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Hi,

Wondering if anyone can help me.

Looking at getting a series3 r33 gtr imported from japan with say 25,000k as a budget to work with landed and complied.

I have been recommended Mark Hocking from mytrading so currently we are on the hunt for a midnight purple series3 gtr.

i am unsure myself whether this budget is do-able as i have not seen the auctions but wanting to know how much should i look at spending up-to for just the FOB so that everything else fits into budget. Would say 15-16k for fob still fit the budget?

Any information from past experiences would be great or anyone that watches the auctions to see what they sell for so that i know my budget is do-able.

also can anyone recommend a workshop in vic who has plates that would be best for the compliance process.

thanks

-evilGTR

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NISMO Grand Master

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When i bought my 32, I was initially looking for a series3 R33 GTR (less than a year ago) Back then when the yen was much weaker to the dollar i found that the S3's were still commanding a very high price. Well decent one's anyway. I found a genuine unmolested model with books and decent k's was much closer to 30k landed and complied.

There where a few that popped up with over 100k's on the clock and no books that would be all up around the $25k mark.

In saying that i have no idea what they're worth now and if they've come down with the whole financial crisis thing going on.

Brandon Veteran

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Subscribe to autosquare to get yourself an email listing for some of the auctions thats going on in Japan. They will give you a call to confirm your registration and if you're legit too (make sure you answer). Its free. Last time I saw they're still above 1mil yen. Depending on your expectation for grade, condition, mileage and variant, the price can vary by a few Ks.

If you're using Mark, you'll be alright. I've never imported any car myself but he's been really helpful back then when I was thinking about it. +1

KR4-GTR Mentor

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have you considered shopping for one which is already landed? close to 30 would get you a good one, 25 may get you a non vspec slightly questionable example.

atleast you'd be able to see it and 'touch' it straight off the bat. :O

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Beer Baron Grand Master

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ask mark these questions. he knows what is reasonable to expect or not. but basically $10K is about right on top of what you pay for the car FOB for a 1mil car or so. not sure if you'll get a really nice S3 for that money but you might get lucky.

evilGTR Rising Star

evilGTR

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have you considered shopping for one which is already landed? close to 30 would get you a good one, 25 may get you a non vspec slightly questionable example.

atleast you'd be able to see it and 'touch' it straight off the bat. :O

i would if i could find something here, then sure. but the ones i found here have high kms and not series3's..

evilGTR Rising Star

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ask mark these questions. he knows what is reasonable to expect or not. but basically $10K is about right on top of what you pay for the car FOB for a 1mil car or so. not sure if you'll get a really nice S3 for that money but you might get lucky.

lets hope it all goes to plan :O

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You've got to import. Usually get some mods that come with as a bit of a bonus. Have to realise that the paint, although it sounds like nothing, will had alot of money to the price.

Dont worry about the dollar to yen exchange either. Theyre going to go for similar prices no matter what we could have 100 yen to the dollar or 70 to the dollar, peoples budgets arent going to change. Something will come up in your price range. Just a matter of being flexible and patient

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Hi EvilGTR,

At 25K budget, its a tough ask, even if you could find one at this price you might not be too happy with the condition of the car. 30k would get you what your looking for. For your information we also do the complience for $2000, and we would also do all the paperwork for you. If your having trouble locating the car we can help you with that too for a special SAU price of $550.

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Paul @ Carizma

Hi,

Wondering if anyone can help me.

Looking at getting a series3 r33 gtr imported from japan with say 25,000k as a budget to work with landed and complied.

I have been recommended Mark Hocking from mytrading so currently we are on the hunt for a midnight purple series3 gtr.

i am unsure myself whether this budget is do-able as i have not seen the auctions but wanting to know how much should i look at spending up-to for just the FOB so that everything else fits into budget. Would say 15-16k for fob still fit the budget?

Any information from past experiences would be great or anyone that watches the auctions to see what they sell for so that i know my budget is do-able.

also can anyone recommend a workshop in vic who has plates that would be best for the compliance process.

thanks

-evilGTR

Blitz_boy Mentor

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Hi EvilGTR,

At 25K budget, its a tough ask, even if you could find one at this price you might not be too happy with the condition of the car. 30k would get you what your looking for. For your information we also do the complience for $2000, and we would also do all the paperwork for you. If your having trouble locating the car we can help you with that too for a special SAU price of $550.

Regards

Paul @ Carizma

But would you trust a compliance workshop that can't spell compliance?

carizma Community Regular

carizma

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Good pickup BlitzBoy, sorry Carizma has been in business 12 years, but i have only been working here two weeks and can assure you ill be using spell checker from now on

Paul @ Carizma

But would you trust a compliance workshop that can't spell compliance?
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Brandon Veteran

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LEMAN! But the Ks seems a lil high (might be a good sign as I tend to think they're hw Ks instead of thrashed Ks). If you can nego that down to 25k that'll be a very good buy I reckon.

PS: unless you really like that colour... else dont bother.

Brandon Veteran

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Yea. Rare is good but not everyone's a big fan of that colour. Its not like black or white which are liked by most people. Even though the LM's got a better spec over N1 I'll take the N1 due to colour.

On a 2nd note, what does the series 3 have which the other doesnt? All I know are they're newer and the projectors. Anything else which will contribute to the price difference.

evilGTR Rising Star

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Hi,

Just thought i would update this thread.

I found a gtr !

It is a 98 model r33 gtr series3 completely standard other then exhaust by the looks of it with 50,xxxkms.

We ended up with a white one as purple was just becoming a pain to find but i am happy with the result.

It arrives in Melbourne on 5th of august then not sure when it will be ready, hopefully soon !

here are some pics.

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