crikey! hope you guys know how good you've got it - I bought a 1990 build e34 M5 recently here in Australia, nice original car, 240,000 kilometres, generally in very good condition and (like all the Australian M5s) pretty well specced and (of course) RHD
I didn't get it cheaply, but nor did I (I hope!) pay frighteningly over the odds (maybe some Oz members will correct me!), and it cost me the equivalent of around 13,500 pounds
I read these "for sale" threads and just about cry! (eg NickM5 looking for 4,500 pounds for a '91 3.6)
what did these cars sell for in the Uk when new? with australia's horrendous import duties at the time (not so bad now) plus taxes, a '91 M5 I think sold here new for the equivalent (at today's exchange) of around 70,000 pounds
I suppose I can comfort myself with other advantages - I lived in London for a year and still prefer sunny Brisbane...and I can say I am really enjoying the car
(ps "the tyranny of distance" is a term often used here in Australia to refer to the effects of the country's isolation)
I didn't get it cheaply, but nor did I (I hope!) pay frighteningly over the odds (maybe some Oz members will correct me!), and it cost me the equivalent of around 13,500 pounds
I read these "for sale" threads and just about cry! (eg NickM5 looking for 4,500 pounds for a '91 3.6)
what did these cars sell for in the Uk when new? with australia's horrendous import duties at the time (not so bad now) plus taxes, a '91 M5 I think sold here new for the equivalent (at today's exchange) of around 70,000 pounds
I suppose I can comfort myself with other advantages - I lived in London for a year and still prefer sunny Brisbane...and I can say I am really enjoying the car
(ps "the tyranny of distance" is a term often used here in Australia to refer to the effects of the country's isolation)