Relapser

1jay to put it in perspective...

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/...=210&silo=1011

austrlaian carsales, "27 thousand km"

(wound back odometer)

oh did i mention that car looks like grimace's *******?

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/...=210&silo=1011

^^nice car, but 1991 early model... prone to total failure, also add that that's 13K but 230 thousand km nearly...

=)

but you DO raise a very good point...

TheKevin

iTrader: (6)

Wow, that is hella clean like it just rolled off the showroom floor. It's perfection. def worth it but that's if you dont drive it as much either. i know i wouldnt.

OneJay

iTrader: (14)

I feel like that first one could have been nicely done if the person had better taste haha.

But those two are still pretty damn expensive. If most of the other decent ones in australia are close to these prices, I say get that clean black one!

fliptrix

iTrader: (5)

damn thats clean! i love it!! i would probably leave it as is and would barely drive it... its perfect hah!

Relapser

that's another issue i'm having - i would be too scared to drive it!!!

Vadim540i

What's that red thing below the glove box? I saw it on many japanese cars.

meangreen1

iTrader: (13)

I want that steering wheel

Relapser

Vadim540i

that's a flare, basically, you break down in the middle of nowhere in rural japan somewhere,

you remove the red flare from the clasps, unscrew the cap... the cap has a rough surface on it, you strike the inside of the flare using the cap like a big fat matchstick...


and it provides 20 minutes worth of pink smoke... day pink smoke... night time is pink light with the pink shining thru the smoke

signalling to other drivers that's you're stranded...

the japanese have their ways of doing things... such as hazard lights also,

hazard lights can say the following things to other users of the road

such as

a parked car with them being left on

"I know i'm parked illegally outside a shop, however don't fine me, as I will be back in a minute, i've only gone in to get something!"

or

"i'm pulled over by the side of the road, but no need for alarm, i'm doing this because i'm meeting someone here and this makes it easier for them to find me"

or...

while driving

you can flash the hazard on a couple times... to say to other drivers

"sorry i changed lanes right in front of you, i didn't mean to cut you off! i just didn't see you driving there"

or

"thankyou for letting me into your lane, i should have changed lanes earlier on but didn't have a chance, so thankyou!"

but driving along with them constantly on a wangan / freeway means either

when speeding...

MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I'M IN A HURRY

or

when not speeding...
i'm in no hurry, please feel free to overtake

but it can also mean

"there's a hazard ahead" ie - dog crossing road / drunk walking street / road works that might not be visible etc


regarding this car however

another bind i'm in... is insurance... i'd be very hard pressed to find an insurance company willing to insure my car for it's true financial worth!

czar07

as soon as you import it to Aus the price will fall down quite a bit, because you paid almost 5k in all the fees and stuff, you wont ever be able to recoup that money, but its worth it. if i ever found a late model v8 in japan i would import it.

Banikid

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I heard its a flare.

Relapser

"it'll drop down in value quite a bit"

that's the things with SEVS import scheme...


It's a Specialist and Enthusiast Vehicle Scheme.

it's not put there for so that every 19 year old who works on the mines for a few weeks can import a bashed up silvia

it's not put there for the person that wants to save some money on getting a brand new car

it's there for enthusiasts and collectors! so... yeah it's probably a more expensive way of attaining a soarer... but... 15 grand, to drive one of japans most forward and technologically advanced cars of the 1990's.... in showroom condition... for the price i'm paying for it...

it's not that bad... let's say in 3/4 years time it depreciates 6 grand... that's nothing compared to a commodore's depreciation schedule!

and especially not when i had to pay ~40K upfront!

you don't buy a car as an investment

oh and, as for the late model V8...

there are none, they were discontinued in 97! (in japan, americans not inclusive!)

phamln

That thing is beyond clean. The headlights make me so jealous

Hil

iTrader: (61)

GEEZ that thing is ridiculously clean

InhumaneSC

iTrader: (1)

Why can't we import cars to U.S lol that car is soooo clean..I'm jealous.

Relapser

why do you guys always say you want to import into the USA


why is the japanese soarer better than the SC300?