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interfooler

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Hi all, has anyone dealth with Southern Special Vehicles? They are importer for Nissan cars but they also do a small volume of other makes. Just want to get some feedback on them as you know some importers are dodgy. I am interested in a V35 they have there.

Appreciate all comments. Cheers

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I looked at a Supra there before I got the 32, nice blokes, let me test drive etc, had a knock in th esteering apart from that it was good condition, they also get in 260RS Stags every now and then. I've heard no bad stories about them yet. They bring in a lot of JDM vans and evos

saff_cossie Grand Master

saff_cossie

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I think if you do a search, you will find some feedbacks of a few importers around Melbourne :rofl:

There has been a fair few threads about it.

As Charles says, do a search, at least a couple of threads on this. Good wrap.

WGNC-34 Enthusiast

WGNC-34

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I bought my very first car there R33 S1 did not miss a beat, if i had a problem they would do everything possible to make it right,traded it in and ordered my stagea from japan through them not a single drama as far as cost etc and the car is sweet, i cant recommend them enough

saff_cossie Grand Master

saff_cossie

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Thanks for the replies guys...

I found them to be quite trustworthy too. But they only take about 1k off their advertised price though. Did you guys manage to haggle much at all?

I got about $3K off $40K. They are a small family run business that select quality cars for importing. Based on that the savings they can pass on will be lower than somewhere bringing in cheap cars and marking them up. Depending on purchase price, $1K doesn't sound unreasonable on the surface.

inark Grand Master

inark

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Great to deal with... went there when we were looking for an Elgrand.

At the end of the day they are car salesmen though. They did try and advise my father in law, after we got our Elgrand from JSPec and he wanted one and went to see them, that we would never be able to register the one we got in VIC and especially not as an 8 seater... wrong.

Charles89 Grand Master

Charles89

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great cars there - i nearly bought my r33 from them

someone mentioned trade in - i might look at that actually - cos no one is buying my r33!!!!!

I'm not so sure about a trade in.... They offered me 5k lower than what I actually sold my R33 for lol...

Willoes Apprentice

Willoes

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bought an R34 from there today (by the way hello all, new here)

spoke to Peter Evans who was the one selling us. they moved about 4-5 cars in order to allow us to test drive, reasonable guys and seem to be into customer satisfaction a fair bit. have heard a lot of good stuff about them and the cars they sell are in good nic.

UnCo Rising Star

UnCo

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What's the rebuild got to do with SSV doing my compliance?

I didn't even import through SSV and I have no issues with Prestige Motorsport either, I had a wonderful experience with both importer and compliance workshops.

The engine went on me while I was on track, nothing to do with them at all imo.

SS8_Gohan Grand Master

SS8_Gohan

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ahh... track, i guess that kinda explains it.

didn't even mention geoff??

it's good to hear there's actually a reputable import yard around. the majority play their part in giving the import industry a bad name.

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