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i just wanted to know why skylines are so cheap in New Zealand compared to Australia. i went on skylines downunder thinking it was Australian site and was surprised when i saw 96 skylines 4 $8000 and r32s for like $3000 N/A of course, a 98 r34 4 door for $7000 and a r33 gst-t 4 door for like $4500, they might be all autos but there still very cheap i thought. so if anyone can answer this question it would be greatly appreciated

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Konrad Grand Master

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They have no domestic car industry to protect unlike here in aus so the NZ govt dont need to slap massive import taxes and tarriffs etc on their imports, hence there is a big grey import industry over there and i dont think they need to go through the whole compliancing thing like over here either.

Price goes with demand, NZ has imports everywhere (as they are easy and cheap to bring into the country) thats why the prices are lower there aswell :(

Being a kiwi i'm really considering buying a car over there, registering it for 12 months and bringing it over as a private import, but i think by the time you get it on the road you're better off going straight from japan anyway.

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so what would be involved in getting a car from there over here? same as getting one from japan? is compliance the same, or easier? we're on the same continent at least, and arent laws etc pretty similar between here and there?

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from what I hear, its not worth the trouble, unless you can find a ridiculously good deal, and I do mean RIDICULOUS.

Dad's friend bought a 94 Camry back god knows when for $4000 when the market price was 12000, drove it for a few years and brought it here. Ended up still costing quite a bit and he said it was not worth all that trouble

inark Grand Master

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but its like playing russian roulette on public roads sometimes..

Like you have to imagine there's 3 lanes all the time.. Anyone who's driven there for an extended period will know what I'm talking about

lol u obviously havent driven in Melbourne have you :sweat:

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from what I hear, its not worth the trouble, unless you can find a ridiculously good deal, and I do mean RIDICULOUS.

Dad's friend bought a 94 Camry back god knows when for $4000 when the market price was 12000, drove it for a few years and brought it here. Ended up still costing quite a bit and he said it was not worth all that trouble

well there are R34 GTRs ive seen for sale in NZ for 35k NZD. Not to mention a lot of hot cars like STi Foresters, Autech Stageas (for about 35kNZD) and the rest.

i was thinking of buying an STi Forester and registering it in mums name over there for 12 months an get her to bring it over for her. Definately wont be many of them here in Oz

Konrad Grand Master

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Like I was saying they are cheaper to buy but by the time you bring them over its not worth it.

Since most of my family are back in unn zed i guess i could do it really cheap, and looked into it, and i have an uncle with a massive shed i could keep the car in for a year or so, but it would still be a couple of grand for shipping etc.. then you still have to register it. Dont imagine it'd be cheaper than going thru a broker for cars straight from japan at the end of the day.

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I looked at doing this when I moved back here, I had 3 motorbikes and after enquiring about it, the only way I could to it, without paying Huge import duties was break them into parts, they valued them on aussie prices and taxed on that no matter how much I paid for them.

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