WARNING: 15 year rule changes

[meggala]

nice isnt it they msut of cut their staff

[Guest]

No staff cuts down at DOTRS they have put more people on to cope with the demand of import approvals.

[meggala]

fark thats crazy

so the 15 year cars are popular or is it al lthe additional paper work required for the new scheme

[Guest Timberland]

waiting for ur skyline in what ever month it was made 15 years onwards isnt too bad

[Guest]

It is because so many people are doing the 15 year cars that more help was required.

I know of some importers with over 100 cars sitting in Japan waiting for January.

[meggala]

know of some importers with over 100 cars sitting in Japan waiting for January.

ROFL

and yes I believe you

[JimX]

What was the big deal about 1989 anyway? I know when it was when the R32 GTR came out, but surely it must be more than that?

[phill]

Previous years there was no huge demand as there were no real popular cars available.

R32's and 300zx TT - both popular cars made in 89 which can be purchased rather cheap.

[predator]

R32s (both GTR, GTS-T and GTS4), 300zx, more S13 silvias, 180sx first came out with the CA18DET... few popular cars actually appeared that year.

Come 2005, if the rule remains the same that is, 1990 models will be even more popular. While a lot of the cars above came out in 89, they didn't really hit full production en'mass until about 1990.

Much larger range of 1990 vehicles to choose from (of all types) it seems from the various auction lists I have looked at.

[meggala]

also the celsiors aka lexus 400's came out in 89 and the the new shape mr2 plenty of cars were released then

cheers

[Mr-s413bt]

Hey Guys.

Ok i know first hand whats happening with the 15yr rules. I have been on the phone for almost an hour, trying to work out how they intend on implementing this rule.

Now it is NOT a change in the rule just a change in the way its interpreted. It has always been a 15yr rule, not a 14yr and 11 months rule.

Now basically they want the importer to prove what year(easy) and now the month also(hard)

Now they have said either dereg papers from japan, Proof from the manufacturer or a date and corresponding VIN list.

Now i don't know anyone who can supply me with the list of numbers i need.

But basically its to stop the potential flood of 89 models in jan 2004.

Being an importer sure is fun atm, with raws now this what mroe can they throw at us????

Glenn

somertoncarimporters.com

[meggala]

funny stuff isnt it enough to drive you nuts .

they are probably finding it hard to get all the month data form the manufacturers. I know it took alot of work to get even the 15 1988 cut off for nissan cefiro's

nothappy jan

[Mr-s413bt]

Hey.

Yeah i am losin hair over it now!!! lol

I usually specialize in Mazda Rx7's but i want to start bringing in skyline GTR's next year(i want one) but looks like i might still have a fair wait yet!!!!

Glenn

[BB GoDZilLa]

Did someone mention 2005.

If the 15 year rule isn't abolished by then we might see some cheap NSX's coming in.

Wouldn't mind one of them in the driveway

[DoNNo]

if it changes i will cry

[Guest]

Finding the VIN numbers will be the key to 15 year imports a friend who is a buyier in Japan for some of the big players has nearly finished his collection of VIN numbers on all cars upto 20 years old that come into this country.

I have been sent a link to a car in free storage over in Japan and the only thing in short supply is bricks.

I would ask for info on my car if I had one sitting in Japan.

http://www.adultmovies.bz/~mandy/Celsior/C...Celsior%202.jpg

[C-Red]

I just cant believe that people are whinging about this. If you had've asked any importer - and I'm not talking about someone who is only interested in extracting a service fee from you - about whether the 1989 stuff would be allowed in and you would have been told that there was no way in hell the government would let them come in. I havent bought a single '89 car to store because I knew it would happen.

Its the old adage - if something appears too good to be true then it is - 16k GT-Rs fall into that bracket...

Jash

[meggala]

love the celsior

[2Much]

That Celsior is seen as stock # 846 on the Prestige site. Listed as "Sold" on 13/5/03.....the wheels *were* nice!!! heheheh

Wonder how many other cars are missing bits and pieces....

[zanda]

you mean this car?

http://www.prestigemotorsport.com.au/au/st...asp?StockID=846

could someone post those pics on the forum or copy them to a different link? Id really be interested to see them, but I can only dload them from work.