Iron Chef

Nismo rubber boots....

Ummm JCESE?? When did you get THAT?!

lol plenty of very well-respected journos have staked their reputations on the 86 being one of the best driving experiences of any vehicle released in the last ten years. Hell Wheels rated it higher than a Cayman, which is a BIG call. Some of you guys really need to learn that Skylines aren't the centre of the universe.

Stop! You're leaning the wrong way! lol

Have to say, I'd pick an R34 over an S15 too.

This is correct. There's nothing wrong with converting an Estima, Elgrand or any other van already here from a camper to a passenger van once it has been registered. The RTA tried to somehow put a stop to it but were successfully taken to court by import car dealers to keep it going, maybe that's part of the RTA's frustration lol Not all RAWS with Elgrands on their schedule were pinged - there are many who are also doing the right thing (like the workshop I use to do them in Sydney) who were left alone.

That's the same one, the version 2 muffler is oblong, the version 1 is round (and a bit louder apparently). Rear muffler is interchangeable...

It seems someone at the Office of Fair Trading had enough of the complaints.... In a combined effort involving NSW RTA (or whatever they are now), NSW Office of Fair Trading and DOTARS inspectors over from Canberra, three or four of the 'allegedly' worst offenders got hit VERY hard. They were mostly looking at Elgrands and Estimas, both of which are meant to be complied and registered as campervans, then they can be engineered and converted back into people movers. The list of breaches included: - vehicles that had paperwork submitted to get a compliance plate without ANY work being done. Not only weren't they converted to camper vans, they didn't have anything done on them at all, like not even child restraint anchors, and were being sold in this state. - vehicles being advertised/sold as 8 seaters when they're not/can't be until after they're registered - vehicles being advertised for sale on a dealer's yard in an unroadworthy state Rumour has it that dealers were literally registering them without bothering to comply them, and leaving all the seats in without spending the money on getting an engineer to sign off to make them 8 seaters again. Imagine where it would leave the owner of the car if they had 8 people sitting in a car that they later found out was only licenced to seat four... Fines are in the tens of thousands, and one or two of the workshops may lose the right to comply those models, or even lose their RAW status.

I have the Weldina Version 2 rear muffler (oblong shaped) and it's so damned quiet! Does anyone have a version 1 that wants to swap?

Didn't you just say that you looked at ones locally and they were shonky? Yet you're not prepared to consider a genuine low-km example with auction sheet and export certificate from Japan because you can't see it? The reason it's cheap is because it's in Japan! A dealer here is going to add their margin and sell it for $30K, that's how it works.

Yeah it's a sedan, jeez you'd come nowhere near getting a coupe for that money. I've been trying to convince my old man to buy this one, would look pimp with some VIP style 20s...

N1 handbrake - no leather, like a lightweight BOSS

http://motoring.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8480076

^^^ The Skyline and the Infiniti G are the same car. The Infiniti M is the Fuga. There are very few 3.7 litre sedans around, last I checked there was only one workshop in Australia doing them, and they weren't selling compliance jobs to brokers. Kushil, we just happened to pick this one up super cheap - normally this sort of car would be $26K-ish. Skyline168, I have customers all over Oz and all over the world - if you bought it, it would come directly to you, not via Adelaide.

I think I know what it is, and I think I know where it is too...

If the car hasn't been registered in Australia before, then yes, you will be going over the pits in WA.

http://shop.nissan.co.jp/product/list/brandCategory/8 I will not be held responsible for any money spent... Check out the iPhone covers!!!

If they chose the auto, then that explains a LOT. Spot on about the modifying bit, the rims and tyres, for example, are low rent from the factory -Toyota has kept the price down knowing damn well that most people will bin them at the first opportunity to throw on some aftermarket ones. For reference's sake, the UK only gets the top spec version, while we get both at prices that look, on paper at least, to be a good deal cheaper than them. Given the money that needs to be spent to meet ADRs, the on-road prices for the 86 are f***ing cheap. Remember that the S15 was $40K when it was released, and that was 11 years ago.

Pay you later... lol

Shameless self-promotion, but this is about as good as it gets for a V36 SP sedan... http://www.ironchefi...ask=view&id=469 I can even get you the export certificate and auction sheet to verify the kms

I also think EVO mag is trying a little TOO hard to be controversial I rate British car magazines about as highly as the tabloids.

Please explain...

Other stuff off the top of my head: Front bar Side skirts Rear pods CF rear diffuser CF b pillar garnish LMGT4 19x10.5" LED tail lights Weldina exhaust (twin through to the rear diff) Air intake pipe Oil cooler Radiator Various caps 100mm intercooler Super Coppermix twin plate S-tune suspension Gear knob MFD upgrade Gauge cluster Mats

Here's the main bits, although mine is crinkle coat rather than gold...

I know Mazda will need to have a serious look at the pricing of the MX-5....the only sales problem I can see with the 86 will be supply out of Japan limiting numbers.