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At SCI Motors (The best car shop in North America) we don't buy any auction cars... it is weird because since all cars are coming from people in Japan, not auction yards, there has only been 1 car that has had any problems (and i would say they were driver related problems, the guy drove the piss out of his car)

So if auctions sell mainly crappy vehicals, then why do people always buy from them and then complain when they get burnt!

This company )SCI Motors... www.scimotors.com I own MO18 and A99 :P) has imported over 200 skylines. Yeah i know that dosn't really sound like alot but In Canada we all drive on the right side of the road....the combination of the RHD cars and right side driving on the roads makes people VERY skeptical of these cars...... I told my mom that i bought a RHD car and she started to cry and my dad FREAKED OUT.

In Canada there are about 400 skylines that are working(another 68 in wrecking yards) , 200 imported through SCI and the other 200 imported from other randoms. Last stat that i read was that there are 42 skylines that have been in canada for 1 year and can't get re-insured because of the emisions. I also thought that it was weird that ALL 42 CARS WERE FROM AUCTION HOUSES and were sold to us(as in Canada) because they faild the shakan(Japanese emision/road worthyness)

After that being said I have a friend that bought a 1990 Nismo GTR from an auction with 52,000kms on it and has not had a problem with it. he is at about 86,000 kms now and that is from 1 year of driving runnig 1.1 bar of boost.

So if a Skyline in a auction yard sells for 400,000 yen and then you have TONNES OF TROUBLE... is it worth it to say ..."Ya, i have drivin a Skyline, mine is in the shop again!"

I would rather spend 1600000 yen and say "Ya, I drive a skyline!! Haven't had a problem with it yet!"

and have years and years of trouble free driving!

Let me know what your thoughts on this...

James!

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At SCI Motors (The best car shop in North America) we don't buy any auction cars... it is weird because since all cars are coming from people in Japan, not auction yards, there has only been 1 car that has had any problems (and i would say they were driver related problems, the guy drove the piss out of his car)

So if auctions sell mainly crappy vehicals, then why do people always buy from them and then complain when they get burnt!

This company )SCI Motors... www.scimotors.com I own MO18 and A99 :() has imported over 200 skylines. Yeah i know that dosn't really sound like alot but In Canada we all drive on the right side of the road....the combination of the RHD cars and right side driving on the roads makes people VERY skeptical of these cars...... I told my mom that i bought a RHD car and she started to cry and my dad FREAKED OUT.

In Canada there are about 400 skylines that are working(another 68 in wrecking yards) , 200 imported through SCI and the other 200 imported from other randoms. Last stat that i read was that there are 42 skylines that have been in canada for 1 year and can't get re-insured because of the emisions. I also thought that it was weird that ALL 42 CARS WERE FROM AUCTION HOUSES and were sold to us(as in Canada) because they faild the shakan(Japanese emision/road worthyness)

After that being said I have a friend that bought a 1990 Nismo GTR from an auction with 52,000kms on it and has not had a problem with it. he is at about 86,000 kms now and that is from 1 year of driving runnig 1.1 bar of boost.

So if a Skyline in a auction yard sells for 400,000 yen and then you have TONNES OF TROUBLE... is it worth it to say ..."Ya, i have drivin a Skyline, mine is in the shop again!"

I would rather spend 1600000 yen and say "Ya, I drive a skyline!! Haven't had a problem with it yet!"

and have years and years of trouble free driving!

Let me know what your thoughts on this...

James!

Where did you get the idea auctions only have crap cars?

Since the auction market is in japan is mainly used by car yards in japan and the existence of a private car sales market is non-existant it would be true to say that the cars people own in japan are the same ones that are in the auctions meaning you are all driving cars that have, at one time or another been through the auctions. 400,000 is the bottom of the price bracket and as everyone in the world is aware cars at the lower price range are not as good as cars at the top, that being said it depends who is at auction on the day as to weather the price is driven far beyond the reserve for a pretty decent car. Car yards are often selling vehicles well bellow there retail prices in japan because thats the way they control there books and keep stock rotating. private individuals in japan dont usually go to auctions so the minor losses or gains even out in the long run. Cheapers cars are picked up cheaper and let go chaeper because they are the ones dropping off in demand. A lack of shacken adds cost to the customer if they purchase the car in japan meaning it sits on the lot longer meaning these are more often in rotation in the lower price range at the auctions making them attractive for export buyers. The car is likely not to have shaken because the owner decided its time to upgrade at the time the shaken is up and use the money towards a deposit on a new car rather than because there is anything actually wrong with it (generally).

Its more likely your importer is taking advantage of a market that doesnt really know what theyre looking at and so buying and sending anything cheap they can get there hands on. Do you not have a mechanic that knows anything about skylines that could assess the car before you buy it? If you did the importer may be out of business by now.

Good luck, and I hope your mother has stopped crying.

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