Iron Chef

Hi gents, As most V36 owners will know, the spokes on the steering wheel wear and scratch easily, as do the door grab handles that house the power windows. My question is, how have you fixed them? I have a customer keen to get them fixed before he sells his car. Cheers Kristian

There was - I'm glad someone read it! In typically ambiguous Japanese fashion, R can mean anything from a panel being taken off to repair a pin dent to the whole front end of the car being wiped off the map by a bullet train. It's a fairly simple process - the inspectors check the bolts holding the panels on (at the front end) to see if the paint is cracked (indicating they've been removed) or the welds on the rear to see if they're factory welds or paint shop ones. As a general rule, a 0 or R grade car shouldn't be an issue for compliance if it only has a single panel replaced. If there are two adjoining panels replaced (like the bonnet and one of the front guards) chances are the structure of the vehicle has been repaired, and this should be a no-no for compliance. With 0 or R grade cars, inspection in the metal is a no-brainer before purchasing.

Some of it was certainly exchange rate movement, but also it depends on how much shaken a car has left on it - a car with little or no shaken will drop for a far cheaper price than one with plenty left.

Vehicle Imports section is dicking around with the consultative process for revising the Motor Vehicle Standards Act at the moment, and of course it takes too long/too much money to train up new people, so they just let response times blow out rather than maintaining their service standards. Dave I think you've had a call from Alicia now?? That was the info I got from the workshop, and these sorts of things do happen from time to time, unfortunately. Give me a buzz if you want to discuss it further.

I went

Yes, my nuts have taken a hammering...

Hahaha it's funny when you finally put usernames to customers

Ah I remember this exact car at auction, nice pickup!!

Am I able to mention my excellent experiences with Iron Chef Imports? Might skew the results a little...lol

If it's from Japan, it would be an Evo 8 with 9 front and rear bars, I suspect.

The definition of beastly pre-89 (Hi Chris )

Will change to the 30 year rule in 2019.

It will need a full inspection and probably an engineer's cert, not sure how it works in Darwin for 15 yo stuff.

Glad to hear it was everything he wanted it to be Pay good money, get a great car

Without looking too hard, $10-12K would probably get you something. Bear in mind 33s are cheaper than 32s these days.

If it was imported under the old compliance system and doesn't have a compliance plate fitted, you will need to comply it under SEVS. Went through this recently with a Eunos Cosmo (with no success, seeing no RAWS have plates to do them).

Somewhere in September, 22nd is looking the most popular (from responses on FB at least)

Hi Ian, it's not an uncommon question - while the whole concept seems foreign to most people the first time, bear in mind that we've done it many many times before We have processes in place that ensure the quality of our stock, in the end having good buyers in Japan who check cars in the metal at auction is paramount. Having quality business connections and experience to handle any dramas that sometimes arise are the measure of a good broker.

lol the exchange rate is 30% BETTER for us, not worse!

Correct

Best to email if you want info guys, PMs on here get lost amongst fifty billion others.... The guys at PV are champs, we buy off Andy and Emily quite regularly.

Ugh I need one for mine

That's a secret!! lol

^^This. Definitely an appreciating asset.

Yeah in NSW, it's an engineer's cert and a blue slip