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well, im importing a 300ZX next year, and i think that if you can find a decent one private sale, get it. Then you dont have to go through all the bul*shit on getting ready for road. Its a hell of alot cheaper importing, but do you really know what you are getting?

who are you planing on importing with, ive been reading up on prestige motorsports, and they seem to have the best to offer. and yeh thats y im importing becasue i cant really afford to buy one in australia becuase there so hard to find for a good price..u know wat i mean...but yeh if i do find one private sale then i will buy it.... wat do u think?

im importing a 300ZX next year, and i think that if you can find a decent one private sale, get it. Then you dont have to go through all the bul*shit on getting ready for road. Its a hell of alot cheaper importing, but do you really know what you are getting?

guys just a quick word. I've seen the prices of '89 R32 GTS-T's go sky high because everyone wants a 15yr import atm. For about $11500, those cars are an absolute rip-off IMHO.

I know cause I used to own a immac '93 GTS-T TypeM, leather seats, GTR interior, nothing broken, tired, worn etc 18" rims, adj susp bushes, etc etc and that sold for not too far off what the on-road costs for one of these ordinary to say the least condition '89 GTS-T's are going for

nah mate, it was 12-18 months ago.. prices have shot up on the newer r32 models, simply because of the 89 models.. its actually the reverse everybody was whinging about when they were eligible! that they'd drive the price down of their cars.

I have no idea whether the prices being asked are being met out there, but most seem to be asking around $15k

I remember regularly you really couldn't find an R32 for much over $15k, and fairly modded ones went for 12-13k.. and this wasn't that long ago.

Import, you can't really go wrong.. engines are replaceable, paintjobs are re-doable.. and $3-5k difference will buy you a bit of things to be fixed (if needed).

My 89 is getting an RB25det, and conversion to rb25 box, and an intercooler, maybe even a seat retrim, and few other extras for under the price I can see up forsale recently.

but why would that happen? Because in comparison to all the 89's the 90's are rare?

Demand for *Cheap* Skylines, Silvias, zx's, etc increases dramatically becuase of the import rule. Basic laws of demand and supply says that an increase in demand will precursor an increase in price (And often supply)... Only problem now is that the gumminint is considering removing the rule, or changing the time frame, so that it is not 15 years, rather it is anything before 1989.

if u r gonna get one under the 15 year rule, do it now.

This isn't exactly news, but DOTARS have told the major Australian agents (such as www.prestigemotorsport.com.au and www.j-spec.com.au) that there may be changes to the 15 year import rule come January. They have also been told not to buy-up on cars built in 1990.

I just bought a November 1989 R32 GTS-t Type M 4 Door, the landed estimate is around $7,800 (it will actually be a bit less, because i bought it when the dollar was up against the yen)

2 door ones tend to be $1k or $2k higher, but it depends on the condition. If you're after an automatic, prices are much cheaper than the manuals.

Check out the above two websites, as they have heaps of R32s in stock at the moment, and you're sure to find one that matches your tastes.

thanks guys... i was under the impression that the price of 89gtst's where dropping quite a bit (to import from jp). What i am trying to work out is.. should i buy know under the 15yr rule while it is still around OR should i buy late next year early 06 when i originally planned to and hope that depreciation will take the price down some more..

it all depends on what's going to happen with the 15yr rule.. as the details are still pretty vauge... so i don't know if it will be possible to import under the 15yr rule, it might work out cheaper to actually import under SEVS where i can't do the compliance work myself...

personally i would rather buy later on as i don't have the money now (i could possibly scrape it together in a really big effort... but not going to be very easy at all) i might not even save my self any money by getting in early. I don't mind paying a little bit more for the convienice of buying when i want to, but at the same time i don't want importing to cost an arm and leg...

but DOTARS probably won't tell us the specific detail until 2seconds before the rules are applied, so i probably won't have the time to make an informed decision.

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