Whats The Catch

[iplen]

I wasn't really looking at getting another car when I stumbled across a $13k Autech Stag on carsales, yes it has issues, but for the price still seems reasonable. So I went and checked imports 101 and J-spec, there are three Autechs on J-spec for $12k-$16k, and none of them note any problems, sure 100k+, but that probably just indicates the speedo has not been wound back as far. Is this pricing realistic or are there other fees (it shows the pricing as including everything)? if this is about right, Chef, Yahoo auctions doesn't show ANY stageas at all... I am not 100% set on an Autech, (a patrol would be more appropriate) but I loved my RS4..

[PSI-FED]

They show pricing landed and complied. Sh*t can hit the fan as with anything so thats only a rough estimation/guide and the real price could be +/- 1k in your case. Then ofcourse comes rego + insurance which adds on another easy 3k depending on how old you are

[iplen]

Rego etc is all stuff I would have to pay if the car was here or not, so that doesn't worry me so much

[iplen]

Pricing does not include compliance or $1100 jspec fee, for some reason I thought their prices quoted used to include all of this, my bad

[Mr Eps]

whut?

to put this as simple as possible:

J-spec's WEBSITE (not J-spec themselves, their WEBsite..) calculates a close estimate based on calculations that are automatically processed...

for instance it calculates a landed n complied cost by adding up the cost of the car, which pops out the duty and GST as variable figures... and also shipping and compliance etc as static figures

it's an estimate, but it's generally pretty bloody close, to their credit J-spec have it pretty down pat ... there are a few extra blow outs which are subjective to the people you use, like...

getting a tow truck to take it from A to B..

a steam cleaner to ... do whatever it is that they do...

etc etc... little things

that said, car cost, FOB, shipping, customs quarrantine compliance and taxes and other "big ticket items" are included..

edit: AS WELL AS their brokerage fee is included in this "estimate" (not a quote! )

if you're asking "why so cheap"

to call a spade a spade - it's an old car now, and depreciation is a factor.. i'm also kinda assuming you're looking at dealer sales? generally speaking dealer sales are for amatuers, and some dealers wont sell to whitey, why? because you're white.

damn whitey.

but yeah. reality is these cars aren't new anymore and with our exchange rate the way it is, it's possible that this is an honest sale.

ALL OF THE BEST IN YOUR QUEST.

Edited May 19, 2011 by Mr Eps

[Dicer]

Pricing does not include compliance or $1100 jspec fee, for some reason I thought their prices quoted used to include all of this, my bad

If you're looking in their dealer car listings it doesn't include compliance, but read the costs area on the right hand side and it states what is included. The cars listed in their 'featured cars' section do include an estimated compliance cost.