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Hi all,

my wife and i have fallen in love with the stagea and are interested in buying one quite soon,

but could you guys help out with some questions i have ?

Insurance who are you with and what are the costs ?

what are the procedures for buying from interstate as most of them are in QLD. ( i am in VIC MELB).

do you know of any people or dealers / yards that have some for sale in VIC ?

thanks heaps people

regards

roger

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If you want to see more stageas and talk to people first hand, come see us all at the meeting next sunday.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=98976

Thats probably the best thing to do really. We can all tell about buying them etc, and one guy only just bought his so great to talk to.

Hi all,

my wife and i have fallen in love with the stagea and are interested in buying one quite soon,

but could you guys help out with some questions i have ?

Insurance who are you with and what are the costs ?

what are the procedures for buying from interstate as most of them are in QLD. ( i am in VIC MELB).

do you know of any people or dealers / yards that have some for sale in VIC ?

thanks heaps people

regards

roger

I've just been thru it all (except i'm already in QLD)

Insurance is about $1k from Just Cars and Famous. If your over 25 you may get it cheaper from shannons, but theres not that many insurance compnies who cover imports. There is a thread on here somewhere about stagea/skyline insurance so thatsanother good place to look.

To get a car from interstate, you'd best talk to the dealer(if you go thru one & I'd Highly recommend motovation imports, prices were a bit higher, but quality of the cars were amazing) cause they ship cars interstate daily. When i was buying mine, they were getting another one in & ready to ship for a fellow who lived down in Melbourne. You can get the car inspected for you by a 3rd party(someone living up here or NRMA/RACQ) or you could come up to our lovely state for a bit of a holiday, & search for a car while your here & drive it back down, either way it's probably going to cost you the same if you take into account all the freight fees etc.

yeah i just picked up my stagea and with all mods listed, ecu, boost control, suspension, stero, guages, turbo timer, body kit and so on i got 1k with rating 1 protection from Just Cars. But don't know what things are like with insurance in VIC. Go to www.justcarinsurance.com.au and get an online quote.

gday there, if you want to come to adelaide i have one for sale. it is advertised on carsales.com.au i am asking 18k with 3" exhuast and hybrid intercooler.

let me know,

doug

0403018501

pics and details please if possible.

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