[ciwhamc]

Now my car is sitting at the port of exit. Hopefully going to be on fedora.

BREMERHAVEN 01/06/2014 PORT HUENEME, CA 25/06/2014 FEDORA CD422-FED 24 Wallenius Wilhelmsen

anyone else on here?

[Felix482]

Just imagine living in Australia. Far, far away plus paying double for the car. That should make you feel better.

[///M235i]

Originally Posted by Felix482

Just imagine living in Australia. Far, far away plus paying double for the car. That should make you feel better.

When you convert to US dollars, is it really double the cost? Or near to that? Is it a currency thing or is it a BMW thing? One of my best buddies moved from US to Australia over a dozen years ago. I've always aspired to perhaps one day visit or even for a couple of years move to Australia!

[Felix482]

The conversion rate is nowhere near double its about US$1 to AU$1.08. I think bmw charge more to Australia (along with most other brands who inflate prices here just because they can - not just cars) plus the taxes here are higher, especially on luxury cars. But then again some Asian countries have it even worse than us so cant complain too much!

[five3three]

It's all customs duties. Australia, China and other Asian countries get raped on imports. Nearly 100%, sometimes more. Other countries such as middle east generally about 50% in fees.

It's just a money grab by the governments. It has nothing to do with money conversions.

[ciwhamc]

As I understand and loaded m235i in Australia is over 100k.

[ClayW]

Yup, 220i coming in next week with performance kit, wheels, the lot for 75k...

[ciwhamc]

Originally Posted by ClayW

Yup, 220i coming in next week with performance kit, wheels, the lot for 75k...

How much does a house cost there?

[ClayW]

Depends really where you live, cost of living is ultra high.. Bottle of water cost $3.

[ciwhamc]

I made it on fedora. Now lets hope that I can get my car for the 4th of July weekend!

[dt20011]

Sweet, congrats!

[Felix482]

4 years ago, I bought a 1 bedroom apartment in a mid-high rated suburb which costed $430k with a deposit of about $85k cash. A house in the same area is about $800k up to well over $1-2Millon.

So to purchase my BMW which might be in the near future, it will cost about the same as the deposit on my apartment

Makes me wonder whether I should get an investment property over updating my car.... but... YOLO!

[ciwhamc]

Wow that's expensive. Sounds like prices in the nice areas in California.

[ciwhamc]

My Car shows that it arrives today at my dealer.

[ciwhamc]

I pick it up tomorrow at 3.

[ciwhamc]

I had a friend take some nicer photos but he has not sent them to me yet.