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Firstly, I'd like to say hello to everyone here in SAU. The Stagea AR-X thread got my attention.

Some of you think that it might be weird for someone that doesn't have a Skyline to register in a Skyline community (To be honest, I'm still on my L plates!), but after lurking around for 2+ years, this looks like the best & interesting Aussie pararallel import forums that I've seen to (Same thing with gtrcanada, but that's not Aussie :sick:.).

I've been staying down under, in WA since 2003 (Thanks to my parents pushing me to skip Form 3 in Malaysia at the time & start year 9 Aussie education here.), and was surprised that the common parallel imports down under here are of the high performance variety such as Nissan Skylines & Silvias, considering that you guys have this SEVS restriction thingie (Which I heard came into effect at the start of the millenium.).

PS: I'm sorry if there's a newbie welcoming thread somehere around in here, but I searched.

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Thanks guys!

toyota fan hey - hope that changes soon :)

welcome dude

good to see another WA dude

haha, my main liking would be Toyotas, but I like other manufacturers too! :)

This might make things a little difficult when I can afford to get my own car though... :sick::P

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Thanks guys!

haha, my main liking would be Toyotas, but I like other manufacturers too! ;)

This might make things a little difficult when I can afford to get my own car though... :D:no:

Hey most people here like other makes too.They just don't want to admit it on SAU.

Easy decision? Get a Skyline. Skylines rock. Coz I said so.

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Hey most people here like other makes too.They just don't want to admit it on SAU.

Easy decision? Get a Skyline. Skylines rock. Coz I said so.

That's true, but Mazaratis can be so expensive... as can the M3.

Much better value to buy a Skyline.

To be honest, if you were looking for an import in WA the choices are likely to be Skyline or Soarer... I guess maybe Supra, but I had a sh!tty Celica (RA60) and it put me off Toyotas.

Who can go past the originaly V8 muncher?

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