Hi all

Feedback is welcomed on this one. My Superb 1.9tdi tiptronic is an 06 car on a 55 plate. i have owned it for 18 months, trouble free and 40,000 miles late I find myself in a dilemma.

Going to Australia in 5 months and the plunging pound coupled with expensive (prohibitively so) euro second hand cars is making me consider the previously unthinkable. ship the superb out with the rest of the household kit in another big crate! Having paid 5000 pounds for it in top elegance spec and with leather/sat nav - I have been on to a winner

Forget all of the Aust compliance/tax stuff - I will (and am) look into that side of things. I just wondered if anyone knows if there is trouble ahead - eg gearbox/mechanicals. Any advice welcome. As I have said thus far there have been no probs and I would do the belts etc before leaving.

The car was bought as a stop gap when my wife suddently went all eco and bailed out on a Volvo XC90 we had planned to buy. The Superb was there, we needed a car and had all of 1 day to find one --- and I love it!

So there we have it - reasons to take it/not to take it - all views thankfully considered.

Cheers

Phil

Engine and gearbox are fine ...the thing to look out for is the dreaded water in the passenger footwell that knocks out a load of lights

[thanks a lot - yes, that seems to be the common one - i feel left out that mine has not experienced this, touch wood. it is belting down outside so you never know!!!

I know you've said you'll look into the tax side of it but do it sooner rather than later as it may make the decision for you.

I was in Australia in 2005 and was deliberating about staying permanently and shipping out cars etc until I researched the car tax situation.

Look at this link : http://www.aaa.asn.au/touring/bringing.htm#carnet

The shipping was reasonable priced but when you calculate the cost of the carnet it makes it very expensive. The Australian government are trying to discourage the import of cars for profit.

[thanks a lot - yes, that seems to be the common one - i feel left out that mine has not experienced this, touch wood. it is belting down outside so you never know!!!

As stated by Octygone, worth having a read here as this may be a problem in the future:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/152490-water-ingress-problemsolved/

I am just about to clock 170k now on my Superb and have had little to complain about, I can honestly say if you keep it 'lubed' serviced at regular intervals then you should have pretty much trouble free motoring............

I assume you will able to source potential replacement parts for the Superb out in Oz?

Hi

I'm pretty sure that this forum has had posts in the past from a Superb owner in Oz - seem to remember some photos being posted too, of one that was for sale with a bodykit - so you wouldn't be totally alone...