to buy it in the UK/Euope and drive it to India and ship from there (or Bangaldesh (sp?) ?) to OZ. [Only one shipment] (you'll need a carnet for Iran, Paki and India)
As part of your permant residency I think you are allowed to import a vehicle .. but check that out first .. then you'll need an import permit ... yes lots of paper work . but it only takes time.
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And if you do buy a LC 80 (or any other kind of LC) and you do end up driving it across Asia, bear in mind that Pakistan is absolute Landcruiser HEAVEN. Any work you need doing on the LC - get it done there. If interested, PM me and I can give you the contacts of the people who I used in Islamapindi.
Also - and I admit I don't know the current situation on this - it may pay you to investigate getting an ADAC (German) carnet.
Mark
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