Where is the spare parts dept in Hongkong for Italian motors? My sister in law will be HK over the next few days and I need a few parts for my 308. We still do not have any real support here in China. Thanks.
I think your best bet would be Ferrari UK. You can try contacting them through e-mail. [email protected] I got parts from him within a few days if he has them in stock. The price is fair and when I factor the time it takes to get to me (usually 3 days after the confirmation of order), I am happy with the service.
I agree with Pong. Never purchase parts over here in HK. I paid $ 8,500.00 for the bloody front and rear brake pads including labour which is definitely sky-high price. Just order through one of the sponsors in F-chat.
Thanks for the ++ comments guys. Michael, we have about 50 tons of 308 stuff here, both remanufactured and NOS Genuine stuff transferred from the Factory. Let me know what you need or register w/ www.owners.ferrari.com Cheers.
Thanks for the info guys, I have bought a lot of stuff from Ferrari UK but only while I am in England, The problem in China is duty on the parts when they arrive its very expencive. I was just going to get my sister in law to pick up a few bushes and a pair of silent blocks she could slip into her hanbag. I remember having a sender unit shipped to me, the part cost 3 Pounds shipping 43.5 pounds and 3 pounds duty in Shanghai back in 1998
ahhhhhhhhhh...i'll try to make a few calls and get more info of shops for you...there are quite a few tuning shops and garages that specializes in exotics..HK is not very big, i'm sure a lot other of our fellow f-chatters can help us out
Michael: How did you import your Ferrari into China? I thought you can only import new ones, and even then with great difficulty? Regards, cwwhk
Hi CWWHK Difficult is an understatement. It is not just the duty and the hassle to get it in, but cars at 15 years old are supposed to be scrapped, so registering the car is also a major problem. My car could not be registered in Shanghai so I had to use some Guanxi in another city to get special registration for the car it all took months, most of the time the car was stuck in the port costing money. I would not recommend the process unless you like pain. If you want to bring a car in I can write a basic procedure for you, but if you have had any dealings in China you will know it changes from person to person and office to office. I believe the duty has just been reduced this week but I am not sure, also you cannot sell the car for six years. The golden rule do not listen to the freight forwarder these guys will just cost money, when my car arrived they wanted me to give customs 75000 US$ bond, I negotiated myself and paid 42000 RMB (5000US$) quite a difference. And if I had let them get the car in it would have taken about 8 months and cost the earth. I did the procedure myself (my wife is Chinese so with her explaining and me shouting when my leg was kicked we got it in. Regards Michael Collins
Michael: I'll be back in Shanghai on January 3 (STAY OUT OF MY PORT UNTIL THEN!!!). I have an address you can have stuff shipped to in HK and we can carry it up if needed. Not sure how that changes the duties. Cheers mate.
Michael: Thanks for the tip. I am a glutton for punishment, so PM me with the procedure if you have time. I have a LHD 360 Spider in Tokyo, and will most likely get a 430 Spider when it comes out. I'm thinking about shipping the 360 to China when that time comes, since it appears I'll be doing more of my racing at Shanghai instead of Zhuhai for the next few years. I thought it was not possible to import used cars into China, but obviously I'm wrong. Whether it makes financial sense remains to be seen, but I'd like to explore the possibility. Must say you are one brave soul for trying and then succeeding. Regards, cwwhk
