Just bought my first Rex

[MattR]

This shipping job is a nightmare..... i have had a shogun sat at nagoya for a while now...i bought the car a while bacK!!!...althou i have been told i can get it to newcastle from nagoya next week...so if ya quick mate perhaps you mithgt catch that 1???

Matt....

[babz_audio]

what shipping company is that with???

[petemillis]

Liverpool.....worse than Southampton which is why they have the old bill floating around at auction times. The auctions there handle far more cash than Southampton where they limit the amount of cash you can pay for a car. Too many dodgy people in Liverpool and too many armed raids!

[Freddy]

Originally posted by petemillis
Liverpool.....worse than Southampton which is why they have the old bill floating around at auction times. The auctions there handle far more cash than Southampton where they limit the amount of cash you can pay for a car. Too many dodgy people in Liverpool and too many armed raids!

It would seem then that the car yards at Southampton too should be guarded by the old bill. As Southampton probably handles more cars than any other ports and the amount of damage to cars by anyone able to enter the yards is beyond belief.

[petemillis]

I\'ve spoken to the old bill about this several times. It seems that the main problem is that the police are not aware of anything major as people don\'t report theft of parts to them. There\'s no point in people moaning that their CD changer has been nicked, or their wheels have been nicked if they don\'t make a report to the police. A fuss needs to be made and it seems the only place a fuss is made is on the forums which is pretty typical.
Everything is assessed on risks and costs. If the old bill are only aware of £1000 of stuff going missing each month then they are not going to supply any police presence as there\'s clearly only a petty crime problem and no major gang operation. If however they are under the impression that £10000 of stuff is going each which then they would be more interested. It\'s like with the Liverpool auctions. If they get subjected to an armed raid then hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash is going to go walkies which is obviously pretty major compared to a £1000 set of 10 year old wheels! I mentioned to the police that there had been talk down there of vehicles being primed as they are coming off the boats. It\'s only if they have enough reports that they can build up a pattern of who is around at the time stuff is going walkies.
The worst times are after the auctions when the theiving gits have had a chance to have a nose around. The best thing to do is to make sure vehicles are customs cleared before they come off the boat and collect within 24 hours of the boat arriving. The Yuwa compound is pretty safe though and I\'ve had motors sitting in there for quite a while and not worried about them.

[petemillis]

Babz_Audio, is your contact well known to you and trustworthy?

[babz_audio]

petermillis ... what port are you referring to when you say that you have cars sitting in the compunds for a while?

my contact is very trustworthy, he was just following my instructions really, as i told him that i do not want the car going to southampton port, even though he did say it would be a faster process, i was thinking the most i would wait would be 3 months...

[spagram]

its all very good worrying about the security in the uk but do you know how secure the storage is in Japan as it has sat there for a couple of months?

[Freddy]

Storage in Japan is utmost secure. My car was there for 10 months as I had no need for it arrive in the UK. The car was fully intact when it got here.

Make one wonder thou on the overall security in Japan. Most cars, if not all come with no alarm systems and most come with no locking wheel nuts on alloys either.

[petemillis]

Babz, I\'ve had then sitting at Southampton for a fair time with no problems. The only reason I asked about your contact in Japan is that he seems to have taken an excessively long time securing shipping space. Wonder if it might be worth getting someone else to finish the job.

[babz_audio]

the car is actually sat at his home, he had it fully resprayed while waiting for the ship to liverpool, the past 2 months the ship has only come to southampton...it will probably be better gettin it later so that the roads are in better condition but i just want it sat in my garage :p

will give me time to get a power fc and get a heater in the garage, wouldnt want it getting a cold ...

how can you speed up the customs clearance process? last time i had to wait for them to inform me of the car coming over and then after that i transfered the money which took 4 days so the car was sat there for over a week as HMC were taken the piss clearing it...

some of you have mentioned pricking the car up the day after delivery

all of this advice and information is really appreciated, i am sure i will be able to thank you all at some meets once the car comes voer

[petemillis]

Customs clearance - all you need to do is appoint someone like Anglo Overseas, fax them copies of the bill of lading, sales invoice, freight invoice, and dereg and they\'ll then calculate the duty and VAT and immediately pay it by electronic transfer to HMCE. All you need to do is send them a cheque for the duty and VAT and for their clearance fee. They\'ll contact the shipping agent to confirm duty and VAT paid, so the shipping agent can then give you a release document. All this can be done while the car is still on the boat.

[spagram]

it arrives on wednesday (26th) i cant wait!

[babz_audio]

bet u r well excited...mine arrives feb 20th

[spagram]

finally picked it up today, awesome! Its so nice to drive & looks so cool, i cant wait to get it registered and go for a proper drive!