Importing Laws

[drakan69]

hey people

just wondering what the news is on the importing laws, are they moving them to 25 years, or is it still staying 15 or are they still thinking about it?

[SXCSKY]

hey people

just wondering what the news is on the importing laws, are they moving them to 25 years, or is it still staying 15 or are they still thinking about it?

ear to the wall says there moving on the decision in sept but not yet known wat option they will take...so u wanna get a 15yr car get a move on...

[EVO83]

and dont buy a 1990 car just in case they do change it as the wont let it in this time.

[predator]

yeah.. seems to be that if its a 1990 car, even if you bought it now, you may not be granted import approval when the time comes.

DOTARS has already issued an advisory not to buy 1990 cars. Ignore it at your peril.

[martydaman]

that might explain why the price of 1990 gtr's has gone down... i was getting quite curious

[saff_cossie]

when I applied for my 16 year old car's import approval, I enquired. Sticking at 15 from what I was told by them, just to throw a spanner in the works!

[meshybum]

You are best to buy September car to be most safe , since september is now.-soon.

Horus was saying in the email i got from him that he already bought the car, so he is lucky! There is some other people on forum here that sell car's they buy but in japan still. They so lucky. Now we have no option but to buy there car's since now R32 turbo is 10k from prestige, 5 months ago they where 8 k!

[martydaman]

yea... 89 GTR's are more expensive than 90 GTR's... i was looking at the prices and was like WTF??

[Serious-Seven]

that is because there is more demand on 1989 car's and the seller's of those car's arnt stupid so they rise the price up to a 93/94 gtr for example!!

I'm sure you guys could import a 1990 Car aslong as you can afford storage plus buy it now..... That's what i heard from Craig over at J-spec. Even thou the rules will change, most of the time you can bend those rules if you have the car already under your name etc.

[SXCSKY]

that is because there is more demand on 1989 car's and the seller's of those car's arnt stupid so they rise the price up to a 93/94 gtr for example!!

I'm sure you guys could import a 1990 Car aslong as you can afford storage plus buy it now..... That's what i heard from Craig over at J-spec. Even thou the rules will change, most of the time you can bend those rules if you have the car already under your name etc.

but DOTARS already gave out a warning not to purchase 1990 cars so might not work like it did this year with 89's...by warning they have covered themselves for complaints

[martydaman]

exactly, there is no guarantee that 90's will be accepted by DOTARS

[Guest]

http://www.dotars.gov.au/transreg/vsb/vsb_10.htm

Vehicle Standards Bulletin VSB10 - Importing Vehicles to Australia

ALERT - IMPORTATION OF VEHICLE 15 OR MORE YEARS OLD

The Government is currently considering the responses to the discussion paper on the Importation of Vehicles 15 or More Years Old and the options outlined in the paper.

Prospective importers should be aware that there may be changes to the current regulations. You should not assume that vehicles manufactured in 1990 will be allowed to be imported should the regulations be changed.

[martydaman]

my point exactly...