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screamer Newbie

screamer

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hey

this guy posted somewhere that its possible to get a car from japan if uve lived there for a year...

im a first year student... and is it possible to go on a one year exchange... buy the gtr right at the

beginning.. and after a year get it back... i reckon ull save a lot of money that ways... maybe be able to get the gtr with only 70+10 AUD... i just needed to know if thats possible... or if ur only allowed that on a work visa... also... where could i get the details... i really want this one... and i cant wait till 09... and cant pay 120... any help would be nice...

thanks

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Beer Baron Grand Master

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you are dreaming if you reckon you can pick up a GTR for $70KAUD. They are around $80K, don't forget 5% sales tax, registration costs etc. then you also need parking, more money. Then you need to export it. hope you have good english and good japanese too. Don't forget you need to pay for the freight. Then you have 10% duty, 10% GST and luxury car tax on top. That's about $20K just in taxes... also unless you ordered this car about 3 weeks ago your delivery wont be until mid 2008 which means the earliest you would be able to export it will be mid 2009 by which time nissan may be selling them here.

Ronin 09 Grand Master

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Hi i am 17 and i'm going to live in Japan for a year off my grand parents hard earned money. Don't worry, I'm second generation so I will squander all the family wealth. I do digress though, I didn't finish school so don't really have a very good education, even though I went to the finest private school in the country. See the problem is that I have short attention span. Sorry.

Anyway, I'm going to spend upward of 50K in Japan living for a year doing nothing (school was hard so I need to have break before I take over the family business) so I'm rewarding myself by taking a year 'off'. I though this would be a good time to get a 'cheap' new GTR and then bring it back into Australia? Can anyone help, or should I get my dad to do it for me?

bubba Grand Master

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</sarcasm>

I do believe you also need to prove where the car was housed for a full 12 months, and if I'm not wrong, parking space in Japan is almost non existant except for a huge price. I certainly wouldn't be parking a brand new GTR on the street a few blocks from my house..

ricsvtr Rising Star

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Hi i am 17 and i'm going to live in Japan for a year off my grand parents hard earned money. Don't worry, I'm second generation so I will squander all the family wealth. I do digress though, I didn't finish school so don't really have a very good education, even though I went to the finest private school in the country. See the problem is that I have short attention span. Sorry.

Anyway, I'm going to spend upward of 50K in Japan living for a year doing nothing (school was hard so I need to have break before I take over the family business) so I'm rewarding myself by taking a year 'off'. I though this would be a good time to get a 'cheap' new GTR and then bring it back into Australia? Can anyone help, or should I get my dad to do it for me?

:laughing-smiley-014:

funkymonkey Grand Master

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lol ease up fellas, a mate of mine studied in the Netherlands for a year so he could bring back a Koenig tuned mercedes because there's no way you could get one in australia... so I can see where screamer's comin from.

That said. If you can't afford $120K when it comes out here, then give up now instead of wasting time and money. The car will cost you $80,000 plus on road costs to buy (and japanese dealers have this brilliant knack of adding on shitloads onto the sale price of cars as onroad costs... even more than dealers here). Then there's parking and also the cost of living in japan, which is a lot higher than australia. Once you've lived outyour year there, then you have to pay for shipping, import duty, GST and luxury car tax... which as teh baron pointed out will be about $20K mark.

All up you're looking at paying about $120K before the car even gets to australian soil... and you'll lose your warranty etc. all in all, definitely not a wise investment.

screamer Newbie

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hey guys...

exams are on...so the delay...

well heres the link...

http://www.dotars.gov.au/roads/safety/bull.../importing.aspx

um... and ronin... go get a life man... im not taking the money from anyone... its all by me... i actually slog and save... with some help from the banks of course... i either go to the us or japan mid 08 or 09... ya itll be abt 120 but that ways ill have the evospec... and the evospec is not coming to oz from what ive heard... and its limited edition... and vspec prob wont come too i think... and the base will cost 120+... according to others 180... so ya... i think making ur warranty void but saving urself 80k is nice... and im not wasting a year there... ill actually be studying there ron...

PS: akeenan, im doing commerce.

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